Oct 16, 2024
Tags: stable-diffusion, c++, cuda, easydiffusion, lab, performance, featured
tl;dr - Today, I worked on using stable-diffusion.cpp in a simple C++ program. As a linked library, as well as compiling sd.cpp from scratch (with and without CUDA). The intent was to get a tiny and fast-starting executable UI for Stable Diffusion working. Also, ChatGPT is very helpful!
Part 1: Using sd.cpp as a library
First, I tried calling the stable-diffusion.cpp library from a simple C++ program (which just loads the model and renders an image). Via dynamic linking. That worked, and its performance was the same as the example sd.exe
CLI, and it detected and used the GPU correctly.