Open-weight image models you can run yourself › Z Image
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Alibaba · Open weights
Z Image is an open-weight image model from Alibaba with 6.2B parameters. It needs about 7 GB of memory at 8-bit — smallest setups that run it: PC with a GPU 8 GB, PC or laptop, no GPU 16 GB, Mac 16 GB.
| Parameters | 6.2B |
| Memory to run | ~7 GB (at 8-bit, rough estimate) |
| Downloads | 50.3K (last 30 days on Hugging Face) |
| Likes | 1.3K |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| First uploaded | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Phone | iPhone · Android: too big |
| PC with a GPU | 8 GB: fits · 12 GB: fits · 16 GB: fits · 24 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits |
| PC or laptop, no GPU | 16 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits · 64 GB: fits |
| Mac | 16 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits · 64 GB: fits · 128 GB: fits |
huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
Data: Hugging Face (official accounts), Oct 16, 2026 · memory is a rough estimate (4-bit for LLMs, 8-bit for image and video, plus 10%) · hosted price: OpenRouter