ZEUS: Accelerating Diffusion Models with Only Second-Order Predictor

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Score updated: 2026-04-03
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Coverage: 67%

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Claims: 8

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Freshness state: computing

Source paper: ZEUS: Accelerating Diffusion Models with Only Second-Order Predictor

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.01552v1

Repository: https://github.com/Ting-Justin-Jiang/ZEUS

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Coverage: 67%

Last proof check: 2026-04-03T20:30:35.254Z

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achieving up to 3.2x end-to-end speedup while maintaining perceptual quality
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Directly stated in abstract with specific numeric result
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propose ZEUS, an acceleration method that predicts reduced denoiser evaluations using a second-order predictor
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ZEUS adds essentially zero overhead, no feature caches, and no architectural modifications
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Explicitly stated in abstract with clear description of minimal overhead
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it is compatible with different backbones, prediction objectives, and solver choices
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Directly stated in abstract as a key feature
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Current training-free acceleration methods are more complex than necessary
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higher-order predictors amplify error under aggressive speedups
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Directly stated in abstract as a limitation of existing methods
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stabilizes aggressive consecutive skipping with an interleaved scheme that avoids back-to-back extrapolations
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Directly stated in abstract as key technical approach
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Beyond 2x acceleration, step skipping creates structural scarcity -- at most one fresh evaluation per local window
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