AIAlibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weights image generation and editing model
Alibaba’s Qwen team says the 7-billion-parameter model generates and edits image layers with transparency and supports editing with up to 10 reference images.
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Alibaba announced Qwen-Image-2.1 with open weights on September 20, 2026. Its Qwen team says the model combines image generation and editing, including transparent RGBA layers and editing with up to 10 reference images. SGLang announced launch-day support in SGLang-Diffusion. It reports 1024×1024 generation in 18.7 seconds and image editing in 21.7 seconds on a single RTX 4090 24GB at native precision with CPU offload. The reported measurements used 40 denoising steps, one image per request and no quantization, measuring warmed HTTP latency including PNG output.
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Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weights image generation and editing model
Alibaba’s Qwen team says the 7-billion-parameter model generates and edits image layers with transparency and supports editing with up to 10 reference images.