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Qwen Image 3.0 Pro

phildougherty 2mo ago
is this going to get released on huggingface or is it cloud/hosted only?
- uniclaude 2mo ago
  The page lists it as "No" for open source, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
  - cubefox 2mo ago
    The page does not mention open source.
    - john_strinlai 2mo ago
      >The page does not mention open source. on the right-hand side, it says: "Version Tag: MAJOR Open Source: No Updated: Jul 20, 2026"
      - cubefox 2mo ago
        It doesn't for me.
        DANmode 2mo ago
        Are you on mobile? Doesn’t seem to show on mobile.
        cubefox 2mo ago
        Yes, even if I enable "desktop mode".
        tingletech 2mo ago
        you have to have either a tall viewport or scroll to the bottom of the page
- vunderba 2mo ago
  Given that Qwen Image 2 didn’t even get an open-weight release, I really doubt we’re going to see any kind of open release for it. They seem to have completely shifted over to proprietary models sadly.
- pixelesque 2mo ago
  They promised weights for Qwen Image 2 around 6 months ago and there's still nothing, so wouldn't get your hopes up...
NBJack 2mo ago
If I had a nickel for every model card, repo, or spec posted here that had zero samples of the actual output, I could probably start financing a rack of MI455Xs.
- GrayShade 2mo ago
  https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701
  - artninja1988 2mo ago
    How is the pro version different from this?
- deleted 2mo ago
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- giancarlostoro 2mo ago
  OpenAI does surprisingly well in this regard with their blog posts, and I'm more of an Anthropic fanboy. I wish most tech releases for AI were as well done as OpenAIs they actually showcase what they've built, honestly, if I had to compare it to another company, I wouldn't be surprised if former Apple employees are doing OpenAI's press briefings. Whoever does press briefings at Apple, they are worth their weight in gold.
  - sigmoid10 2mo ago
    The last chief communications officer of OpenAI used to work at Apple for 7 years according to her linkedin.
    - giancarlostoro 2mo ago
      As I was writing this it dawned on me, and I had a feeling someone would confirm. :) I am not a Sam Altman fan, but I do give him credit where its due, their press briefings are chef's kiss.
causal 2mo ago
Old news, no?
- minimaxir 2mo ago
  The model was added to OpenRouter yesterday.
themanmaran 2mo ago
Pretty annoying user experience trying to test out the model on the official Qwen site. You get an immediate popup with "Security Notice: For security purposes, please add a payment method" that blocks you from clicking anywhere. Honestly if you're launching a new model, you should probably just make it free for the 24 hours after launch so people can test it out. Otherwise just wait till it's on openrouter.
- bayesianbot 2mo ago
  And now you got 90% of the people saying the model sucks as it timed out while serving them
- CamperBob2 2mo ago
  Not a great time to announce a pile of closed-weight excuses and locked gates when MiniMax-H3 just dropped. Qwen lost some key people after 3.6 and it looks like we're seeing the consequences of that, or perhaps the cause.
minimaxir 2mo ago
Also available on OpenRouter (whose image output support is getting better): https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen-image-3-pro https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen-image-3-pro
sinak 2mo ago
Looks like this model is meaningfully less good than gpt-image-2. Arena.ai score is 1263 vs 1380. https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image
- minimaxir 2mo ago
  Everything is less good than gpt-2-image and I suspect that will be the case for awhile, until potentially Nano Banana Pro 2. However, cost is significantly lower in this case. A Pro image here is $0.04, a gpt-2-image high is $0.21 and lower resolution.
  - Invictus0 2mo ago
    Gpt 2 image is unlimited on a chatgpt pro plan
    - dragonwriter 2mo ago
      Which makes it a clear price win if you already subscribe to Pro for some other reason, otherwise the price crossover where ChatGPT Pro unlimited beats the per-image pricing cited here is 80+ images/day.
  - svachalek 2mo ago
    gpt-2-image has such a yellow tinge though. It stands out badly on nearly any screen. The image quality is great otherwise, but I generally prefer nano banana for its color balance.
    - vunderba 2mo ago
