How to Get Started with Z-Image Turbo

What is Z-Image Turbo?

Z-Image Turbo is a fast, 6-billion-parameter diffusion model from Tongyi-MAI that produces high-quality AI images in just a few inference steps.

Why it's fast

• Single-Stream DiT (S3-DiT) architecture
• Runs in as few as 8 steps
• Works on consumer GPUs with 12GB VRAM

Your first image

1. Load the model in ComfyUI
2. Enter a prompt like a serene mountain lake at golden hour
3. Set steps to 8 and generate

Tip: keep the CFG low (1.0-2.0) for the Turbo variant.

That's it — you'll have a result in under two seconds on an RTX 4090.