diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_base.py
index 8aae80e29da..64de5a7a1f4 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_base.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ def ram_cache(self) -> ModelCache:
 
     @abstractmethod
     def load_model_from_path(
-        self, model_path: Path, loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None
+        self,
+        model_path: Path,
+        loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None,
+        cache_key_extra: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> LoadedModelWithoutConfig:
         """
         Load the model file or directory located at the indicated Path.
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ def load_model_from_path(
         Args:
           model_path: A pathlib.Path to a checkpoint-style models file
           loader: A Callable that expects a Path and returns a Dict[str, Tensor]
+          cache_key_extra: A string to append to the cache key. This is useful for
+            differentiating an instances of the same model with different parameters.
 
         Returns:
           A LoadedModel object.
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_default.py
index dac45c70252..d12c6a6b528 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_load/model_load_default.py
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ def load_model(self, model_config: AnyModelConfig, submodel_type: Optional[SubMo
         return loaded_model
 
     def load_model_from_path(
-        self, model_path: Path, loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None
+        self,
+        model_path: Path,
+        loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None,
+        cache_key_extra: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> LoadedModelWithoutConfig:
-        cache_key = str(model_path)
+        cache_key = f"{model_path}:{cache_key_extra}" if cache_key_extra else str(model_path)
         try:
             return LoadedModelWithoutConfig(cache_record=self._ram_cache.get(key=cache_key), cache=self._ram_cache)
         except IndexError:
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/shared/invocation_context.py b/invokeai/app/services/shared/invocation_context.py
index 743b6208ead..51163a590a4 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/shared/invocation_context.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/shared/invocation_context.py
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ def load_local_model(
         self,
         model_path: Path,
         loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None,
+        cache_key_extra: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> LoadedModelWithoutConfig:
         """
         Load the model file located at the indicated path
@@ -509,18 +510,25 @@ def load_local_model(
         Args:
             path: A model Path
             loader: A Callable that expects a Path and returns a dict[str|int, Any]
+            cache_key_extra: A string to append to the cache key. This is useful for
+                differentiating an instances of the same model with different parameters.
 
         Returns:
             A LoadedModelWithoutConfig object.
         """
 
         self._util.signal_progress(f"Loading model {model_path.name}")
-        return self._services.model_manager.load.load_model_from_path(model_path=model_path, loader=loader)
+        return self._services.model_manager.load.load_model_from_path(
+            model_path=model_path,
+            loader=loader,
+            cache_key_extra=cache_key_extra,
+        )
 
     def load_remote_model(
         self,
         source: str | AnyHttpUrl,
         loader: Optional[Callable[[Path], AnyModel]] = None,
+        cache_key_extra: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> LoadedModelWithoutConfig:
         """
         Download, cache, and load the model file located at the indicated URL or repo_id.
@@ -535,6 +543,8 @@ def load_remote_model(
         Args:
             source: A URL or huggingface repoid.
             loader: A Callable that expects a Path and returns a dict[str|int, Any]
+            cache_key_extra: A string to append to the cache key. This is useful for
+                differentiating an instances of the same model with different parameters.
 
         Returns:
             A LoadedModelWithoutConfig object.
@@ -542,7 +552,11 @@ def load_remote_model(
         model_path = self._services.model_manager.install.download_and_cache_model(source=str(source))
 
         self._util.signal_progress(f"Loading model {source}")
-        return self._services.model_manager.load.load_model_from_path(model_path=model_path, loader=loader)
+        return self._services.model_manager.load.load_model_from_path(
+            model_path=model_path,
+            loader=loader,
+            cache_key_extra=cache_key_extra,
+        )
 
     def get_absolute_path(self, config_or_path: AnyModelConfig | Path | str) -> Path:
         """Gets the absolute path for a given model config or path.