Fastest GPU For Image Generation

Turning a prompt into a picture, timed end to end at 1024px.

Same prompt, every model

One prompt, one seed, 1024px, rendered by each model on the same card (NVIDIA L4). Speed is meaningless without knowing what you get for it.

Sana 1.6B output
Sana 1.6B13.84 images/min
PixArt-Sigma XL output
PixArt-Sigma XL8.08 images/min
Stable Diffusion XL output
Stable Diffusion XL5.18 images/min
Z-Image Turbo output
Z-Image Turbo2.48 images/min

Prompt: "a photorealistic red fox standing on a mossy rock in a misty forest, golden hour". Identical seed and resolution for every model, at each model's own recommended step count, so a four-step model is not judged at thirty.

Stable Diffusion XL

Weights: stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0

NVIDIA B20046.12
NVIDIA H20037.16
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM334.58
NVIDIA B30029.2
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition27.94
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition26.32
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509021.08
NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM418.576
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell17.46
NVIDIA L40S17.02
NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe16.8
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM416.36
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409016.28
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell13.1
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation12.74

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B20046.12
2NVIDIA H20037.16
3NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM334.58
4NVIDIA B30029.2
5NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition27.94
6NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition26.32
7NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509021.08
8NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM418.58
9NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell17.46
10NVIDIA L40S17.02
11NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe16.8
12NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM416.36
13NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409016.28
14NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell13.1
15NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation12.74

Z-Image Turbo

Weights: Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo

NVIDIA B30039.675
NVIDIA B20032.325
NVIDIA H20023.175
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM322.125
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition15.6
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition14.775
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509010.725
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM49.975
NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe9.3
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell9.075
NVIDIA L40S8.325
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40907.425
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell6.45
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation5.925
NVIDIA L405.625

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B30039.68
2NVIDIA B20032.33
3NVIDIA H20023.18
4NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM322.13
5NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition15.6
6NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition14.78
7NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509010.73
8NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM49.98
9NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe9.3
10NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell9.08
11NVIDIA L40S8.33
12NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40907.43
13NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell6.45
14NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation5.93
15NVIDIA L405.63

FLUX.1 dev

Weights: black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev

NVIDIA B30020.807
NVIDIA B20013.136
NVIDIA H2009.514
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM39.064
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition6.921
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition6.75
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM44.264
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell4.2
NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe3.964
NVIDIA L40S3.836
NVIDIA L402.464
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation2.229
NVIDIA RTX A60002.164
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50902.036
NVIDIA A401.95

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B30020.81
2NVIDIA B20013.14
3NVIDIA H2009.51
4NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM39.06
5NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition6.92
6NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition6.75
7NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM44.26
8NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell4.2
9NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe3.96
10NVIDIA L40S3.84
11NVIDIA L402.46
12NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation2.23
13NVIDIA RTX A60002.16
14NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50902.04
15NVIDIA A401.95

Z-Image Turbo (1024px)

Weights: Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo

NVIDIA B20062.47
NVIDIA B30048.63
NVIDIA H20040.74
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM339.42
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition31.43
NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM418.7
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM418.65
NVIDIA L40S18.2
NVIDIA A10G6.32
NVIDIA L44.6

Measured in 1024px. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B20062.47
2NVIDIA B30048.63
3NVIDIA H20040.74
4NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM339.42
5NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition31.43
6NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM418.7
7NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM418.65
8NVIDIA L40S18.2
9NVIDIA A10G6.32
10NVIDIA L44.6

FLUX.1 Schnell

Weights: black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell

NVIDIA B20081.41
NVIDIA H20060.51
NVIDIA B30059.54
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM358.36
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition42.41
NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM428.44
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM428.39
NVIDIA L40S26.24

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B20081.41
2NVIDIA H20060.51
3NVIDIA B30059.54
4NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM358.36
5NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition42.41
6NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM428.44
7NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM428.39
8NVIDIA L40S26.24

Krea 2 Turbo

Weights: krea/Krea-2-Turbo

NVIDIA B2009.5
NVIDIA H2007.25
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM36.85
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition4.71
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM43.35

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA B2009.5
2NVIDIA H2007.25
3NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM36.85
4NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition4.71
5NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM43.35

Sana 1.6B

Weights: Efficient-Large-Model/Sana_1600M_1024px_diffusers

NVIDIA L40S50.81
NVIDIA A10G14.13
NVIDIA L413.84
NVIDIA T41.13

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA L40S50.81
2NVIDIA A10G14.13
3NVIDIA L413.84
4NVIDIA T41.13

AuraFlow v0.3

Weights: fal/AuraFlow-v0.3

NVIDIA L40S3.58
NVIDIA A10G1.39
NVIDIA L41.02

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA L40S3.58
2NVIDIA A10G1.39
3NVIDIA L41.02

PixArt-Sigma XL

Weights: PixArt-alpha/PixArt-Sigma-XL-2-1024-MS

NVIDIA L40S26.95
NVIDIA A10G9.93
NVIDIA L48.08

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA L40S26.95
2NVIDIA A10G9.93
3NVIDIA L48.08

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium

Weights: stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-medium

NVIDIA L40S11.58
NVIDIA A10G4.11
NVIDIA L42.96

Measured in images/min. Longer is faster.

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA L40S11.58
2NVIDIA A10G4.11
3NVIDIA L42.96

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large

Weights: stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-large

#GPUimages/min
1NVIDIA L40S4.54

Every number is a first-party run on our own bench. Cards missing from a board have not been measured on that model yet, or cannot fit it.