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SDXL-Lightning

Published
Feb 24, 2024

SDXL-Lightning is an AI model developed by ByteDance (China), first published in February 2024. It works in the image generation domain, on tasks such as image generation and text-to-image.

Epoch AI has no training-compute estimate for this model. Training ran on 64 NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB.

Access: Open weights (restricted use). Its weights are openly available. It is built on top of Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL).

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Organization
ByteDance
Country of organization
China
Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation, Text-to-image
Training hardware
NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Chips used
64
Training power draw
50.7 kW
Model accessibility
Open weights (restricted use)
Open weights
Yes
Base model
Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL)
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