Qwen-Image-Lightning vs stable-diffusion-3.5-medium
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen-Image-Lightning | stable-diffusion-3.5-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 2.5 B |
| Architecture | — | — |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 418,304 | 123,378 |
| Downloads all time | 7.3 M | 4.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-08-09 | 2024-10-29 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
444 K78 K
Qwen-Image-Lightning
stable-diffusion-3.5-medium
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
stable-diffusion-3.5-medium · fp16
54.6 GB / 24 GB
Qwen-Image-Lightning · fp16
72.6 GB / 24 GB