Alibaba claims new Qwen Image 2.1 AI model beats Google Nano Banana 2.0 with minuscule 7B parameter model

Tom's Hardware
By Jon MartindaleSep 23, 2026, 11:34 am101 ptsTrending
Alibaba Cloud has released a new lightweight image generation AI model, called Qwen Image 2.1. Sporting just 7 billion parameters, it's an extremely lean open-weight model, able to run on even older consumer graphics cards like the RTX 3090. Despite its lightweight design, its developers claim it is more…

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