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Dreamshaper 8
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RANKED #82 OF 101 IMAGES · OVERALL #419 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.3 · 50 VOICES ·
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dreamshaper-8 on Hugging Face (text to image). 161,239 downloads. Open weights for local or hosted use.
HAPPY7.9
8 mentions
SAD7.1
3 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 9 voices in this window
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
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 Dreamshaper 8 once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
860M parameters (SD 1.5 fine-tune), FP16 safetensors file is about 2 GB to 4 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
4 GB VRAM
~$80 USEDFP16 with medvram/lowvram optimizations, 512x512 at 25 steps in ~12 s/image
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB VRAM
~$260 USEDFP16 native, fast batching, ControlNet, and high-res fix at ~2.5 s/image
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB VRAM
~$580 NEWFP16 full precision, heavy upscaling, near-instant rendering at ~0.8 s/image
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN DREAMSHAPER 8?
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 Dreamshaper 8 takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make an imageone picture at normal settings | ~12 S★★★★★ | ~3 S★★★★★ | UNDER A SECOND★★★★★ |
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 Dreamshaper 8 yet to call it. We found 50 posts but people did not say much either way.
40 POSTS · 10 COMMENTS · REDDIT · LEMMY · GITHUB
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.
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Midjourney> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2023-12-06 · 169 UPVOTESDreamShaper 8 LCM released. 1 second per pic, link in the comment
DreamShaper 8 LCM released. 1 second per pic, link in the comment
- REDDIT · 2024-02-11 · 15 UPVOTESHow to stop generating people?
How to stop generating people?
- REDDIT · 2025-03-13 · 12 UPVOTESWhat am I doing wrong ? Need an expert Advice on this
What am I doing wrong ? Need an expert Advice on this
- REDDIT · 2023-10-25 · 7 UPVOTESVolumetric light VS Sampling method
Volumetric light VS Sampling method
- REDDIT · 2024-02-25 · 7 UPVOTESGenetic Enhanced Girl (Dreamshaper 8)
Genetic Enhanced Girl (Dreamshaper 8)
- REDDIT · 2024-05-05 · 7 UPVOTESComment in r/StableDiffusion
Comment in r/StableDiffusion
- REDDIT · 2023-12-09 · 5 UPVOTESCan't figure out how to generate Ghibli-style Pokemons
Can't figure out how to generate Ghibli-style Pokemons
- REDDIT · 2026-03-30 · 5 UPVOTESMade with 8GB of ram and 0 watercooling [ComfyUI, Dreamshaper 8]
Made with 8GB of ram and 0 watercooling [ComfyUI, Dreamshaper 8]
- REDDIT · 2024-02-14 · 4 UPVOTESLooking for Guidance on what to research
Looking for Guidance on what to research
- REDDIT · 2024-10-08 · 4 UPVOTESis there a way to "LCM"-ify a model?
is there a way to "LCM"-ify a model?
- REDDIT · 2026-07-08 · 0 UPVOTESLocal Stable Diffusion on iPhone vs ChatGPT benchmark - local AI image generation is 25x faster!!
Local Stable Diffusion on iPhone vs ChatGPT benchmark - local AI image generation is 25x faster!!
- REDDIT · 2024-06-17 · 0 UPVOTESTrying to create a sd1.5 model using the dream booth extension in A1111. When I press train, it says create or select a model first.
Trying to create a sd1.5 model using the dream booth extension in A1111. When I press train, it says create or select a model first.