Alibaba open-sources Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo: 2K images in just 8 denoising steps
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-09
Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo, an accelerated open-weights checkpoint built on the 7B Qwen-Image-2.1 architecture: - Generates strong 2K text-to-image results in just 8 denoising steps - Supports natural-language editing (adding accessories, changing scenes) - Works with Diffusers' QwenImage21Pipeline with the recommended 8-step schedule; Pro and Turbo APIs are now live.
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