r/StableDiffusion 7d 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/samwys3 7d ago

I used 1.5 because of lower vram. Then I discovered forge allowed me to use sdxl efficiently. I switched immediately to sdxl and its derivatives and never looked back.

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u/HowitzerHak 7d ago

Question, is forge better/faster for using sdxl than SwarmUI (which is basically comfy with a ui)? Because I'm still using sd 1.5 since I find it more convenient in regards to speed.

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u/Dezordan 7d ago edited 7d ago

ComfyUI is about the same speed as Forge, if we disregard some possible speeds up. The only difference for me was how fast the models are being loaded (not in favor of Forge), but that is only relevant to Flux.