stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs controlnet-canny-sdxl-1.0

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

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
1.5 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
diffusers · B
Params
1.3 B
Context
30d
21 K
openrail++ licence · conditional

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 controlnet-canny-sdxl-1.0
Parameters 2.6 B 1.3 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence openrail++ openrail++
Commercial use Conditional Conditional
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,472,617 21,050
Downloads all time 119.7 M 785 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2023-08-01

Download trend

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

1.5 M20 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 controlnet-canny-sdxl-1.0

VRAM side by side

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

controlnet-canny-sdxl-1.0 · fp16 8.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 · fp16 39.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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