Image generation

Hunyuan Image

Tencent's image models. HunyuanImage 3.0 is the largest open MoE generation model at 80B; it can reason about the prompt and edit by instruction.

Developer
Tencent, China
First release
May 2024
Latest release
Jan 2026
Sizes
1.5B – 80B-A13B
License
Commercial use with conditionsTencent Hunyuan Community License — commercial use allowed, but not valid in the EU, UK and South Korea; large services need a separate license
Ready-made builds
GGUF
Running
On your own serverNeeds a GPU
Industries
Marketing and content, Media and production
Deploy on your server Hugging Face GitHub

What it does

  • Complex scenes from long descriptions
  • Images with Chinese and English text
  • Instruction-based image editing
  • Advertising posters

Where it is used

MarketingMediaGame development

Hardware requirements

LaptopLaptop or regular PC, up to 8 GB of VRAM — smaller versions
no versions
1 GPUOne GPU with 16–80 GB — mid-size versions
fits
ClusterServer with several GPUs — flagship versions
fits

Versions

  1. HunyuanImage 3.0-Instruct
  2. HunyuanImage 3.0
  3. HunyuanImage 2.1
  4. Hunyuan-DiT

How to run it

On your own serverWeights are downloaded from Hugging Face and served with vLLM (load and API) or llama.cpp (modest hardware). The model then runs in a closed network with no per-request fees.Hugging Face
How much hardware you needCalculate the VRAM for the model size, context length and number of concurrent requests.Open the hardware calculator

I can set this up end to end: pick the model size, deploy it on your server and connect it to your systems. Quantization compresses a model so it takes less video memory and runs on more modest hardware. Answers change slightly, so quality is checked on your own examples.

Frequently asked questions

Can Hunyuan Image be used in a commercial project?

With conditions. License: Tencent Hunyuan Community License — commercial use allowed, but not valid in the EU, UK and South Korea; large services need a separate license. Restrictions vary — region, company revenue, attribution requirements. Have a lawyer check the terms before a commercial launch.

What hardware does Hunyuan Image need?

At minimum: One GPU with 16–80 GB — mid-size versions. Without a GPU the model is not practical. You can calculate the exact VRAM for your model size and context in the hardware calculator.

Does Hunyuan Image support Russian?

Language does not matter for this model: it does not work with text.

Where can I download Hunyuan Image and what does it cost?

The Hunyuan Image weights are open and free to download. You only pay for the hardware it runs on and for the setup. Source links are at the bottom of this page.

How I deploy it for clients

  1. SelectionI pick the model size for your task and hardware and test it on your examples.
  2. DeploymentI deploy it on your server or in a closed network and provide an API.
  3. Fine-tuningI fine-tune it on your data (LoRA) or connect a knowledge base — whichever is cheaper for the task.
  4. IntegrationI connect it to your CRM, ERP, bot, website or team chat and set up monitoring.

Similar models

Image generationQwen-ImageAlibaba · ChinaCommercial use with conditions

Image generation and editing, including text in images. Earlier versions allow commercial use; the latest 2.1 is non-commercial only.

DetailsImage generationFLUXBlack Forest Labs · GermanyCommercial use with conditions

Image generation from the creators of Stable Diffusion. Renders text in images well and keeps the composition.

DetailsImage generationHiDreamHiDream.ai · ChinaCommercial use allowed

Open MIT-licensed image models: generation (I1), instruction-based editing (E1) and the unified O1-Image model that does both.

Details

Source: huggingface.co/tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0-Instruct. Data checked against the model card on 22 Sep 2026. Have a lawyer review the license before commercial launch.