sdxl-turbo vs Qwen-Image-Lightning

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
1.1 M
lightx2v · B
Params
Context
30d
438 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification sdxl-turbo Qwen-Image-Lightning
Parameters 2.6 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence other apache-2.0
Commercial use Unknown Allowed
Languages 2
Downloads 30d 1,121,822 437,909
Downloads all time 30.8 M 6.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-11-27 2025-08-09

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

1.1 M424 K
sdxl-turbo Qwen-Image-Lightning

VRAM side by side

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

sdxl-turbo · fp16 46.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen-Image-Lightning · fp16 72.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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