Qwen-Image
A 20B image model released under Apache 2.0, notable for accurate text rendering in Chinese and English.
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Qwen-Image vs Stable Diffusion
Qwen-Image (Alibaba) and Stable Diffusion (Stability AI) both sit in Image. Qwen-Image is the cheaper entry point at Open-source model available for free download and local inference.. Stable Diffusion shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Qwen-Image Alibaba | Stable Diffusion Stability AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | Qwen-Image | Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Entry cost | Open-source model available for free download and local inference. | from $19/org/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Open Source free | Trial free · Creator $19 · Core $50 |
| Model stack | Qwen · Qwen-Image · Qwen-Image-2 · Qwen-VL | more · Nano Banana · Seedream · Stable Audio 3.0 · Stable Diffusion · Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 8 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Text rendering, Instruction editing, Open weights (Apache 2.0), ControlNet, vision understanding, multimodal, open-source, multimodal model | Open weights, LoRA fine-tuning, ControlNet ecosystem, Local inference, Commercial licence, Text-to-image, Sketch-to-image, Inpainting |
Stable Diffusion
A family of downloadable image models with a large ecosystem of fine-tunes and tooling.
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