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# CLIPLoader - ComfyUI Built-in Node Documentation

> The CLIPLoader node loads a text encoder model (CLIP, T5, or similar) from a file, making it available for use in other nodes that need to convert text prompts into numerical repre

The CLIPLoader node loads a text encoder model (CLIP, T5, or similar) from a file, making it available for use in other nodes that need to convert text prompts into numerical representations. It supports a wide variety of model architectures, each requiring a specific encoder type.

## Inputs

| Parameter   | Description                                                                                                                                                    | Data Type | Required | Range                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `clip_name` | The filename of the text encoder model to load. This must be a file located in the `ComfyUI/models/text_encoders/` directory.                                  | STRING    | Yes      | List of files found in the `text_encoders` folder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `type`      | The architecture type of the model being loaded. This determines which specific encoder variant to use (default: `"stable_diffusion"`).                        | COMBO     | Yes      | `"stable_diffusion"`<br />`"stable_cascade"`<br />`"sd3"`<br />`"stable_audio"`<br />`"mochi"`<br />`"ltxv"`<br />`"pixart"`<br />`"cosmos"`<br />`"lumina2"`<br />`"wan"`<br />`"hidream"`<br />`"chroma"`<br />`"ace"`<br />`"omnigen2"`<br />`"qwen_image"`<br />`"hunyuan_image"`<br />`"flux2"`<br />`"ovis"`<br />`"longcat_image"`<br />`"cogvideox"`<br />`"lens"`<br />`"pixeldit"`<br />`"ideogram4"`<br />`"boogu"`<br />`"krea2"`<br />`"joyimage"`<br />`"mage"`<br />`"minimax"` |
| `device`    | The device to load the model onto. `"default"` uses the GPU if available, while `"cpu"` forces CPU loading. This is an advanced option (default: `"default"`). | COMBO     | No       | `"default"`<br />`"cpu"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

### Supported Type-to-Encoder Mappings

The `type` parameter selects the correct encoder for a given model architecture. The following are common mappings:

| Type              | Encoder                                |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| stable\_diffusion | clip-l                                 |
| stable\_cascade   | clip-g                                 |
| sd3               | t5 xxl / clip-g / clip-l               |
| stable\_audio     | t5 base                                |
| mochi             | t5 xxl                                 |
| cogvideox         | t5 xxl (226-token padding)             |
| cosmos            | old t5 xxl                             |
| lumina2           | gemma 2 2B                             |
| wan               | umt5 xxl                               |
| hidream           | llama-3.1 (recommended) or t5          |
| omnigen2          | qwen vl 2.5 3B                         |
| joyimage          | qwen3-vl 8B                            |
| lens              | gpt-oss-20b                            |
| pixeldit          | gemma 2 2B elm                         |
| minimax           | MiniMax H3 Qwen3-VL or Music3 Qwen/RVQ |

## Outputs

| Output Name | Description                                                                                             | Data Type |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| `clip`      | The loaded text encoder model, ready to be connected to other nodes for text encoding and conditioning. | CLIP      |

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