# Stable Diffusion XL

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**Summary:** Model for generating images from text prompts trained by stability.ai (developed in the US).

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## Central parameters

**Description:** Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 generates photorealistic images, ideal for marketing visuals, product mockups, and natural scenes.

**Model identifier:** `stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0`

## IONOS AI Model Hub Lifecycle and Alternatives

| **IONOS Launch** | **End of Life** |                            **Alternative**                            | **Successor** |
| :--------------: | :-------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------: |
|  _July 1, 2024_  |       N/A       | [<mark style="color:blue;">**FLUX.1-schnell**</mark>](flux-1-schnell) |               |

### Origin

|                                **Provider**                                | **Country** |                                                              **License**                                                             | **Flavor** |   **Release**   |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------: | :-------------: |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**stability.ai**</mark>](https://stability.ai/) |     USA     | [<mark style="color:blue;">**License**</mark>](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE.md) |    Base    | _July 26, 2023_ |

### Technology

| **Input Length** | **Iterations** | **Quantization** | **Multilingual** |
| :--------------: | :------------: | :--------------: | :--------------: |
|       _75_       |      _40_      |      _8bit_      |       _No_       |

## Modalities

| **Text** | **Image** |   **Audio**   |
| :------: | :-------: | :-----------: |
|   Input  |   Output  | Not supported |

## Endpoints

| **Chat Completions** | **Embeddings** |  **Image generation** |
| :------------------: | :------------: | :-------------------: |
|     Not supported    |  Not supported | v1/images/generations |

## Features

| **Streaming** | **Tool calling** |
| :-----------: | :--------------: |
| Not supported |   Not supported  |

## Rate limits

Rate limits ensure fair usage and reliable access to the AI Model Hub. In addition to the [<mark style="color:blue;">contract-wide rate limits</mark>](../tutorials/rate-limits), the following rate limits apply:

| **Endpoint or Scope** | **Limit**                | **Notes**                                                                                    |
| --------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Image Generation      | 10 images/minute (base)  | Additional limit specifically for images                                                     |
|                       | 20 images/minute (burst) | Short bursts allowed; after a burst, burst quota refills at the base rate (10 images/minute) |
