Fast Flux.1 Dev (in 8 steps!) - Turbo Alpha: First Impressions and Testing Results

I spent my Saturday morning testing out the newly released Flux.1 Dev Turbo Alpha.

Here’s what I learned:

• Quality vs. Speed Trade-off: It maintains most of the quality of Flux Dev, but there is an obvious decline in fine details (generations are done in 8 steps). You will notice details are off (e.g., a waterfall in an unexpected spot or a crooked pole).

• Excels at Short Text: The model performs great with short wordmarks. For example, “Hello Autumn!” worked perfectly. However, it struggled with longer phrases like “Flux Dev in 8 steps!”

• Impressive Quality-to-Step Ratio: Despite the reduced step count, the overall quality is quite good. I’m impressed with the results.

Next Steps: I haven’t experimented with LoRAs yet, but that’s on my to-do list!

If you want to test it for yourself (the comparison), check it out here: https://glif.app/@angrypenguin/glifs/cm26gbnp00003dp6exki1yp9d

For those interested in the Comfy Workflow, you can grab the workflows directly from Hugging Face along with the weights: https://huggingface.co/alimama-creative/FLUX.1-Turbo-Alpha/tree/main/workflows

Has anyone else tried Flux.1 Dev Turbo Alpha?