It depends on what you're using the images for.

If there's a human in the loop, 100 images/s is likey too much volume, especially if prompt engineering is needed.

At the same time, 2 images/hr is way too slow.

I think you’re just missing the point, which most certainly isn’t buying compute to generate zillions of images ahead-of-time and then replaying them at a rate of one every half hour or whatever. Anyone can do this. The idea of having a tiny instance of SD crammed on a tiny computer taking its time to compute the images just-in-time (so you don’t even in theory don’t know what you’re going to get next) is simply much more fun and original, never mind way more aligned with the hacker ethos.

You probably can, but it'll take some time. The supply of reasonable reliable $500-$1000 beaters is a lot less than it used to be.

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