Flux 3 Klein base vs distilled, tested locally
so Klein dropped and of course I had to throw it on my machine right away :D I ran both bf16 versions against each other with 50 prompts, same seeds, around 2MP, on an RTX A4500 with 20GB.
Proof1 community thread
Key points
- Base with 50 steps and CFG 3.5, distilled with 15 steps and CFG 1, both with the official ComfyUI workflows.
- Makes a big difference, short prompts give you pretty generic stuff.
- I asked for robbers with cheap rubber masks of an old bald man and base gives you masks while distilled just gives you four creepy real old dudes :D Counting is still meh, I asked for seven elephants and got 6 and 5.
- And yes I tested the not safe part too, I know you’re gonna ask :D Artistic not safe art :P works somewhat in base, not perfect but good enough that I think you can work with it, especially for finetunes and loras.
Sources (1)
- [1]Flux 3 Klein base vs distilled, tested locallyr/StableDiffusion (top, day) · Oct 15, 08:20 PM
so Klein dropped and of course I had to throw it on my machine right away :D I ran both bf16 versions against each other with 50 prompts, same seeds, around 2MP, on an RTX A4500 with 20GB.
Base with 50 steps and CFG 3.5, distilled with 15 steps and CFG 1, both with the official ComfyUI workflows.
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