stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs RealVisXL_V5.0_Lightning

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.

stabilityai · A · Open weights
Params
2.6 B
Context
—
30d
4.1 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
SG161222 · B · Open weights
Params
2.6 B
Context
—
30d
71 K
openrail++ licence · conditional

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 RealVisXL_V5.0_Lightning
Parameters 2.6 B 2.6 B
Architecture — —
Context length — —
Licence openrail++ openrail++
Commercial use Conditional Conditional
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 4,113,571 71,238
Downloads all time 128.5 M 563 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2024-09-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)

4.4 M17 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 RealVisXL_V5.0_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
RealVisXL_V5.0_Lightning · fp16 46.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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