DiT-XL/2 + CADS

Closed weights ETH Zurich,Disney Research 675M parameters October 2023

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
ETH Zurich,Disney Research
Organisation type
Academia,Industry
Country
Switzerland, United States of America
Published
26 October 2023
Authors
Seyedmorteza Sadat, Jakob Buhmann, Derek Bradley, Otmar Hilliges, Romann M. Weber

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation
Base model
DiT-XL/2

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
675M

original parameter count for DiT-XL/2

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
SOTA improvement

"Further, using an existing pretrained diffusion model, CADS achieves a new state-of-the-art FID of 1.70 and 2.31 for class-conditional ImageNet generation at 256×256 and 512×512 respectively"

Record confidence
Likely

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
CADS: Unleashing the Diversity of Diffusion Models through Condition-Annealed Sampling
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

DiT-XL/2 + CADS was published by ETH Zurich,Disney Research, in Switzerland, in October 2023. academia,Industry is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Image generation, and is recorded as doing image generation.

Its starting point was DiT-XL/2 — most models at this scale are adapted from an existing base rather than built from nothing.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Training and provenance

Its inclusion criterion is sOTA improvement.

Answers

DiT-XL/2 + CADS — common questions

01

How many parameters does DiT-XL/2 + CADS have?

DiT-XL/2 + CADS has 675M parameters. original parameter count for DiT-XL/2. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

Who created DiT-XL/2 + CADS?

DiT-XL/2 + CADS was published by ETH Zurich,Disney Research, based in Switzerland, categorised as academia,Industry.

03

When was DiT-XL/2 + CADS released?

DiT-XL/2 + CADS was published in October 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is DiT-XL/2 + CADS used for?

DiT-XL/2 + CADS works in Image generation, and is recorded as handling image generation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

05

What GPU do I need to run DiT-XL/2 + CADS?

None. DiT-XL/2 + CADS is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is DiT-XL/2 + CADS open source?

No. DiT-XL/2 + CADS has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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