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Stable Diffusion 2
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by Stability AI
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RANKED #89 OF 101 IMAGES · OVERALL #459 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.0 · 74 VOICES ·
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stable-diffusion-2 on Hugging Face (text to image). 13,182 downloads. Open weights for local or hosted use.
HAPPY6.7
8 mentions
SAD8.3
8 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 5 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 Stable Diffusion 2 once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
865M UNet parameters plus OpenCLIP text encoder, full FP16 checkpoint is about 5.2 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB VRAM
~$110 USEDFP16 medvram mode, ~12 s/image at 512x512 with 30 steps
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB VRAM
~$230 USEDFP16 native, ~4 s/image at 768x768 with 30 steps
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB VRAM
~$520 NEWFP16 native with xFormers/Torch compile, ~1.5 s/image at 768x768
No live install guides found yet. The hardware picks above still stand.
WILL MY BOX RUN STABLE DIFFUSION 2?
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 Stable Diffusion 2 takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make an imageone picture at normal settings | ~12 S★★★★★ | ~4 S★★★★★ | ~2 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 Stable Diffusion 2 yet to call it. We found 74 posts but people did not say much either way.
62 POSTS · 12 COMMENTS · LEMMY · REDDIT · X · 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 · 2022-11-24 · 317 UPVOTESMidjourney v4 versus Stable Diffusion 2 prompt showdown: "bodybuilder pigeon weightlifting bread, anime style" 💪
Midjourney v4 versus Stable Diffusion 2 prompt showdown: "bodybuilder pigeon weightlifting bread, anime style" 💪
- REDDIT · 2025-08-13 · 219 UPVOTESPattern Diffusion, a new model for creating seamless patterns
Pattern Diffusion, a new model for creating seamless patterns
- REDDIT · 2022-10-21 · 159 UPVOTESDownload the improved 1.5 model with much better faces using the latest improved autoencoder from stability, no more weird eyes
Download the improved 1.5 model with much better faces using the latest improved autoencoder from stability, no more weird eyes
- REDDIT · 2023-01-04 · 43 UPVOTESStable Diffusion 2.x is like "no, nipples are too disturbing -- just generate something that looks like breast cancer."
Stable Diffusion 2.x is like "no, nipples are too disturbing -- just generate something that looks like breast cancer."
- REDDIT · 2022-12-01 · 36 UPVOTESDistilled Stable Diffusion 2, a 20x speed up.
Distilled Stable Diffusion 2, a 20x speed up.
- REDDIT · 2023-01-28 · 30 UPVOTESWhat is the advantage of stable diffusion 2.X? 1.5 seems better in most ways.
What is the advantage of stable diffusion 2.X? 1.5 seems better in most ways.
- REDDIT · 2022-11-25 · 28 UPVOTESDiffusers now supports Stable Diffusion 2
Diffusers now supports Stable Diffusion 2
- REDDIT · 2022-11-30 · 27 UPVOTESDocumenting the imaginary architecture of Havana in Stable Diffusion 2. Prompt in reply.
Documenting the imaginary architecture of Havana in Stable Diffusion 2. Prompt in reply.
- REDDIT · 2022-12-02 · 23 UPVOTESPortraits of some young punks at CBGB's in 1983 with Stable Diffusion 2. Prompt in reply.
Portraits of some young punks at CBGB's in 1983 with Stable Diffusion 2. Prompt in reply.
- REDDIT · 2022-12-09 · 21 UPVOTESPrompt Challenge #4 - Cozy in the Cold.
Prompt Challenge #4 - Cozy in the Cold.
- REDDIT · 2024-03-27 · 19 UPVOTESNo updates on ELLA's code/weights - Could we leverage Lavi Bridge instead?
No updates on ELLA's code/weights - Could we leverage Lavi Bridge instead?
- REDDIT · 2022-12-02 · 13 UPVOTESPrompt Challenge #3 - Couch Potato
Prompt Challenge #3 - Couch Potato