Best image-generation models

From SD 1.5 to FLUX.1

Local Stable Diffusion / Flux family. Each line in our blur-to-sharp Compare lab uses one of these.

  1. 1

    Black Forest Labs

    FLUX.1 Schnell (GGUF)

    Fast 1-4 step generation. State-of-the-art quality. Needs 16GB+ RAM.

    12B≥ 14 GB
  2. 2

    Black Forest Labs

    FLUX.1 Dev (GGUF)

    Highest quality FLUX model. 20-50 steps. Mac with 24GB+ RAM.

    12B≥ 14 GB
  3. 3

    Stability AI

    Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (GGUF)

    SD 3 with MMDiT architecture. Superior text rendering.

    2.5B≥ 9.15 GB
  4. 4

    Stability AI

    SDXL Turbo (GGUF)

    Single-step SDXL. Near-instant image generation.

    3.5B≥ 5 GB
  5. 5

    Stability AI

    Stable Diffusion XL (CoreML)

    Higher quality image generation. CoreML optimized for iOS. Requires 6GB+ usable memory (iPad/Mac recommended).

    3.5B≥ 3.34 GB
  6. 6

    Runway

    Stable Diffusion 1.5 (CoreML)

    Classic image generation model. Pre-converted to CoreML for iOS/Mac. Downloads as zip, auto-extracts.

    0.86B≥ 2.5 GB
  7. 7

    Stability AI

    Stable Diffusion 2.1 (GGUF)

    SD 2.1 in GGUF format. Better quality than 1.5.

    0.86B≥ 2.66 GB

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