      True but it’s at least addressable with some basic tone-mapping changes. It’s easier to correct an issue like this than to deal with an image that simply doesn’t follow your prompt. Here's a quick trend of the "piss filter" in the gpt image series: https://imgpb.com/vCZidh https://imgpb.com/vCZidh
saltysalt 2mo ago
Will be interesting to see if they release the weights for local deployments. I love running Flux2 locally via ComfyUI.
- Eueudhsbsj32 2mo ago
  I doubt any labs will be releasing weights for frontier image models. Why would they want to deal with the amount of bad press they'll get for unsavory porn? Look at what happened to Grok.
  - minimaxir 2mo ago
    Minimax just released the weights for a video model (https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) that apparently only has limited safeguards.
    - CamperBob2 2mo ago
      If it has any safeguards at all, I don't think they've been found yet... and /r/unstablediffusion has been trying.
    - Eueudhsbsj32 2mo ago
      I forgot about that.. I'm surprised China allowed them to release that. Surely it will only increase the likelihood and severity of western restrictions on Chinese open models. Unless they see it as a way to stoke anti-AI sentiment in the west and further polarize us..
      - dannyw 2mo ago
        There's plenty of sites/APIs providing (actually) uncensored Seedance / Seedream models from ByteDance, which I find surprising too. Yes, they're real Seedance, no refusals.
a11r 2mo ago
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numpad0 2mo ago
dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701
MdJasimuddin 2mo ago
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tingletech 2mo ago
When I tried to sign up for Qwen last month (after getting an ad on youtube), after entering my credit card for a "free" trial, Alibaba wanted me to upload a picture of my driver's license to be able to use it! I almost sold by BABA.
storywatch 2mo ago
What's the difference between Qwen Cloud and Alibaba Cloud? Same company?
- npn 2mo ago
  Similar to aistudio vs vertex. Or rather, Alibaba cloud is equivalent to google cloud or aws.
jjcm 2mo ago
I was playing with this a bunch when it dropped a week ago. It's a big step up over their prior model, but it's nowhere near gpt-image-2 at least for high density UI design. Photos are a solved domain in my eyes, so the real question is if it can do infographics/web design. Here are some samples, each with the same prompt: Cannabis site gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/9fbf3396-889a-445e-b51b-ab4468ded269.webp https://image.non.io/9fbf3396-889a-445e-b51b-ab4468ded269.we... qwen-3: https://image.non.io/b5061e30-fafa-496f-9dad-2071e9473998.webp https://image.non.io/b5061e30-fafa-496f-9dad-2071e9473998.we... Bookstore site gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/7157afee-914e-4433-9d5e-e3d0c8d8b3a3.webp https://image.non.io/7157afee-914e-4433-9d5e-e3d0c8d8b3a3.we... qwen-3: https://image.non.io/9556857b-e6f3-4754-8958-74b2265d946f.webp https://image.non.io/9556857b-e6f3-4754-8958-74b2265d946f.we... While it does text fairly well, the overall layout/aesthetics are simply behind.
- theturtletalks 2mo ago
  The bookstore design is really nice. Did you use diffui.ai? Also, mind if I take it for my open-source bookstore SaaS?
  - jjcm 2mo ago
    Yea, the prompt was the expanded json the diffui harness uses. And re grabbing the designs, go for it. I expaneded out the designs here - feel free to copy them for your agent to build: https://diffui.ai/app/canvas/95934269-5dc8-4145-a33a-d3a4dc2b7354?share=95dde470-a7d2-4ab5-bb2b-77820063b2c1 https://diffui.ai/app/canvas/95934269-5dc8-4145-a33a-d3a4dc2... I'd recommend adding something like this to the copied prompt: "Focus heavily on the angular cuts. Use image-to-svg to generate the hero graphics and also generate images of the hero graphics - let me choose between the two of them." That should help steer the agent a bit and will give you some optionality for the hero graphics.
    - theturtletalks 2mo ago
      Thanks for expanding the designs for it, they look great! I need nice storefronts for my open-source SaaS but 5.6 Sol has been making them look really generic. I tried Google Stitch but it was much of the same. I really like diffui, but is there a way for me to use in Codex directly?
asveikau 2mo ago
Seems like the title order is incorrect at the time of this comment. It says Qwen 3.0 Image, but it's Qwen Image 3.0.

