Early Qwen-Image 2.1 tests: art styles OK, realism 'so bad' tester regretted it

No_Daikon3851 · reddit · 2026-09-21

A Reddit user ran first tests of Qwen-Image 2.1 with CFG 1, 40 steps, 2MP, Euler/Simple sampling and int8 quantization. Art styles came out acceptable, but photorealistic outputs were so poor the tester felt he wasted his time; raising CFG to 4-4.5 helps slightly.

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