Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 at a glance
SDXL 1.0 paired a 3.5B-parameter base model with a refiner in a 6.6B-parameter pipeline, generated 1024x1024 images natively and shipped open weights that ran on consumer GPUs.
What changed with Stable Diffusion XL 1.0
Stability AI released Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 on July 26, 2023. It used a 3.5B-parameter base model and, with a refiner, a 6.6B-parameter ensemble pipeline, and produced 1024x1024 images natively. Stability said it ran on consumer GPUs with 8GB of VRAM.
Weights and code were published on GitHub and Hugging Face under the CreativeML OpenRAIL++-M license. The model was also available through Stability's API, Clipdrop, DreamStudio, and Amazon SageMaker and Bedrock.
Where to compare Stable Diffusion XL 1.0
Independent leaderboards and official resources for comparing this model yourself. Rankings change often; each site shows its own current data.
Why Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 matters for businesses
For businesses, SDXL was the open alternative to closed image services. Teams could run it in-house, fine-tune it on their own products or brand style, and build it into their own tools without per-image fees, while still checking license terms for their use.
Sources for this story
- Announcing SDXL 1.0 (opens in a new tab)Official
Stability AI · stability.ai
- generative-models repository (release notes) (opens in a new tab)Official
Stability AI on GitHub · github.com
- stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 model card (opens in a new tab)Official
Stability AI on Hugging Face · huggingface.co
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