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playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic

by Playground playgroundai/playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic

This repository contains a model that generates highly aesthetic images of resolution 1024x1024, as well as portrait and landscape aspect ratios. You can use the model with Hugging Face Diffusers.

Parameters2.6B
Context
Weights62.4 GB
Licenseother
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads310.9k

Runs On

What it takes to serve playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic (2.6B parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 5.1 GB 6.2 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 2.6 GB 3.1 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 1.3 GB 1.5 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Sep 18, 2026.

Model Card

This repository contains a model that generates highly aesthetic images of resolution 1024x1024, as well as portrait and landscape aspect ratios. You can use the model with Hugging Face Diffusers. Playground v2.5 is a diffusion-based text-to-image generative model, and a successor to Playground v2. Playground v2.5 is the state-of-the-art open-source model in aesthetic quality. Our user studies demonstrate that our model outperforms SDXL, Playground v2, PixArt-α, DALL-E 3, and Midjourney 5.2. For details on the development and training of our model, please refer to our blog post and technical report. Install diffusers >= 0.27.0 and the relevant dependencies. - The pipeline uses the…

Excerpt from the card by Playground, licensed other.

Identity and Version

Repository
playgroundai/playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic
Publisher
Playground
Task
Text to image
Modality
Image
Library
diffusers
Parameters
2.6B parameters
Languages
Not stated by the source
Revision
1e032f13f2fe6db2dc49947dbdbd196e753de573
First published
2024-02-16
Last updated
2024-03-15

Files and Weights

35 files, 62.4 GB in total. The weights are 18 files totalling 62.4 GB in bin, safetensors.

Weights18 files · 62.4 GB
Configuration8 files · 5.9 KB
Tokenizer6 files · 3.2 MB
Documentation2 files · 15.9 KB
Repository1 file · 1.5 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic.fp16.safetensorsWeights6.9 GB bcaa7dd67809
playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic.safetensorsWeights13.9 GB 956dca99114a
text_encoder/model.fp16.safetensorsWeights246.1 MB 660c6f5b1aba
text_encoder/model.safetensorsWeights492.3 MB 778d02eb9e70
text_encoder/pytorch_model.binWeights492.3 MB 4b2a888f98b6
text_encoder/pytorch_model.fp16.binWeights246.2 MB 1aaa9196f44f
text_encoder_2/model.fp16.safetensorsWeights1.4 GB ec310df2af79
text_encoder_2/model.safetensorsWeights2.8 GB fa5b2e6f4c2e
text_encoder_2/pytorch_model.binWeights2.8 GB 01854181cb92
text_encoder_2/pytorch_model.fp16.binWeights1.4 GB c61bac6a0e10
unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.binWeights10.3 GB 5544408cfc76
unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.fp16.binWeights5.1 GB 26dc7594ac2d
unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.fp16.safetensorsWeights5.1 GB 933778ce76c1
unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.safetensorsWeights10.3 GB 11b6d7bce656
vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.binWeights334.7 MB 9512825399e3
vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.fp16.binWeights167.4 MB 814c655ef8cd
vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.fp16.safetensorsWeights167.3 MB bcb60880a46b
vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.safetensorsWeights334.6 MB e8aef7b00195
model_index.jsonConfiguration684 B
scheduler/scheduler_config.jsonConfiguration497 B
text_encoder/config.jsonConfiguration560 B
text_encoder_2/config.jsonConfiguration570 B
tokenizer/special_tokens_map.jsonConfiguration586 B
tokenizer_2/special_tokens_map.jsonConfiguration460 B
unet/config.jsonConfiguration1.8 KB
vae/config.jsonConfiguration746 B
LICENSE.mdDocumentation9.5 KB
README.mdDocumentation6.5 KB
.gitattributesRepository1.5 KB
tokenizer/merges.txtTokenizer524.6 KB
tokenizer/tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer704 B
tokenizer/vocab.jsonTokenizer1.1 MB
tokenizer_2/merges.txtTokenizer524.6 KB
tokenizer_2/tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer855 B
tokenizer_2/vocab.jsonTokenizer1.1 MB

License and Download

License
other
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
62.4 GB
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Released by Playground through its official repository on Hugging Face. Read the license.

Built From

  • Described by arXiv:2206.00364
  • Described by arXiv:2402.17245

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published62.4 GB
16-bit5.1 GB
8-bit2.6 GB
4-bit1.3 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic

How much GPU memory does playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic need?

About 6.2 GB at 16-bit and 1.5 GB at 4-bit: the weights (2.6B parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

What license is playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic released under?

other, as its publisher declares it. Read the license text before commercial use.

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