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playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic vs stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
Playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic has 2.6B parameters and stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 has 2.6B parameters; playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic is released under other and stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 under Open RAIL++ License; at 16-bit, playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic needs about 6.2 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 about 6.2 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic playgroundai/playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic | stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Playground | Stability AI |
| Task | Text to image | Text to image |
| Modality | Image | Image |
| Parameters, as reported | 2.6B parameters | 2.6B parameters |
| Architecture | Not stated | Not stated |
| Library | diffusers | diffusers |
| Context length | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository size | 62.4 GB | 76.9 GB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors, onnx |
| License | other | openrail++ |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 6.2 GB | 6.2 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 1.5 GB | 1.5 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | 1e032f13f2fe | 462165984030 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 310.9k | 2.9M |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
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SAVRN's Notes on stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
The repository is 76.9 GB across 57 files; the run is 6.2 GB. One 16-bit copy of this 2.6B-parameter text-to-image model is 5.1 GB of weights, 4-bit needs 1.5 GB, and the page's 63.8 GB of weight files in safetensors and onnx hold far more than either, so pull only the format you serve. One MI300X at $1.85 an hour on-demand is the cheapest listing on our Index that fits, and this fills one thirtieth of its 192 GB.
Open RAIL++ permits commercial use but carries use-based restrictions that pass to your downstream users, so they belong in your own terms if you sell images; nothing is gated. Stability AI pairs this base with a separate refiner model for the final denoising steps and says the base runs standalone; decide which you are deploying, since the refiner is a second download and footprint. The files last moved 2023-10-30.
Questions
Which is larger, playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic or stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0?
playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic (2.6B parameters) is larger than stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 (2.6B parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic or stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0?
At 4-bit, playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 commercially?
Yes, with conditions. stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 is released under Open RAIL++ License. Open RAIL++ permits use, including commercial use, subject to the use-based restrictions listed in the license, which must be passed on to downstream users.