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How long is the generation taking on say a 2021 MacBook M1 Pro?

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andreasley 4y ago
55 seconds on a M1 Pro MacBook with 16GB RAM to generate a picture (with default settings, so 512x512, 25 steps). On a M1 Ultra, it takes 12 seconds with 64GB RAM (same settings). While computing, the Mac Studio is pulling 100 watts of power.
- josephg 4y ago
  Based on the screenshot, it looks like this is set to default to 25 steps. I've been using 50 steps on my M1 macbook pro with 16gb of ram. It takes about 1m30s per image.
- drcongo 4y ago
  M1 Pro MBP with 32GB RAM here, takes 30 seconds on the default settings.
- gardaani 4y ago
  > 55 seconds on a M1 Pro MacBook with 16GB RAM to generate a picture I've been running webui [1] on M1 MacBook Air 16GB RAM: 512x512, 50 steps takes almost 300 seconds. I'm suspecting that it is running on CPU, because the script says "Max VRAM used for this generation: 0.00G" and Activity Monitor says that it's using lots of CPU % and no GPU % at all. When M1 users are running stable diffusion, does the Activity Monitor show the GPU usage correctly? [1] https://github.com/lstein/stable-diffusion https://github.com/lstein/stable-diffusion
  - gardaani 4y ago
    I found the reason why it was using CPU only. I was running macOS 12.2. I upgraded to 12.5.1. and it's now using GPU. Activity Monitor shows it. Also, the time for 50 steps dropped to 175 secs. 25 steps is about 80 secs, which is closer to the MacBook Pro time..
crims0n 4y ago
Just another datapoint, my M2 Air with 24GB RAM takes around 75-80 seconds.
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- indigodaddy 4y ago
  Thanks for the replies! M1 Pro with 32G and looking forward to firing this up! I wonder if the images will rival the “quality” of what you get with MidJourney..? I don’t know much about any of this ML stuff so not really sure how it all works or how close this might be in the details etc of what Midjourney does..
wfme 4y ago
And another datapoint, my M1 Max (24 core gpu) with 64GB RAM takes: ~36s for 50 steps ~19s for 25 steps
- aryamaan 4y ago
  Looking to buy a laptop (preferrably mac) to run such models now and for the upcoming years. I should max out on the Mac gpus?
astrocytosis 4y ago
on a 2020 M1 Air 8GB memory I timed 9 minutes 48 seconds

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55 seconds on a M1 Pro MacBook with 16GB RAM to generate a picture (with default settings, so 512x512, 25 steps). On a M1 Ultra, it takes 12 seconds with 64GB RAM (same settings). While computing, the Mac Studio is pulling 100 watts of power.

josephg 4y ago
Based on the screenshot, it looks like this is set to default to 25 steps. I've been using 50 steps on my M1 macbook pro with 16gb of ram. It takes about 1m30s per image.
drcongo 4y ago
M1 Pro MBP with 32GB RAM here, takes 30 seconds on the default settings.
gardaani 4y ago
> 55 seconds on a M1 Pro MacBook with 16GB RAM to generate a picture I've been running webui [1] on M1 MacBook Air 16GB RAM: 512x512, 50 steps takes almost 300 seconds. I'm suspecting that it is running on CPU, because the script says "Max VRAM used for this generation: 0.00G" and Activity Monitor says that it's using lots of CPU % and no GPU % at all. When M1 users are running stable diffusion, does the Activity Monitor show the GPU usage correctly? [1] https://github.com/lstein/stable-diffusion https://github.com/lstein/stable-diffusion
- gardaani 4y ago
  I found the reason why it was using CPU only. I was running macOS 12.2. I upgraded to 12.5.1. and it's now using GPU. Activity Monitor shows it. Also, the time for 50 steps dropped to 175 secs. 25 steps is about 80 secs, which is closer to the MacBook Pro time..

crims0n 4y ago

Just another datapoint, my M2 Air with 24GB RAM takes around 75-80 seconds.

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indigodaddy 4y ago
Thanks for the replies! M1 Pro with 32G and looking forward to firing this up! I wonder if the images will rival the “quality” of what you get with MidJourney..? I don’t know much about any of this ML stuff so not really sure how it all works or how close this might be in the details etc of what Midjourney does..

wfme 4y ago

And another datapoint, my M1 Max (24 core gpu) with 64GB RAM takes: ~36s for 50 steps ~19s for 25 steps

aryamaan 4y ago
Looking to buy a laptop (preferrably mac) to run such models now and for the upcoming years. I should max out on the Mac gpus?

astrocytosis 4y ago

on a 2020 M1 Air 8GB memory I timed 9 minutes 48 seconds