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Stable Diffusion 3.5 Review 2026 — Is It Worth Using Over Flux.1?
Stable Diffusion 3.5 brings MMDiT-X architecture, improved text rendering, and 3 model variants. Free community license. Is it better than Flux.1? Full comparison.
Stable Diffusion 3.5 is a family of image-generation models with Large, Large Turbo, and Medium variants. It supports styles including photography, painting, 3D, and line art, with text prompt adherence and diverse outputs.
Creators, developers, researchers, and enterprises can self-host the models, use Stability AI's API, or access them through cloud partners and web applications. Community licensing is free for eligible users; API generation uses credits, while enterprise licensing and support are custom-priced.
Features
- Generates images from text prompts
- Supports photography, painting, 3D, and line-art styles
- Includes Large, Large Turbo, and Medium variants
- Large targets professional 1-megapixel image generation
- Large Turbo generates images in four steps
- Medium is designed to run on consumer hardware
- Supports self-hosting and API integration
- Available under the Stability AI Community License
Use cases
- Create concept art and visual development assets
- Generate marketing and editorial images
- Fine-tune models for specialized creative workflows
- Build image-generation applications with the API
- Run image generation on consumer hardware
- Deploy image workflows for enterprise creative teams
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Starting price
- 2.5 credits
- Pricing checked
- 2026-09-19
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
6.5
- 6.5 credits per successful generation
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo
4
- 4 credits per successful generation
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium
3.5
- 3.5 credits per successful generation
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Flash
2.5
- 2.5 credits per successful generation