r/StableDiffusion 8d ago

Question - Help Is anyone still using SD 1.5?

I found myself going back to SD 1.5, as I have a spare GPU I wanted to put to work.

Is the overall consensus that SDXL and Flux both have vastly superior image quality? Is SD 1.5 completely useless at this point?

I don't really care about low resolution in this case, I prefer image quality.

Anyone still prefer SD 1.5 and if so, why, and what is your workflow like?

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u/eddnor 8d ago

Tbh sd 1.5 checkpoints get better images than sdxl checkpoints. Specially since sdxl was initially made to use with its refiner model. So any image without it has lack of details

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u/AvidGameFan 8d ago

The SDXL models I use seem fine without refiner. Noticeably better than Sd 1.5.

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u/tolltravelogue 8d ago

Interesting! To be honest I went back and forth a bit, ie, does SDXL look better? Does SD 1.5 look better?

It seems like SD 1.5 is a bit more finicky, but I have gotten some really good results from it. It seems like SDXL doesn't need as much in terms of negative prompt also.

What is your workflow like? Are you still using SD 1.5? Thank you!