stable-diffusion-v1-5 vs stable-diffusion-2-1-base-custom

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.

stable-diffusion-v1-5 · A
Params
860 M
Context
30d
1.8 M
creativeml-openrail-m licence · conditional
Sudanl · B
Params
Context
30d
42 K
creativeml-openrail-m licence · conditional

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-v1-5 stable-diffusion-2-1-base-custom
Parameters 860 M
Architecture
Context length
Licence creativeml-openrail-m creativeml-openrail-m
Commercial use Conditional Conditional
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,789,858 42,158
Downloads all time 77.4 M 1.8 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-08-30 2024-09-06

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)

1.8 M18 K
stable-diffusion-v1-5 stable-diffusion-2-1-base-custom

VRAM side by side

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

stable-diffusion-2-1-base-custom · fp16 3.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
stable-diffusion-v1-5 · fp16 26.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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