Z-Image Turbo
Fast, fully free image model you can use for anything.
FreeOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Free local images, even for business
- On your PC
- Some setup
- Works on
- Windows, Linux, Mac
- License
- Apache-2.0
What’s good
- Apache-2.0 license, no revenue limits
- Fast, about 8 steps per image
- Writes English and Chinese text in images
Downsides
- Clearly behind 2026 models (61st on LMArena)
- Best results need a 16 GB graphics card
The details.
- Version
- Z-Image Turbo (6B)Released 2025-11
- Open source
- Yes, Apache-2.0
- Made by
- Alibaba (Tongyi-MAI)
- Website
- huggingface.co
How it ranks.
- LMArena Text-to-Image#61 · score 10822026-11-05
- Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena#72 · score 9352026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Some setup: download a model inside an app.
Use ComfyUI, Draw Things.
- You need
- NVIDIA card with 16 GB; Macs via Draw Things
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBRuns
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns
What it makes.
“A candid photograph of an elderly baker standing behind a wooden counter in a small sunlit bakery, holding up a small chalkboard sign with both hands. The sign reads "FRESH BREAD 7 AM" in neat white chalk capital letters. Flour on her fingers, all ten fingers clearly visible, warm morning light through the window, shallow depth of field, shot on a 35mm camera.”
