base_model: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 tags:

fp8
int8
unsloth
quantized
diffusers
qwen
image-generation
image-editing
rgba
text-to-image license: other license_name: qwen-research license_link: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1/blob/main/LICENSE language:
en
zh library_name: diffusers pipeline_tag: text-to-image widget:
text: Photorealistic photograph of an old movie theater with faded red seats, peeling walls, and a torn screen. output: url: samples/int8_2.png
text: A rally car speeding across vast desert dunes, throwing a dramatic trail of sand behind it. output: url: samples/fp8_1.png
text: Photorealistic editorial photograph of a woman barista making a latte in a modern, minimalist café on a sunny tropical morning. output: url: samples/int8_1.png
text: A lone astronaut crossing a dark, frozen lake beneath enormous rings stretching across an alien sky. Fine cracks visible under the translucent ice, distant mountains, soft blue twilight, cinematic scale, photorealistic detail. output: url: samples/fp8_2.png

Read our How to Run Qwen-Image-2.1 Guide! 💜

This is an FP8 / INT8 quantized version of Qwen-Image-2.1, plus a pre-cast FP8 copy of its Qwen3-VL text encoder.

For higher quality, you can also run Dynamic FP8 on just 6GB of VRAM via offloading (<2x slower).
Optimized for efficient inference with reduced memory footprint. Same-seed LPIPS vs the bf16 model (lower is better): 0.064 INT8, 0.112 FP8. INT8 is the shipped scheme.
In Unsloth Desktop these are used automatically: pick Qwen-Image-2.1 and an INT8 or FP8 precision.

file	size	replaces
`Qwen-Image-2.1-INT8.safetensors`	7.26 GB	the 14.23 GB bf16 `transformer`
`Qwen-Image-2.1-FP8.safetensors`	7.12 GB	the 14.23 GB bf16 `transformer`
`Qwen-Image-2.1-text_encoder-FP8.safetensors`	9.39 GB	the 17.5 GB bf16 `text_encoder`
`vae/qwen_image_2.1_vae_bf16.safetensors`	0.63 GB	the fp32 `vae`, for unsloth/Qwen-Image-2.1-GGUF

Everything here is safetensors rather than a pickle, so loading runs no arbitrary code. Needs a diffusers main build: Qwen-Image-2.1 support postdates the 0.40 release.

Samples

Introduction

We are excited to open-source Qwen-Image-2.1, a unified text-to-image generation and image editing model in the Qwen family. With just 7B parameters in its visual generation component (32 Single-Stream DiT layers), Qwen-Image-2.1 balances generation quality, inference efficiency, and versatility.

Four key improvements define this release:

Compact and Efficient: a lightweight architecture with mixed-granularity attention and prefix KV cache reuse delivers strong image quality at low computational cost.
Native Transparency, Unified Creation and Editing: generate regular or transparent (RGBA) images from text, edit transparent layers, and extract subjects from photographs, all in one model.
Versatile Editing: support up to 10 reference images, specify local edits via circles, painted annotations, or separate masks, and preserve identity for people and products.
Realistic Textures and Refined Aesthetics: improved typography, portrait lighting, and fine details for more visually compelling results.

For more details, see the GitHub repo and Blog.

Quick Start

Installation

pip install torch>=2.4.0
pip install transformers>=5.17
pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers
pip install accelerate pillow

Text-to-Image

import torch
from diffusers import QwenImage21Pipeline

pipe = QwenImage21Pipeline.from_pretrained(
    "Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
).to("cuda")

image = pipe(
    prompt="A neon shop sign that reads \"QWEN IMAGE 2.1\", rainy night, reflections on wet pavement",
    width=2048, height=2048,
    num_inference_steps=40,
    generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
).images[0]

image.save("t2i_example.png")

Image Editing

import torch
from PIL import Image
from diffusers import QwenImage21Pipeline

pipe = QwenImage21Pipeline.from_pretrained(
    "Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
).to("cuda")

input_image = Image.open("input.png")

image = pipe(
    prompt="Change the background to a sunset beach",
    image=input_image,
    num_inference_steps=40,
    generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
).images[0]

image.save("edit_example.png")

Transparent Image Generation (RGBA)

Use the recommended prompt format for transparent images:

image = pipe(
    prompt="This is an RGBA image with transparency. A cute cartoon dragon sticker. The image has alpha channel and the background is transparent.",
    width=2048, height=2048,
    num_inference_steps=40,
    generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
).images[0]

image.save("transparent_example.png")

Supported Aspect Ratios

aspect_ratios = {
    "1:1":  (2048, 2048),
    "4:3":  (2400, 1792),
    "3:4":  (1792, 2400),
    "3:2":  (2528, 1696),
    "2:3":  (1696, 2528),
    "16:9": (2752, 1536),
    "9:16": (1536, 2752),
}

Memory Optimization

pipe = QwenImage21Pipeline.from_pretrained(
    "Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
)
pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()

Showcase

License

This model is licensed under the Qwen Research License Agreement.

Qwen-Image-2.1-FP8