stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs Qwen-Image-Lightning

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

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
3.0 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
lightx2v · B
Params
Context
30d
423 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 Qwen-Image-Lightning
Parameters 2.6 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence openrail++ apache-2.0
Commercial use Conditional Allowed
Languages 2
Downloads 30d 3,000,602 422,655
Downloads all time 123.6 M 7.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2025-08-09

Download trend

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

3.0 M401 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 Qwen-Image-Lightning

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

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