SDXL Turbo is a distilled version of SDXL 1.0 optimized for real-time image synthesis. Built with Adversarial Diffusion Distillation (ADD), it generates 512x512 images from text prompts in just 1 to 4 sampling steps, beating a 50-step configuration of standard SDXL with only 4 steps. The model runs without guidance scaling or negative prompts and functions as both a text-to-image and image-to-image model, making it suited to real-time applications, artistic workflows, and interactive generative use cases. Its adversarial training combines single-step efficiency with diffusion-based quality while avoiding the artifacts often seen in other distillation methods. SDXL Turbo works best for general imagery and has known limitations with legible text rendering and the generation of faces and people. It is open-weight and available for both non-commercial and commercial use through Stability AI's licensing program.
Usage-based pricing, billed per megapixel, not by token.
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $0.0002 / megapixel |
SDXL Turbo runs on 1 route through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, ZDR, and training posture at a glance — full data-handling detail per route below.
| Provider | Region | Zero data retention | Training | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | Enterprise | No | $0.0002 / megapixel |
SDXL Turbo runs on a single route through the Opper gateway today, so its availability is that provider's availability.
Name a second model in the same request and the gateway tries it on retriable errors, so a busy hour never has to reach your users. Set up a fallback chain.
Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.
Each route hosting SDXL Turbo has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.
Zero data retention is available via Opper Enterprise contract. No training on customer data. US; unknown.
Call SDXL Turbo through the Opper gateway with one API key. Let your coding agent set it up, or call it directly — Opper is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google AI SDKs.
Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up Opper for you.
import OpenAI from "openai";const client = new OpenAI({apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",});const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({model: "deepinfra/stabilityai/sdxl-turbo",messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],});console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
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