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title: ostris/primal_vae
url: https://recentmodel.com/models/ostris/primal_vae/
status: just landed · new, unvetted
published: 2026-10-30T20:40:00Z
updated: 2026-10-30T23:18:11Z
source: https://huggingface.co/ostris/primal_vae
---

# ostris/primal_vae

Primal VAE is a VAE that only does 2x spatial down to 1 channel (or 2). Vendor-reported: "The 2x2 matches or beats the Flux.2 VAE here at the same information budget (both are 32 values per 8×8 pixel block)."

- Vendor-reported: The 2x2 matches or beats the Flux.2 VAE here at the same information budget (both are 32 values per 8×8 pixel block).

- **Org:** ostris
- **Released:** 2026-10-30
- **Status:** just landed · new, unvetted
- **License:** unknown
- **Signal:** 13 HF likes · 0 downloads

## Links

- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/ostris/primal_vae)