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Krea2 Turbo Distill 4 step LoRA - new checkpoint (chk42K) released (texture and detail now at 8-step teacher parity, prompt-aware training added, NF4 fully retired for full-int8 training, 1440×1440 now a trained resolution)

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Krea 2 Turbo — 4-Step Distillation LoRA (work in progress) A LoRA for Krea 2 Turbo that reduces the minimum usable step count from 8 to 4 . ⚡ Half the steps — 8 → 4, on Turbo's own deployment sigmas. ⏱️ ~1.6× faster end to end — 54.5 s against the 8-step bar's 88.7 s at 1024×1024, and 1.8× on denoi…

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  1. 2026-09-01 11:27 · r/StableDiffusion
    Krea2 Turbo Distill 4 step LoRA - new checkpoint (chk42K) released (texture and detail now at 8-step teacher parity, prompt-aware training added, NF4 fully retired for full-int8 training, 1440×1440 now a trained resolution)

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