Few hours before the new year came, Alibaba made a huge splash in generative AI. The tech giant dropped Qwen-Image-2512, a hefty new 20-billion-parameter model that quickly asserted its dominance as the premier open-source image generator.
Mastering Realism and Text
This new model is grabbing attention for its impressive detail and realism across a variety of challenging scenarios.
An early deep dive into Qwen-Image-2512 for realistic human renders suggests that this product is an expert at creating photo-realistic people, capturing every last wrinkle on a face and the precise position of every finger.
Outside of the human element, however, it is incredibly talented at depicting natural textures and is able to create distinctly sharp and realistic portrayals of technically difficult elements such as animal fur and crashing ocean waves.
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For designers and data visualizers in particular, one of the most impressive features of the model may be that it seems to have finally triumphed over what has long been an elusive problem in image generation.
It can produce legible text directly on the page within infographics.
Dominating the Arena
The top spot among open-source alternatives is supported by extensive community testing.
Qwen-Image-2512 demo results for Q/A generation during the AI Challenger on the Alibaba AI Arena platform have received more than 10,000 votes from blind comparisons made by players and users against all other competitors.
Accessible Power
While featuring a massive 20-billion-parameter model, it is intended to be easily accessible to general users. Developers have already been moving fast to add local support for running the model on modest hardware.
For those who want to experiment without installing anything, it is possible to test Qwen-Image-2512 free of charge on platforms such as Qwen Chat, Hugging Face, and GitHub.
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