High Quality Diffusion Distillation on a Single GPU with Relative and Absolute Position Matching

Guoqiang Zhang, Kenta Niwa, J. P. Lewis, Cedric Mesnage, W. Bastiaan Kleijn·March 26, 2025

Summary

RAPM, a single-GPU diffusion distillation method, achieves high-quality generation with efficient training, matching relative and absolute positions using two discriminators. It outperforms the best 1-timestep method with only 4 timesteps, under limited computational resources. The text discusses computational resources for diffusion distillation methods, focusing on SD V1.5, and highlights the use of ODE solvers in diffusion models, noting their struggle with few iterations. The diffusion distillation approach reduces iterations with minimal performance loss.

Introduction
Background
Context of diffusion distillation methods
Objective
To explore the efficiency and effectiveness of diffusion distillation methods, particularly RAPM, in generating high-quality outputs with limited computational resources.
Computational Resources for Diffusion Distillation Methods
SD V1.5
Characteristics and limitations of SD V1.5
ODE Solvers in Diffusion Models
Role of ODE solvers in diffusion models
Challenges faced by ODE solvers with few iterations
RAPM: A Single-GPU Diffusion Distillation Method
Methodology
Overview of RAPM
Use of two discriminators for matching relative and absolute positions
Performance
Comparison with the best 1-timestep method
Achieving high-quality generation with only 4 timesteps
Computational Efficiency
Efficiency in training with limited resources
Iteration Reduction in Diffusion Distillation
Benefits of Iteration Reduction
Minimal performance loss with reduced iterations
Implementation in RAPM
How RAPM achieves efficient iteration reduction
Conclusion
Summary of Findings
Recap of RAPM's performance and computational benefits
Future Directions
Potential improvements and future research in diffusion distillation methods
Basic info
papers
computer vision and pattern recognition
artificial intelligence
Advanced features