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>>doener+(OP)
I've done some preliminary testing with Z-Image Turbo in the past week.

Thoughts

- It's fast (~3 seconds on my RTX 4090)

- Surprisingly capable of maintaining image integrity even at high resolutions (1536x1024, sometimes 2048x2048)

- The adherence is impressive for a 6B parameter model

Some tests (2 / 4 passed):

https://imgpb.com/exMoQ

Personally I find it works better as a refiner model downstream of Qwen-Image 20b which has significantly better prompt understanding but has an unnatural "smoothness" to its generated images.

>>vunder+fCk
So does this finally replace SDXL?

Is Flux 1/2/Kontext left in the dust by the Z Image and Qwen combo?

>>echelo+PCk
SDXL has long been surpassed, it's primary redeeming feature is fine tuned variants for different focus and image styles.

IMO HiDream had the best quality OSS generations, Flux Schnell is decent as well. Will try out Z-Image soon.