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HiDream-I1

HiDream-I1 is a 17B parameter image generation foundation model by HiDream.ai that achieves state-of-the-art quality using a sparse diffusion transformer architecture.

Model Variants

HiDream-I1 Full

  • Full 17B parameter sparse diffusion transformer
  • Uses Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and T5-XXL as text encoders
  • VAE from FLUX.1 Schnell, MIT license

HiDream-I1 Dev

  • Distilled variant, faster inference with minor quality tradeoff

HiDream-I1 Fast

  • Further distilled for maximum speed, best for rapid prototyping

HiDream-E1

  • Instruction-based image editing model

Key Features

  • State-of-the-art HPS v2.1 score (33.82), surpassing Flux.1-dev, DALL-E 3, and Midjourney V6
  • Best-in-class prompt following on GenEval (0.83) and DPG-Bench (85.89)
  • Multiple output styles: photorealistic, cartoon, artistic, and more
  • Dual text encoding with Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and T5-XXL for strong prompt adherence
  • MIT license for commercial use
  • Requires Flash Attention for optimal performance

Hardware Requirements

  • Minimum: 24GB VRAM (Full model), Dev and Fast variants run on lower VRAM
  • Recommended: 40GB+ VRAM for Full model at high resolution
  • CUDA 12.4+ recommended for Flash Attention
  • Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct weights downloaded automatically

Common Use Cases

  • High-fidelity text-to-image generation
  • Photorealistic image creation
  • Artistic and stylized illustrations
  • Instruction-based image editing (E1 variant)
  • Commercial image generation

Key Parameters

  • model_type: Variant selection (full, dev, fast)
  • steps: Inference steps (varies by variant; fewer for fast/dev)
  • cfg_scale: Guidance scale for prompt adherence
  • resolution: Output image dimensions
  • prompt: Detailed text description of desired image