Automatic1111 on Apple Metal: 40% Faster SD1.5
Automatic1111 for Apple metal, 40% speed up sd1.5

A developer shares how they got Automatic1111, a popular Stable Diffusion web UI, running on Apple's Metal API with an M3 Pro chip, achieving a 40% speedup for SD1.5 models. The post details the technical journey, from initial 8-10 second generation times down to 3-7 seconds, and includes benchmarks and optimization tips.
The web server reported a bad gateway error.