Firefly
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
- Adobe
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 21 March 2023
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Image generation
- Task
- Image generation, Text-to-image
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.
- 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
- Hosted access (no API)
- Training code
- Unreleased
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Likely above 10²³ FLOP
- Yes
- Why it is tracked
- Significant use
- Record confidence
- Unknown
Integrated into Photoshop. Users generate >200m images within a few months of release: https://venturebeat.com/ai/adobe-stock-creators-arent-happy-with-firefly-the-companys-commercially-safe-gen-ai-tool/ As of October 2024, users have generated 13B images since March 2023. Paid users get 100 generations per month (and can continue at a slower rate after that). Assuming an average of 100 monthly generations per user, that's around 6.7M monthly average users across 19.5 months.
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Adobe Unveils Firefly, a Family of new Creative Generative AI
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Firefly was published by Adobe, in United States of America, in March 2023. industry is the category the publisher falls under.
It works in Image generation, and is recorded as doing image generation, Text-to-image.
Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.
Training and provenance
The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is significant use.
Answers
Firefly — common questions
When was Firefly released?
Firefly was published in March 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.
What is Firefly used for?
Firefly works in Image generation, and is recorded as handling image generation, Text-to-image. 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.
What GPU do I need to run Firefly?
None. Firefly 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.
Is Firefly open source?
No. Firefly has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
How many parameters does Firefly have?
No parameter count has been published for Firefly, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Who created Firefly?
Firefly was published by Adobe, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.
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Looking at it from the other side?
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