stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs Chroma1-Base

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

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
3.1 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
lodestones · B
Params
8.9 B
Context
30d
26 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 Chroma1-Base
Parameters 2.6 B 8.9 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence openrail++ apache-2.0
Commercial use Conditional Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 3,088,510 26,003
Downloads all time 123.7 M 204 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2025-07-29

Download trend

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

3.1 M17 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 Chroma1-Base

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
Chroma1-Base · fp16 51.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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