# Efficient Coarse-to-Fine Diffusion Models with Time Step Sequence Redistribution

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21348 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.21348/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Diffusion foundations and sampling, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models.
- Builds on 23 of its 27 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Mar 2026.

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- Diffusion models / [Diffusion foundations and sampling](https://mlsanity.com/diffusion/diffusion-foundations-and-sampling/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 23 of 23)

- [Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.11239/) (2020)
- [U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1505.04597/) (2015)
- [High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.10752/) (2021)
- [Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.02502/) (2020)
- [Generative Adversarial Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.00667/) (2022)
- [Improved Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.09672/) (2021)
- [Video Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.03458/) (2022)
- [Imagen Video: High Definition Video Generation with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.02303/) (2022)
- [Make-A-Video: Text-to-Video Generation without Text-Video Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.14792/) (2022)
- [RePaint: Inpainting using Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.09865/) (2022)
- [LSUN: Construction of a Large-scale Image Dataset using Deep Learning with Humans in the Loop](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1506.03365/) (2015)
- [Denoising Diffusion Restoration Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.11793/) (2022)
- [DPM-Solver++: Fast Solver for Guided Sampling of Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.01095/) (2022)
- [Diffusion Probabilistic Models for 3D Point Cloud Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.01458/) (2021)
- [SRDiff: Single Image Super-Resolution with Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.14951/) (2021)
- [Q-Diffusion: Quantizing Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.04304/) (2023)
- [Post-training Quantization on Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.15736/) (2022)
- [Deblurring via Stochastic Refinement](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.02475/) (2021)
- [Structural Pruning for Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10924/) (2023)
- [HoloDiffusion: Training a 3D Diffusion Model using 2D Images](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.16509/) (2023)
- [A Conditional Point Diffusion-Refinement Paradigm for 3D Point Cloud Completion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.03530/) (2021)
- [AutoDiffusion: Training-Free Optimization of Time Steps and Architectures for Automated Diffusion Model Acceleration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.10438/) (2023)
- [DiffFacto: Controllable Part-Based 3D Point Cloud Generation with Cross Diffusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.01921/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Recently, diffusion models (DMs) have made significant strides in high-quality image generation. However, the multi-step denoising process often results in considerable computational overhead, impeding deployment on resource-constrained edge devices. Existing methods mitigate this issue by compressing models and adjusting the time step sequence. However, they overlook input redundancy and require lengthy search times. In this paper, we propose Coarse-to-Fine Diffusion Models with Time Step Sequence Redistribution. Recognizing indistinguishable early-stage generated images, we introduce Coarse-to-Fine Denoising (C2F) to reduce computation during coarse feature generation. Furthermore, we design Time Step Sequence Redistribution (TRD) for efficient sampling trajectory adjustment, requiring less than 10 minutes for search. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed methods achieve near-lossless performance with an 80% to 90% reduction in computation on CIFAR10 and LSUN-Church.