Qwen-Image-2.1 vs stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0

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

Comfy-Org · A · Open weights
Params
7.1 B
Context
—
30d
10.2 M
stabilityai · B · Open weights
Params
2.6 B
Context
—
30d
4.6 M
openrail++ licence · conditional

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen-Image-2.1 stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
Parameters 7.1 B 2.6 B
Architecture — —
Context length — —
Licence other openrail++
Commercial use Unknown Conditional
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 10,238,176 4,649,928
Downloads all time 18.9 M 131.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-09-15 2023-07-25

Download trend

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

10.6 M1.4 M
Qwen-Image-2.1 stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0

VRAM side by side

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

stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 · fp16 39.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen-Image-2.1 · fp16 136.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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