is this going to get released on huggingface or is it cloud/hosted only?

uniclaude 2mo ago
The page lists it as "No" for open source, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
- cubefox 2mo ago
  The page does not mention open source.
  - john_strinlai 2mo ago
    >The page does not mention open source. on the right-hand side, it says: "Version Tag: MAJOR Open Source: No Updated: Jul 20, 2026"
    - cubefox 2mo ago
      It doesn't for me.
      - DANmode 2mo ago
        Are you on mobile? Doesn’t seem to show on mobile.
        cubefox 2mo ago
        Yes, even if I enable "desktop mode".
      - tingletech 2mo ago
        you have to have either a tall viewport or scroll to the bottom of the page
vunderba 2mo ago
Given that Qwen Image 2 didn’t even get an open-weight release, I really doubt we’re going to see any kind of open release for it. They seem to have completely shifted over to proprietary models sadly.
pixelesque 2mo ago
They promised weights for Qwen Image 2 around 6 months ago and there's still nothing, so wouldn't get your hopes up...

If I had a nickel for every model card, repo, or spec posted here that had zero samples of the actual output, I could probably start financing a rack of MI455Xs.

GrayShade 2mo ago
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701
- artninja1988 2mo ago
  How is the pro version different from this?
deleted 2mo ago
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giancarlostoro 2mo ago
OpenAI does surprisingly well in this regard with their blog posts, and I'm more of an Anthropic fanboy. I wish most tech releases for AI were as well done as OpenAIs they actually showcase what they've built, honestly, if I had to compare it to another company, I wouldn't be surprised if former Apple employees are doing OpenAI's press briefings. Whoever does press briefings at Apple, they are worth their weight in gold.
- sigmoid10 2mo ago
  The last chief communications officer of OpenAI used to work at Apple for 7 years according to her linkedin.
  - giancarlostoro 2mo ago
    As I was writing this it dawned on me, and I had a feeling someone would confirm. :) I am not a Sam Altman fan, but I do give him credit where its due, their press briefings are chef's kiss.

causal 2mo ago

Old news, no?

minimaxir 2mo ago
The model was added to OpenRouter yesterday.

themanmaran 2mo ago

Pretty annoying user experience trying to test out the model on the official Qwen site. You get an immediate popup with "Security Notice: For security purposes, please add a payment method" that blocks you from clicking anywhere. Honestly if you're launching a new model, you should probably just make it free for the 24 hours after launch so people can test it out. Otherwise just wait till it's on openrouter.

bayesianbot 2mo ago
And now you got 90% of the people saying the model sucks as it timed out while serving them
CamperBob2 2mo ago
Not a great time to announce a pile of closed-weight excuses and locked gates when MiniMax-H3 just dropped. Qwen lost some key people after 3.6 and it looks like we're seeing the consequences of that, or perhaps the cause.

minimaxir 2mo ago

Also available on OpenRouter (whose image output support is getting better): https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen-image-3-pro https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen-image-3-pro

sinak 2mo ago

Looks like this model is meaningfully less good than gpt-image-2. Arena.ai score is 1263 vs 1380. https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image

minimaxir 2mo ago
Everything is less good than gpt-2-image and I suspect that will be the case for awhile, until potentially Nano Banana Pro 2. However, cost is significantly lower in this case. A Pro image here is $0.04, a gpt-2-image high is $0.21 and lower resolution.
- Invictus0 2mo ago
  Gpt 2 image is unlimited on a chatgpt pro plan
  - dragonwriter 2mo ago
    Which makes it a clear price win if you already subscribe to Pro for some other reason, otherwise the price crossover where ChatGPT Pro unlimited beats the per-image pricing cited here is 80+ images/day.
- svachalek 2mo ago
  gpt-2-image has such a yellow tinge though. It stands out badly on nearly any screen. The image quality is great otherwise, but I generally prefer nano banana for its color balance.
  - vunderba 2mo ago
    True but it’s at least addressable with some basic tone-mapping changes. It’s easier to correct an issue like this than to deal with an image that simply doesn’t follow your prompt. Here's a quick trend of the "piss filter" in the gpt image series: https://imgpb.com/vCZidh https://imgpb.com/vCZidh

saltysalt 2mo ago

Will be interesting to see if they release the weights for local deployments. I love running Flux2 locally via ComfyUI.

