# Qwen-Image-2.1



Alibaba



Compact unified T2I+edit open-weight model; native RGBA, up to 10 refs, circle/paint/mask local edits; parallel to cloud flagship Qwen-Image-3.0 \(this row targets local/open deploy\). Official README intro 2026-09-20; HF 0919 checkpoint 2026-09-19.

On October 9, 2026, Qwen announced the availability of Turbo weights, an accelerated checkpoint using the same approximately 7B visual-generation architecture for image generation and editing in eight denoising steps. The Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo APIs are also live. Turbo weights are licensed under the Qwen Research License; the model card says other sampling schedules have not been evaluated. API pricing and account eligibility have not been verified.


## Availability

Open weights on Hugging Face / ModelScope: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1; diffusers QwenImage21Pipeline; community ComfyUI packs available
- Released: Sep 20, 2026
- Review updated: Oct 09, 2026 23:22 Fri · Beijing Time (UTC+8)

## Sources

- Source archive: https://x.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2108549075218120949

Canonical entry: https://www.ailyre.com/source/?id=alibaba-qwen-qwen-image-2-1&lang=en