Local iPhone AI image generation is getting practical - only 3 seconds per image
Summary
Benchmark shows local Stable Diffusion 1.5 on iPhone can generate 512x512 images in as little as 3.1 seconds using optimized models like Realistic Vision V5.1 Hyper, making on-device AI image generation practical.
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