You can get stable diffusion to work on the new Mac M1 (and M2’s). Above is me getting stable diffusion running on my Mac Mini M1 with 16gb of ram (using these instructions).

It’s definitely not as fast as dedicated GPU’s, but it does have the advantage of not running out of memory like you will with graphics cards that only have 8gb or 16gb of memory. Most GPUs require at least 24gb of ram to run 512×512 stable diffusion images (without using lower resolution models). I was able to generate 512×512 and 768×768 images with my 16gb mac mini m1

This is one of the really big advantages of a unified memory architecture in which the CPU and GPU can access the same memory without needing to be transported across a PCI bus first.

Links

• https://stable-diffusion-art.com/install-mac/
• https://joshdance.medium.com/how-to-run-stable-diffusion-on-an-m1-mac-a95185907289
• https://cdm.link/2022/09/run-stable-diffusion-ai-art-on-your-m1-mac/