Alternatives to SPARK.Chroma_preview
SPARK.Chroma_preview alternatives
SPARK.Chroma_preview's smallest published quantization is 4.71 GiB. The models below do the same job with a different trade — less memory, comparable size, or a more permissive licence.
From the file· sizes from summed file bytes
Meaningfully smaller
under 70% of its smallest quantization
| Model | Params | Smallest | Quants | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krea-2-Turbo | 12.8B | 2.78 GiB | 33 | other |
| FLUX.2-klein-4B | 3.9B | 1.70 GiB | 21 | apache-2.0 |
| Z-Image-Turbo | 6.2B | 2.41 GiB | 30 | apache-2.0 |
| Krea-2-Raw | 12.8B | 2.34 GiB | 29 | other |
| wai-nsfw-illustrious-v110-sdxl | 2.6B | 1.39 GiB | 9 | — |
| Chroma1-HD | 8.9B | 3.18 GiB | 18 | apache-2.0 |
| stable-diffusion-3.5-medium | 2.5B | 1.35 GiB | 21 | other |
| stable-diffusion-v1-5 | 860M | 1.46 GiB | 7 | creativeml-openrail-m |
Comparable in size
within ±40%, so a like-for-like swap
| Model | Params | Smallest | Quants | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX.2-klein-9B | 9.1B | 3.71 GiB | 29 | other |
| Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | 20.4B | 4.13 GiB | 36 | apache-2.0 |
| FLUX.1-dev | 11.9B | 3.75 GiB | 37 | other |
| Chroma | 8.9B | 3.99 GiB | 273 | apache-2.0 |
| FLUX.1-schnell | 11.9B | 3.73 GiB | 37 | apache-2.0 |
| FLUX.1-Fill-dev | 11.9B | 3.87 GiB | 25 | other |
| Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 | 20.4B | 6.50 GiB | 51 | apache-2.0 |
| Qwen-Image | 20.4B | 6.58 GiB | 43 | apache-2.0 |
More permissively licensed
licences that allow commercial use
| Model | Params | Smallest | Quants | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | 20.4B | 4.13 GiB | 36 | apache-2.0 |
| FLUX.2-klein-4B | 3.9B | 1.70 GiB | 21 | apache-2.0 |
| Z-Image-Turbo | 6.2B | 2.41 GiB | 30 | apache-2.0 |
| Chroma | 8.9B | 3.99 GiB | 273 | apache-2.0 |
| FLUX.1-schnell | 11.9B | 3.73 GiB | 37 | apache-2.0 |
| Qwen-Image-2512 | 20.4B | 6.83 GiB | 17 | apache-2.0 |
| Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 | 20.4B | 6.50 GiB | 51 | apache-2.0 |
| Qwen-Image | 20.4B | 6.58 GiB | 43 | apache-2.0 |