Qwen-Image
Alibaba · Image generation · 20B
Commercial use permitted
Open weights
Apple Silicon
Alibaba's 20-billion-parameter image model, notable for strong text rendering and a permissive Apache 2.0 licence. It is designed to fit under 16GB with quantisation, and generates a 1024px image in a handful of steps.
Strengths
- Strong at rendering readable text within images
- Apache 2.0, so fully usable commercially
- Fast, few-step generation, and designed to fit consumer cards
Weaknesses
- A 20B model is heavy at full precision
- A smaller fine-tune and LoRA ecosystem than SDXL
- Newer, so local tooling and community resources are still maturing
Hardware requirements
| Quantisation | Approx. VRAM | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GGUF Q4 | ~14GB | Quantised, designed to fit under 16GB with offloading |
| FP8 | ~20GB | A good balance on a 24GB card |
Optimised builds available for Apple Silicon.
Licence
Apache 2.0 — read the licence
Availability
Recommended for
- Commercial image work needing a permissive licence
- Images that depend on accurate text
- Users with a 16GB or 24GB card who want an alternative to FLUX
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