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How to train an SDXL LoRA

Which trainers support SDXL, how much VRAM you need, and settings that are known to work. Every row links to its source.

Trainer support

VRAM

low-VRAM friendly with gradient checkpointing, 8-bit optimizer, cached latents (exact GB unknown)

Known-good settings

• Gradient checkpointing
• 8-bit optimizer
• Cache latents
• OneTrainer: 'compile' + int8 quant on RTX 20xx+

Where to rent a GPU

See cheapest GPU to train a LoRA (RunPod, Vast.ai).

Sources

• www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1vrkd5x/which_plat
• github.com/ostris/ai-toolkit#readme
• github.com/kohya-ss/sd-scripts#readme
• github.com/bghira/SimpleTuner#readme

Data updated 2026-10-16. Some provider links may be referral links. unknown = not yet verified.