ControlNet-Canny: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices

On-device, high-resolution image synthesis from text and image prompts. ControlNet guides Stable-diffusion with provided input image to generate accurate images from given input prompt.

This is based on the implementation of ControlNet-Canny found here. This repository contains pre-exported model files optimized for Qualcomm® devices. You can use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models library to export with custom configurations. More details on model performance across various devices, can be found here.

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Getting Started

There are two ways to deploy this model on your device:

Option 1: Download Pre-Exported Models

Below are pre-exported model assets ready for deployment.

Runtime	Precision	Chipset	SDK Versions	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.25.0	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8775P	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA7255P	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	QAIRT 2.45	Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	QAIRT 2.45	Download

For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit ControlNet-Canny on Qualcomm® AI Hub.

Option 2: Export with Custom Configurations

Use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models Python library to compile and export the model with your own:

• Custom weights (e.g., fine-tuned checkpoints)
• Custom input shapes
• Target device and runtime configurations

This option is ideal if you need to customize the model beyond the default configuration provided here.

See our repository for ControlNet-Canny on GitHub for usage instructions.

Model Details

Model Type: Model_use_case.image_generation

Model Stats:

• Input: Text prompt and input image as a reference
• Conditioning Input: Canny-Edge
• Text Encoder Number of parameters: 340M
• UNet Number of parameters: 865M
• VAE Decoder Number of parameters: 83M
• ControlNet Number of parameters: 361M
• Model size: 1.4GB

Performance Summary

Model	Runtime	Precision	Chipset	Inference Time (ms)	Peak Memory Range (MB)	Primary Compute Unit
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	29.257 ms	33 - 33 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	71.109 ms	352 - 352 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	58.055 ms	34 - 46 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	75.538 ms	0 - 384 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	70.988 ms	32 - 36 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	120.475 ms	31 - 37 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	28.383 ms	32 - 45 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	1220.32 ms	12 - 23 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	45.311 ms	31 - 44 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	120.475 ms	31 - 37 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	45.311 ms	31 - 44 MB	NPU
controlnet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	71.109 ms	352 - 352 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	29.438 ms	2 - 2 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	70.985 ms	2 - 2 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	56.988 ms	2 - 10 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® QCS8275	138.007 ms	2 - 10 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	74.71 ms	2 - 4 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8775P	70.429 ms	2 - 9 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8650P	70.429 ms	2 - 9 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8255P	70.429 ms	2 - 9 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	70.91 ms	0 - 16 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	122.163 ms	2 - 8 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	28.435 ms	2 - 11 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	1156.771 ms	0 - 7 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA7255P	138.007 ms	2 - 10 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	44.089 ms	2 - 11 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	122.163 ms	2 - 8 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	44.089 ms	2 - 11 MB	NPU
controlnet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	70.985 ms	2 - 2 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	1.514 ms	1 - 1 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	3.437 ms	157 - 157 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	2.3 ms	0 - 12 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	3.247 ms	0 - 162 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	3.333 ms	0 - 3 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	3.694 ms	0 - 6 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	1.538 ms	0 - 7 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	24.111 ms	0 - 7 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	1.75 ms	0 - 11 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	3.694 ms	0 - 6 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	1.75 ms	0 - 11 MB	NPU
text_encoder	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	3.437 ms	157 - 157 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	1.762 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	3.649 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	2.313 ms	0 - 7 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® QCS8275	7.501 ms	0 - 8 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	3.245 ms	0 - 2 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8775P	3.5 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8650P	3.5 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8255P	3.5 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	3.336 ms	0 - 2 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	3.682 ms	0 - 6 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	1.534 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	21.974 ms	0 - 6 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA7255P	7.501 ms	0 - 8 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	1.748 ms	0 - 10 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	3.682 ms	0 - 6 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	1.748 ms	0 - 10 MB	NPU
text_encoder	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	3.649 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	46.739 ms	13 - 13 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	113.938 ms	829 - 829 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	81.59 ms	13 - 25 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	112.936 ms	0 - 883 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	106.158 ms	13 - 29 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	178.885 ms	11 - 21 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	50.434 ms	6 - 17 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	2237.733 ms	13 - 23 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	63.915 ms	6 - 17 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	178.885 ms	11 - 21 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	63.915 ms	6 - 17 MB	NPU
unet	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	113.938 ms	829 - 829 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	47.003 ms	13 - 13 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	114.111 ms	13 - 13 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	80.908 ms	13 - 20 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® QCS8275	266.67 ms	6 - 13 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	113.082 ms	13 - 15 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8775P	107.035 ms	11 - 18 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8650P	107.035 ms	11 - 18 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8255P	107.035 ms	11 - 18 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	106.741 ms	11 - 25 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	181.091 ms	10 - 16 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	47.247 ms	6 - 14 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	2110.819 ms	14 - 24 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA7255P	266.67 ms	6 - 13 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	61.892 ms	6 - 14 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	181.091 ms	10 - 16 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	61.892 ms	6 - 14 MB	NPU
unet	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	114.111 ms	13 - 13 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	127.113 ms	4 - 4 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	259.111 ms	61 - 61 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	197.127 ms	3 - 16 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	263.507 ms	0 - 66 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	266.619 ms	3 - 6 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	506.457 ms	4 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	119.966 ms	3 - 11 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	6278.605 ms	0 - 7 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	172.83 ms	3 - 15 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	506.457 ms	4 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	172.83 ms	3 - 15 MB	NPU
vae	PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	259.111 ms	61 - 61 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	127.216 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® X Elite	259.747 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	195.687 ms	1 - 8 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® QCS8275	712.629 ms	0 - 10 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy)	260.61 ms	0 - 2 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8775P	243.86 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8650P	243.86 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA8255P	243.86 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075	241.394 ms	0 - 3 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile	505.012 ms	1 - 7 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	120.227 ms	0 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690	6264.453 ms	2 - 9 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® SA7255P	712.629 ms	0 - 10 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	172.296 ms	1 - 10 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790	505.012 ms	1 - 7 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750	172.296 ms	1 - 10 MB	NPU
vae	QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY	w8a16	Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181	259.747 ms	0 - 0 MB	NPU

License

• The license for the original implementation of ControlNet-Canny can be found here.

References

• Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
• Source Model Implementation

Community

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• For questions or feedback please reach out to us.

Usage and Limitations

This model may not be used for or in connection with any of the following applications:

• Accessing essential private and public services and benefits;
• Administration of justice and democratic processes;
• Assessing or recognizing the emotional state of a person;
• Biometric and biometrics-based systems, including categorization of persons based on sensitive characteristics;
• Education and vocational training;
• Employment and workers management;
• Exploitation of the vulnerabilities of persons resulting in harmful behavior;
• General purpose social scoring;
• Law enforcement;
• Management and operation of critical infrastructure;
• Migration, asylum and border control management;
• Predictive policing;
• Real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces;
• Recommender systems of social media platforms;
• Scraping of facial images (from the internet or otherwise); and/or
• Subliminal manipulation