Reddit test: Qwen Image 2.1 quality falls below GPT Image 1.0, but it's fast
Altruistic_Print717 · reddit · 2026-09-20
A Reddit user's early hands-on with Qwen Image 2.1 found it disappointing: image quality below GPT Image 1.0, with frequent errors and artifacts in a ComfyUI workflow.
- Upside: reasonably fast — 4K images take about 90 seconds on an RTX 5080
- It allows somewhat adult content, though anatomy is broken
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