Qwen Releases Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo Open Weights

On October 9, 2026, Qwen released Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo and made the model's weights openly available. According to the official description, the model is based on Qwen-Image-2.1 and uses the same 7B visual generation architecture; it requires only 8 denoising steps to generate and edit images. The weights are now available on ModelScope and Hugging Face. This version can still generate 2K images from text and supports continued creation through natural language editing, such as adding accessories or changing scenes. Using Diffusers to load QwenImage21Pipeline allows running with the recommended 8-step sampling scheme. The APIs for Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo have also officially launched. There are currently no subsequent developments.

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1. Oct 9· 3 reports

   Qwen releases Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo open weights

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