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Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters

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396 points doener | 3 comments | 30 Nov 25 11:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.534s | source
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thih9 ◴[06 Dec 25 20:04 UTC] No.46176197[source]▶
As an AI outsider with a recent 24GB macbook, can I follow the quick start[1] steps from the repo and expect decent results? How much time would it take to generate a single medium quality image?

[1]: https://github.com/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image?tab=readme-ov-file#-qu...

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1. altmanaltman ◴[06 Dec 25 20:15 UTC] No.46176279[source]▶
If you don't know anything about AI in terms of how these models are run, comfyui's macos version is probably the easiset to use. There is already a Z-Image workflow that you can get and comfyui will get all the models you need and get it work together. Can expect decent speed
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2. thih9 ◴[06 Dec 25 20:41 UTC] No.46176433[source]▶
I'm fine with the quick start steps and I prefer CLI to GUI anyway. But if I try it and find it too complex, I now know what to try instead - thanks.

I'm still curious whether this would run on a MacBook and how long would it take to generate an image. What machine are you using?

3. egeozcan ◴[06 Dec 25 20:57 UTC] No.46176539[source]▶
Have a 48GB M4 Pro and every inference step takes like 10 seconds on a 1024x1024 image. so six steps and you need a minute. Not terrible, not great.