Microsoft
TRELLIS.2
Open-source image-to-3D model from Microsoft with PBR material output
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #13
- Tier
- A
- Score
- 76.6
Strengths
- MIT license allows commercial use without extra terms
- Exports albedo, roughness, metallic and normal maps
- Community ComfyUI nodes fit existing pipelines
Considerations
- Local use needs an NVIDIA GPU with about 24GB VRAM
- Image input only, no text-to-3D
- Meshes still need cleanup before production use
Price
Free (open source, MIT); GPU costs if self-hosted
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 80.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 72.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 74.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
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Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- Microsoft releases TRELLIS.2 (ComfyUI Wiki) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- TRELLIS.2 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- microsoft/TRELLIS.2 (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- AI 3D Model Generators in 2026 (Cinevva guide) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- 3D AI Studio: image-to-3D tools comparison (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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