Qwen Image 2.1 specs, prices, where it runs and its benchmark standing

Name: Qwen Image 2.1
Author: Alibaba

open weights · top 10 on 0 of 2 · released Sep 14, 2026

Provider: Alibaba
Release date: Sep 14, 2026; Hugging Face
Parameters: 7.1B total; Hugging Face
Modalities: Text to Image; Hugging Face
License: Qwen Research; Hugging Face
Hosting: self-host: weights on Hugging Face
Hardware: Estimate: about 14 GB of weights as published (BF16), about 7.1 GB at 8-bit, about 3.6 GB at 4-bit, plus memory for the context; Hugging Face config
Weights: Open weights
Benchmarks: 2 boards captured

Rank	Board	Category	Score	Of	Over time
19	Text-to-ImageImage · as “Qwen-Image-2.1”	Image	1,227	71
20	Image EditImage · as “Qwen-Image-2.1”	Image	1,364	51

Versions and release history

2 versions in this line since Aug 2, 2025, from Pricing, OpenRouter and the boards.

Version	Released	Source
Qwen Image 2.1this model	Sep 14, 20268 weeks ago	Hugging Face
Qwen Image	Aug 2, 20251 year ago	Hugging Face

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