Primary use stated or inferred cautiously from official documentation.
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ALIBABA QWEN / qwen-image-2.1-turbo
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo
Image generation and editing model published on October 9, 2026. The Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo checkpoint uses Qwen Image 2.1's 7-billion-parameter visual component, accelerated to eight denoising steps. Its API identifier is qwen-image-2.1-turbo. Both access paths are recorded in one profile, without confusing Turbo with Pro or duplicating entries by platform.
01 / SUMMARY
The essential
Maximum input capacity when published by the source.
Documented maximum generation limit.
Verified availability channels.
Primary functional family and verified specialties.
Declared terms for API access, model weights, or self-hosting.
02 / TECHNICAL SHEET
Limits and integration
| API ID | qwen-image-2.1-turbo |
|---|---|
| Model type | Image |
| Access model | Restricted weights and paid API |
| License | Qwen Research License Agreement |
| Deployment | Hosted API or local Diffusers |
| Release | 09 OCT 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not published |
| Entrance | Text · Image |
| Exit | Image |
| Context window | Recommended prompt: up to 4,500 tokens |
| maximum output | API: 1 to 6 images |
| Reasoning | Not applicable |
| Published tools | Image generation · Image editing · Multiple references |
| Structured Outings | Not compatible |
| Batch processing | Not compatible |
| Prompt cache | No API context cache; KV cache in local inference |
| Fine-tuning | Supported according to the API model card |
| Verified platforms | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · Hugging Face · Diffusers |
Text-to-image creation, local editing, posters, product composition and transparency. The API reference supports up to ten input images and one to six outputs per request, and recommends prompts up to 4,500 tokens. The local checkpoint includes its sampling schedule and defaults to CFG=1. Validate readability, identity and the alpha channel with representative examples.
The weights use the Qwen Research License Agreement: non-commercial research and evaluation; commercial use requires a separate license. They are not Apache 2.0. Hosted API terms differ. Model, endpoint and key must belong to the same region. Local deployment requires recent QwenImage21Pipeline support; eight steps guarantee neither fixed latency nor identical quality to Pro.
03 / CAPABILITIES
What it can do
Orientation
Text-to-image creation, local editing, posters, product composition and transparency. The API reference supports up to ten input images and one to six outputs per request, and recommends prompts up to 4,500 tokens. The local checkpoint includes its sampling schedule and defaults to CFG=1. Validate readability, identity and the alpha channel with representative examples.
Context
Recommended prompt: up to 4,500 tokens · API: 1 to 6 images
Tools and integration
Image generation · Image editing · Multiple references
Access
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · Hugging Face
Input modalities
TextImage
04 / PRICES
Documented cost
| Concept | Worth | Unit/condition |
|---|---|---|
| Standard input | No per-token price | Standard API rate |
| Cached input | Not published | Reading reused prefixes |
| Cache write or storage | Not published | The condition varies by provider |
| Standard output | USD0.016 / image (Singapore) | May include reasoning tokens |
| Batch input | Not published | Asynchronous processing |
| Batch output | Not published | Asynchronous processing |
Official output-image price: USD0.016 in Singapore and USD0.014133 in Beijing, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo. These are not per-million-token prices; numeric token-cost fields remain empty. Downloads do not include GPU costs either. Quotas and concurrency depend on region and synchronous or asynchronous mode: confirm your account's operational limit before planning production.
i Prices change and may depend on level, region or context length. Check the source before making a decision.
05 / EVALUATIONS
How to read the results
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We have not verified numerical benchmarks specific to Turbo. Results from the base model, Pro or Qwen Image 3.0 are not transferred. Inferama's evaluation is pending: record revision, resolution, steps, references, seed and hardware; measure cost per usable image, fidelity and latency. Always distinguish a provider sample from an independently reproducible test.
i No verified Turbo scores; Inferama evaluation pending.
Inferama only highlights a “best result” when the metric, test set, configuration, and date allow for an equivalent comparison. The supplier's figures are presented as claims from its own source.
06 / VERSIONS
Chronology
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo
Checkpoint: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo. API: qwen-image-2.1-turbo. Access paths, not two independent releases.
07 / SOURCES