Qwen-Image-2.1 vs Qwen-Image-Lightning

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

Comfy-Org · A · Open weights
Params
7.1 B
Context
—
30d
10.2 M
lightx2v · B · Open weights
Params
20.4 B
Context
—
30d
246 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen-Image-2.1 Qwen-Image-Lightning
Parameters 7.1 B 20.4 B
Architecture — —
Context length — —
Licence other apache-2.0
Commercial use Unknown Allowed
Languages — 2
Downloads 30d 10,238,176 245,770
Downloads all time 18.9 M 7.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-09-15 2025-08-09

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 12 days (30 Oct – 10 Nov)

10.6 M208 K
Qwen-Image-2.1 Qwen-Image-Lightning

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

Qwen-Image-Lightning · fp16 75.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen-Image-2.1 · fp16 136.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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