Exploring JuggernautXL Checkpoint

AI development for Image generation is in lightning speed. Everyday, creators create new AI model that is better, faster and often produce brilliant results. One of the most popular Stable Diffusion Model is JuggernautXL. Juggernaut has been downloaded 500,000 times in CivitAI and often makes it into several go-to checkpoints for AI enthusiasts. 

In this blog post, we will be exploring about JuggernautXL Series, and how it compares between Juggernaut XL 9 and XL 8. 

What is JuggernautXL?

The creator of JuggernautXL Kandoo first posted in Reddit and CivitAI to introduce his model. After it received great feedback from Redditors and CivitAi community, Kandoo teamed up with RunDiffusion to co-create the newer model version. Time has passed since then and now JuggernautXL is in version 9 with lot of good improvements. 

What sets this model apart is its exceptional ability to render close-up portrait images with stunning realism and detail.  The Juggernaut XL is great at capturing the detailed textures, lighting, and material properties that bring portraits to life. One of the key advantages of the Juggernaut XL is its suitability for fashion photography. The model’s cinematic, vintage-inspired aesthetic lends itself beautifully to capturing the essence of fashion models and high-end editorial imagery. Photographers can leverage the Juggernaut XL to create distinctive and visually captivating images that stand out in the industry. 

Another feature of the Juggernaut XL is its negative embedding capability, which allows users to fine-tune the generated images by excluding specific elements or styles.

What is the main difference between JuggernautXL 9 and its previous version?

JuggernautXL v9 was released recently by building upon the previous version 8. The v9 version includes a merge with the RunDiffusion Photo model, which has helped bring more lifelike and realistic rendering of people to the Juggernaut XL model. However, some of the generations appear to be quite similar, as shown here by creator Kleebz Tech: 

Juggernaut XL Lightning Version

In addition to the regular v9 version, there is also a “Lightning” version of Juggernaut XL v9. The Lightning version uses a 4-step diffusion process instead of the 25-40 steps in the regular version. This makes the Lightning version faster to generate images, but with slightly lower quality. The recommended settings for the Lightning version are 4-6 diffusion steps, compared to 25-40 steps for the regular Juggernaut XL v9 model. 

Conclusion

JuggernautXL is one of the popular model in Stable Diffusion that is suitable for photography and fashion look. Now that we learned about this popular checkpoint, users can download the latest version in CivitAI. DiffusionHub makes it possible for you to use the latest release by using the model downloader + CivitAI helper. Try for FREE 30 minute Stable Diffusion today!