Hugging FaceTurns a written description into a picture, and it was built to finish each one in a few steps.
- Parameters
- 12B
- Download
- 17 to 23 GB
- Commercial use
- Yes
Too big for this Mac
Its smallest size needs 19 GB of memory, more than M4 · 16 GB can give it.
Pictures made with FLUX.1 Schnell
See allThe rest are this month's best-liked on Civitai, shown from there; each belongs to the person who made it. Open one for its maker.
About
The maker says it can produce a finished picture in only one to four steps.
Limitations
It may make a picture that doesn't match what was asked for.
How closely it follows a request depends a lot on how it is worded.
Sources: black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell model card. Every line comes from one of these.
Good at
Licence
Apache 2.0. Commercial use: yes. The maker's page has the full terms.
FLUX.1 Schnell runs well from a Mac with an M1 Pro and 32 GB of memory, at Q4_K. 40 of 59 Mac configurations run it well.
Compare with
The nearest models in size, judged for the same Mac.
- FLUX.1 DevPictures from text promptsToo big for this Mac · 17 GBGet
- Qwen ImagePictures with readable textToo big for this Mac · 18 GBGet
- Qwen Image EditEdits photos and their textToo big for this Mac · 19 GBGet
- Qwen-Image 2.1 TurboBest at sharp, detailed illustration in eight steps.Tight fit · 9.9 GBGet
Sizes
Memory is what llama.cpp's own calculator reported for each size when the catalog was built, with the app's settings. Smaller, Balanced and Best are the three sizes the store names.
Run It Anywhere
FLUX.1 Schnell is an open model. Draw Things and DiffusionBee take it from black-forest-labs's own files on Hugging Face. For ComfyUI, with the ComfyUI-GGUF nodes installed, put one of the GGUF files in ComfyUI/models/unet.
Open
Open
Files
On every Mac
| Mac | Size | Fit | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| M6 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M6 · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M6 · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M5 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M5 · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M5 · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M5 Pro · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M5 Pro · 48 GB | Q4_K | Runs great | 19 GB |
| M5 Pro · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M5 Max · 36 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M5 Max · 48 GB | Q4_K | Runs great | 19 GB |
| M5 Max · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M5 Max · 128 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M5 Ultra · 96 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M5 Ultra · 256 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M5 Ultra · 512 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M4 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M4 · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M4 · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M4 Pro · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M4 Pro · 48 GB | Q4_K | Runs great | 19 GB |
| M4 Pro · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M4 Max · 36 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M4 Max · 48 GB | Q4_K | Runs great | 19 GB |
| M4 Max · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M4 Max · 96 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M4 Max · 128 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 · 8 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M3 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M3 · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M3 Pro · 18 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M3 Pro · 36 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M3 Max · 36 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M3 Max · 48 GB | Q4_K | Runs great | 19 GB |
| M3 Max · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 Max · 96 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 Max · 128 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 Ultra · 96 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 Ultra · 256 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M3 Ultra · 512 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M2 · 8 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M2 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M2 · 24 GB | Q4_K | Tight fit | 19 GB |
| M2 Pro · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M2 Pro · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M2 Max · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M2 Max · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M2 Max · 96 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M2 Ultra · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M2 Ultra · 128 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M2 Ultra · 192 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M1 · 8 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M1 · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M1 Pro · 16 GB | Q4_K | Too big | 19 GB |
| M1 Pro · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M1 Max · 32 GB | Q4_K | Runs well | 19 GB |
| M1 Max · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M1 Ultra · 64 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
| M1 Ultra · 128 GB | Q8_0 | Runs great | 25 GB |
The size is the one the store offers that Mac. Constants fitted October 11, 2026; how, and how wrong.
Badge for the model card
Shows on FLUX.1 Schnell's Hugging Face card which Macs run it well, linked to this page. It updates every morning.
Sizes and files are read from city96/FLUX.1-schnell-gguf on Hugging Face and checked every morning. Catalog of November 4, 2026.