stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs stable-diffusion-3.5-large-GGUF

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 5 September 2026.

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
3.1 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
second-state · B
Params
Context
30d
18 K

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 stable-diffusion-3.5-large-GGUF
Parameters 2.6 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence openrail++ other
Commercial use Conditional Unknown
Languages 1
Downloads 30d 3,088,510 18,435
Downloads all time 123.7 M 214 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF, SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2024-11-19

Download trend

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

3.1 M18 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 stable-diffusion-3.5-large-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

stable-diffusion-3.5-large-GGUF · Q4_0 6.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
stable-diffusion-3.5-large-GGUF · fp16 31.2 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 · fp16 39.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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