Qwen-Image-Lightning vs stable-diffusion-v1-4

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

lightx2v · A
Params
Context
30d
418 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
CompVis · B
Params
860 M
Context
30d
650 K
creativeml-openrail-m licence · conditional

Specification comparison

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Specification Qwen-Image-Lightning stable-diffusion-v1-4
Parameters 860 M
Architecture
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 creativeml-openrail-m
Commercial use Allowed Conditional
Languages 2
Downloads 30d 418,304 650,051
Downloads all time 7.3 M 54.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2025-08-09 2022-08-20

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

658 K401 K
Qwen-Image-Lightning stable-diffusion-v1-4

VRAM side by side

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

stable-diffusion-v1-4 · fp16 13.5 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen-Image-Lightning · fp16 72.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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