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InstantID
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OPEN WEIGHTSLOCALCREATIVE
RANKED #39 OF 74 IMAGES · OVERALL #156 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 6.0 · 103 VOICES
InstantID on Hugging Face (text to image). 62,749 downloads. Open weights for local or hosted use.
HAPPY9.4
16 mentions
SAD5.6
14 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 24 voices
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download InstantID once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
SDXL base (~6.6B total stack with ControlNet and IP-Adapter), weights take about 12 to 14 GB in FP16
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$280 USEDFP16 SDXL with CPU offload or ComfyUI memory caching at 1024x1024
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB
16 GB VRAM
~$750 USEDFull FP16 pipeline in VRAM without heavy offloading at 1024x1024
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$1750 USEDNative FP16 batching with InstantID ControlNet and IP-Adapter loaded fully in VRAM
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN INSTANTID?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long InstantID takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make an imageone picture at normal settings | ~18 S★★★★★ | ~7 S★★★★★ | ~3 S★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about InstantID yet to call it. We found 103 posts but people did not say much either way.
84 POSTS · 19 COMMENTS · REDDIT · GITHUB · X
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with images models like this one.
Flux
Midjourney> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-04-17 · 281 UPVOTESInstantCharacter Model Release: Personalize Any Character
InstantCharacter Model Release: Personalize Any Character
- REDDIT · 2025-07-06 · 215 UPVOTESUsing InstantID with ReActor ai for faceswap
Using InstantID with ReActor ai for faceswap
- REDDIT · 2024-02-07 · 199 UPVOTESSDNext Release
SDNext Release
- REDDIT · 2024-07-23 · 192 UPVOTESTencent releases PhotoMaker V2
Tencent releases PhotoMaker V2
- REDDIT · 2024-01-22 · 159 UPVOTESInstantID is already public and ready for official use
InstantID is already public and ready for official use
- REDDIT · 2024-02-17 · 156 UPVOTESInstantID CPU v0.1.0 release - 1 step - only 12GB RAM required
InstantID CPU v0.1.0 release - 1 step - only 12GB RAM required
- REDDIT · 2024-09-10 · 96 UPVOTESFlux.1 + InstantID
Flux.1 + InstantID
- REDDIT · 2024-02-07 · 46 UPVOTESInstantID can run 1.8x Faster with OneDiff
InstantID can run 1.8x Faster with OneDiff
- REDDIT · 2024-04-09 · 36 UPVOTESFace-to-All - combine any LoRA with your face via InstantID
Face-to-All - combine any LoRA with your face via InstantID
- REDDIT · 2024-10-10 · 29 UPVOTESInstantID vs Inswapper on a close up prompt.
InstantID vs Inswapper on a close up prompt.
- REDDIT · 2025-11-20 · 26 UPVOTESIs InstantID + Canny still the best method in 2025 for generating consistent LoRA reference images?
Is InstantID + Canny still the best method in 2025 for generating consistent LoRA reference images?
- REDDIT · 2025-11-14 · 21 UPVOTESSo I made this image generator site... (No sign-up, free)
So I made this image generator site... (No sign-up, free)