stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 vs stable-diffusion-3.5-medium

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

stabilityai · A
Params
2.6 B
Context
30d
1.5 M
openrail++ licence · conditional
stabilityai · B
Params
2.5 B
Context
30d
93 K

Specification comparison

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Specification stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 stable-diffusion-3.5-medium
Parameters 2.6 B 2.5 B
Architecture
Context length
Licence openrail++ other
Commercial use Conditional Unknown
Languages 1
Downloads 30d 1,472,617 93,395
Downloads all time 119.7 M 4.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No Yes — accept licence
First seen on the Hub 2023-07-25 2024-10-29

Download trend

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

1.5 M78 K
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 stable-diffusion-3.5-medium

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
stable-diffusion-3.5-medium · fp16 54.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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