diff --git a/comfy/ops.py b/comfy/ops.py
index 314ba005b..da415ff48 100644
--- a/comfy/ops.py
+++ b/comfy/ops.py
@@ -1118,6 +1118,16 @@ def _quantized_apply(module, fn, recurse=True):
     return module
 
 
+# Some quantizers write a comfy_quant payload with a weight_scale but no explicit
+# "format" (e.g. the MiniMax H3 nvfp4 AWQ checkpoint). Infer the format from the
+# on-disk weight dtype in that case, matching the storage dtypes each format uses.
+_QUANT_FORMAT_BY_WEIGHT_DTYPE = {
+    torch.int8: "int8_tensorwise",
+    torch.float8_e4m3fn: "float8_e4m3fn",
+    torch.uint8: "nvfp4",
+}
+
+
 def _load_quantized_module(module, super_load, state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict,
                             missing_keys, unexpected_keys, error_msgs, load_extra_params=False):
     """Shared _load_from_state_dict body for quantized-weight modules.
@@ -1160,6 +1170,8 @@ def _load_quantized_module(module, super_load, state_dict, prefix, local_metadat
         module.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(weight.to(device=device, dtype=compute_dtype), requires_grad=False)
     else:
         module.quant_format = layer_conf.get("format", None)
+        if module.quant_format is None and f"{prefix}weight_scale" in state_dict:
+            module.quant_format = _QUANT_FORMAT_BY_WEIGHT_DTYPE.get(weight.dtype)
         module._full_precision_mm_config = layer_conf.get("full_precision_matrix_mult", False)
         if not module._full_precision_mm:
             module._full_precision_mm = module._full_precision_mm_config
@@ -1598,6 +1610,10 @@ def mixed_precision_ops(quant_config={}, compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16, full_prec
                 # Only fp8 and int8_tensorwise support per-row dequant via index select.
                 # Block-scaled formats (NVFP4, MXFP8) can't do per-row lookup efficiently.
                 quant_format = layer_conf.get("format") if layer_conf is not None else None
+                if quant_format is None and layer_conf is not None and f"{prefix}weight_scale" in state_dict:
+                    _stored_weight = state_dict.get(weight_key)
+                    if _stored_weight is not None:
+                        quant_format = _QUANT_FORMAT_BY_WEIGHT_DTYPE.get(_stored_weight.dtype)
                 manually_loaded_keys = []
 
                 if quant_format in ("float8_e4m3fn", "float8_e5m2", "int8_tensorwise") and weight_key in state_dict:
diff --git a/tests-unit/comfy_quant/test_mixed_precision.py b/tests-unit/comfy_quant/test_mixed_precision.py
index f697eaf8c..f43058e13 100644
--- a/tests-unit/comfy_quant/test_mixed_precision.py
+++ b/tests-unit/comfy_quant/test_mixed_precision.py
@@ -255,6 +255,59 @@ class TestMixedPrecisionOps(unittest.TestCase):
         output = model(input_tensor)
         self.assertEqual(output.shape, (5, 40))
 
+    def test_formatless_scaled_comfy_quant_infers_format_from_dtype(self):
+        """Some quantizers write a comfy_quant payload with a weight_scale but no
+        "format" key (e.g. a q_proj-style layer in a MiniMax H3 nvfp4 AWQ
+        checkpoint). The loader must infer the format from the on-disk weight
+        dtype instead of raising "Unknown quantization format"."""
+        state_dict = {
+            "layer1.weight": torch.randint(-128, 127, (20, 10), dtype=torch.int8),
+            "layer1.comfy_quant": torch.tensor(list(json.dumps({}).encode("utf-8")), dtype=torch.uint8),
+            "layer1.weight_scale": torch.ones(20),
+            "layer1.bias": torch.randn(20, dtype=torch.bfloat16),
+            "layer2.weight": torch.randn(30, 20, dtype=torch.bfloat16),
+            "layer2.bias": torch.randn(30, dtype=torch.bfloat16),
+            "layer3.weight": torch.randn(40, 30, dtype=torch.bfloat16),
+            "layer3.bias": torch.randn(40, dtype=torch.bfloat16),
+        }
+
+        model = SimpleModel(operations=ops.mixed_precision_ops({}))
+        model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(model.layer1.weight, QuantizedTensor)
+        self.assertEqual(model.layer1.quant_format, "int8_tensorwise")
+
+        for layer in [model.layer1, model.layer2, model.layer3]:
+            layer.weight_function = []
+            layer.bias_function = []
+
+        input_tensor = torch.randn(5, 10, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+        output = model(input_tensor)
+        self.assertEqual(output.shape, (5, 40))
+
+    def test_formatless_scaled_comfy_quant_embedding_infers_format_from_dtype(self):
+        """Same formatless-but-scaled scenario, but for the Embedding load path,
+        which has its own inline comfy_quant handling separate from
+        _load_quantized_module."""
+        operations = ops.mixed_precision_ops({})
+
+        class EmbModel(torch.nn.Module):
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.emb = operations.Embedding(100, 20, device="cpu", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+
+        state_dict = {
+            "emb.weight": torch.randint(-128, 127, (100, 20), dtype=torch.int8),
+            "emb.comfy_quant": torch.tensor(list(json.dumps({}).encode("utf-8")), dtype=torch.uint8),
+            "emb.weight_scale": torch.ones(100),
+        }
+
+        model = EmbModel()
+        model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(model.emb.weight, QuantizedTensor)
+        self.assertEqual(model.emb.quant_format, "int8_tensorwise")
+
     def test_int8_convrot_metadata_loads_into_params(self):
         """ConvRot metadata must reach TensorWiseINT8Layout params."""
         torch.manual_seed(123)