Eueudhsbsj32 2mo ago
I doubt any labs will be releasing weights for frontier image models. Why would they want to deal with the amount of bad press they'll get for unsavory porn? Look at what happened to Grok.
- minimaxir 2mo ago
  Minimax just released the weights for a video model (https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) that apparently only has limited safeguards.
  - CamperBob2 2mo ago
    If it has any safeguards at all, I don't think they've been found yet... and /r/unstablediffusion has been trying.
  - Eueudhsbsj32 2mo ago
    I forgot about that.. I'm surprised China allowed them to release that. Surely it will only increase the likelihood and severity of western restrictions on Chinese open models. Unless they see it as a way to stoke anti-AI sentiment in the west and further polarize us..
    - dannyw 2mo ago
      There's plenty of sites/APIs providing (actually) uncensored Seedance / Seedream models from ByteDance, which I find surprising too. Yes, they're real Seedance, no refusals.

a11r 2mo ago

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numpad0 2mo ago

dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701

MdJasimuddin 2mo ago

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tingletech 2mo ago

When I tried to sign up for Qwen last month (after getting an ad on youtube), after entering my credit card for a "free" trial, Alibaba wanted me to upload a picture of my driver's license to be able to use it! I almost sold by BABA.

storywatch 2mo ago

What's the difference between Qwen Cloud and Alibaba Cloud? Same company?

npn 2mo ago
Similar to aistudio vs vertex. Or rather, Alibaba cloud is equivalent to google cloud or aws.

jjcm 2mo ago

I was playing with this a bunch when it dropped a week ago. It's a big step up over their prior model, but it's nowhere near gpt-image-2 at least for high density UI design. Photos are a solved domain in my eyes, so the real question is if it can do infographics/web design. Here are some samples, each with the same prompt: Cannabis site gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/9fbf3396-889a-445e-b51b-ab4468ded269.webp https://image.non.io/9fbf3396-889a-445e-b51b-ab4468ded269.we... qwen-3: https://image.non.io/b5061e30-fafa-496f-9dad-2071e9473998.webp https://image.non.io/b5061e30-fafa-496f-9dad-2071e9473998.we... Bookstore site gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/7157afee-914e-4433-9d5e-e3d0c8d8b3a3.webp https://image.non.io/7157afee-914e-4433-9d5e-e3d0c8d8b3a3.we... qwen-3: https://image.non.io/9556857b-e6f3-4754-8958-74b2265d946f.webp https://image.non.io/9556857b-e6f3-4754-8958-74b2265d946f.we... While it does text fairly well, the overall layout/aesthetics are simply behind.

theturtletalks 2mo ago
The bookstore design is really nice. Did you use diffui.ai? Also, mind if I take it for my open-source bookstore SaaS?
- jjcm 2mo ago
  Yea, the prompt was the expanded json the diffui harness uses. And re grabbing the designs, go for it. I expaneded out the designs here - feel free to copy them for your agent to build: https://diffui.ai/app/canvas/95934269-5dc8-4145-a33a-d3a4dc2b7354?share=95dde470-a7d2-4ab5-bb2b-77820063b2c1 https://diffui.ai/app/canvas/95934269-5dc8-4145-a33a-d3a4dc2... I'd recommend adding something like this to the copied prompt: "Focus heavily on the angular cuts. Use image-to-svg to generate the hero graphics and also generate images of the hero graphics - let me choose between the two of them." That should help steer the agent a bit and will give you some optionality for the hero graphics.
  - theturtletalks 2mo ago
    Thanks for expanding the designs for it, they look great! I need nice storefronts for my open-source SaaS but 5.6 Sol has been making them look really generic. I tried Google Stitch but it was much of the same. I really like diffui, but is there a way for me to use in Codex directly?

asveikau 2mo ago

Seems like the title order is incorrect at the time of this comment. It says Qwen 3.0 Image, but it's Qwen Image 3.0.