# Does material instance consume memory?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/does-material-instance-consume-memory/50359>\
**Category:** Asset Creation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [December 18, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/does-material-instance-consume-memory/50359 "2015-12-18T10:05:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrankieV](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@FrankieV](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/FrankieV)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/does-material-instance-consume-memory/50359/2 "2015-12-18T15:20:42Z")

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