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Best image models for a 2GB Mac

A leaderboard of the best image models for a Mac with 2GB of memory. Models are ranked by one score that combines 73 published benchmarks. Models that run on it show the download that fits and the command to run it.

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1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI92±2api $0.013/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)
2GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI88±2api $0.013/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)
3GPT Image 2 OpenAI85±1api $0.053/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)PaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)+5
5Nano Banana 2.1 Google81±2*api $0.034/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
6Grok Imagine Image 2.0 SpaceXAI79±2api $0.040/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
7Reve 2.1 Reve78±2api $0.25/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
8Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) Google76±1api $0.067/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1GenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings+7
9Muse Image Meta76±2api $0.010/imagedev.meta.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
10Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) Google76±1api $0.13/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)+10
11Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba75±2api $0.040/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
12Seedream 5.0 Pro ByteDance Seed75±2api $0.050/imagedeepinfra.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
13Reve 2.0 Reve74±2*api $0.25/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
14ChatGPT Image Latest (chatgpt-image-latest) OpenAI74±4*api $0.034/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
16Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) Google73±2api $0.034/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1
17GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI71±1api $0.034/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)GEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+5
20Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) Alibaba67±2*api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
21Uni-1.1 Luma AI67±2*api $0.040/imagelumalabs.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
23Ideogram 4.0 Ideogram66±2*api $0.060/image~6.1GBwww.together.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
24Qwen-Image 2.0 Pro Alibaba66±3api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
26Grok Imagine Image SpaceXAI (xAI)66±2api $0.020/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
27Uni-1.1 Max Luma AI65±2api $0.10/imagelumalabs.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
28Grok Imagine Image Pro SpaceXAI (xAI)65±2api $0.050/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsTECCI: Tricky Edits of Collected and Curated Images
29Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance Seed65±2api $0.035/imagedocs.byteplus.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal ConsistencyRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)+2
30Seedream 4.5 ByteDance64±1api $0.040/imagedocs.byteplus.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+1
31Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro Recraft64±2*api $0.21/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
32FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs64±1api $0.070/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image EvaluationKnowledge Visualization: A Benchmark and Method for Knowledge-Intensive Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv:2604.22302v1)
33Wan 2.7 Image Pro Alibaba63±2api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
35FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs63±2api $0.030/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetCan Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal ConsistencyGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
37FLUX.2 [flex] Black Forest Labs62±2api $0.050/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
38HunyuanImage 3.0-Instruct Tencent62±3*api $0.090/image~203GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)
39Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Google62±1api $0.039/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)+10
40Wan 2.7 Image Alibaba62±2api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
41Imagen 4 Ultra Google61±2api $0.060/imagecloud.google.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
42GPT Image 1 OpenAI61±1api $0.042/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)+9
43Wan 2.6 Text-to-Image Alibaba61±3*api $0.030/imagedeepinfra.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
45Seedream 4.0 ByteDance Seed61±1api $0.040/imagedeepinfra.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched Edits+5
46Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft61±3*api $0.21/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
47ERNIE-Image-Turbo Baidu61±3†api $0.010/image~17GBfal.ai ↗ERNIE-Image model repository evaluation tables
49ERNIE-Image Baidu60±2api $0.030/image~17GBfal.ai ↗ERNIE-Image model repository evaluation tablesQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
50Kling Image O1 Kuaishou (Kling AI)60±4*api $0.028/imagekling.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
51Krea 2 Medium Krea60±3*api $0.030/imagewww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
52Imagen 4 Google59±2api $0.040/imagecloud.google.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
53Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview Alibaba59±3*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
54Recraft V4 Recraft59±3*api $0.040/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
56Krea 2 Turbo Krea59±3*api $0.015/image~20GBwww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
57GPT Image 1 Mini OpenAI59±2api $0.011/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)
58Krea 2 Large Krea59±3*api $0.060/imagewww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
59Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 Alibaba59±3api $0.030/image~26GBfal.ai ↗Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)BAAI — OmniGen2 technical report
60HiDream-O1-Image HiDream58±2api $0.010/image~5.3GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsHiDream-ai/HiDream-O1-Image repository README results
61FLUX.2 [dev] Black Forest Labs58±1api $0.046/image~20GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)+8
63Wan 2.6 Image Alibaba58±4*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
64Z-Image (Base) Alibaba (Tongyi-MAI)58±2api $0.010/image~10GBfal.ai ↗Tongyi-MAI (Alibaba) — Z-Image technical reportQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
65HunyuanImage 2.1 Tencent58±2*api $0.10/image~64GBfal.ai ↗Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency
66Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 Alibaba58±2api $0.030/image~37GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingLMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingMultiTextEdit: Benchmarking Cross-Lingual Degradation in Text-in-Image Editing (arXiv:2605.08163v2), Table 3+2
67Recraft V4.1 Flash Recraft57±3*api $0.0070/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
68HunyuanImage 3.0 Tencent57±2api $0.080/image~49GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)+3
72LongCat-Image-Edit Meituan56±2api $0.15/image~36GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingPaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
74P-Image-Edit Pruna56±4*api $0.010/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
76Qwen-Image-2512 Alibaba56±1api $0.020/image~22GBreplicate.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency+1
77Z-Image-Turbo Alibaba (Tongyi-MAI)55±1api $0.0050/image~7.7GBreplicate.com ↗Tongyi-MAI (Alibaba) — Z-Image technical reportLMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency+1
80Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba55±2api $0.030/image~27GBfal.ai ↗Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportLMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)GEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)+4
82FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Black Forest Labs55±2api $0.015/image~11GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingPaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)
83FLUX.1 Kontext [max] Black Forest Labs55±2api $0.080/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)EdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
85Qwen-Image Alibaba54±1api $0.025/image~22GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetT2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)GenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)+8
88LongCat-Image Meituan53±4api $0.13/image~15GBfal.ai ↗QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical report
90Kling Image 2.1 Kuaishou53±7*api $0.014/imagekling.ai ↗Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
92Wan 2.5 Image-to-Image Preview Alibaba53±4*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
93MiniMax image-01 MiniMax53±5*api $0.0035/imageplatform.minimax.io ↗Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
94Ideogram 3.0 Ideogram52±2api $0.060/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
97FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Black Forest Labs52±2api $0.0011/image~2.9GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing
98P-Image Pruna51±2*api $0.0050/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
99Photon Luma AI51±2api $0.019/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
100Recraft V3 Recraft50±2api $0.040/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
101FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] Black Forest Labs50±2api $0.040/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)CREval: An Automated Interpretable Evaluation for Creative Image Manipulation under Complex Instructions (arXiv:2603.26174v1)
102GLM-Image Z.ai50±2api $0.015/image~39GB~64 s/imagedocs.z.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
104Runway Gen-4 Image Runway50±3*api $0.050/imagedocs.dev.runwayml.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
105Lucid Origin Leonardo.Ai49±3*api $0.017/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
114FLUX.1 Krea [dev] Black Forest Labs / Krea47±3api $0.025/image~41GBreplicate.com ↗ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Knowledge Visualization: A Benchmark and Method for Knowledge-Intensive Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv:2604.22302v1)
116HiDream-I1-Full HiDream47±2api $0.050/image~76GBfal.ai ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)HiDream-ai/HiDream-O1-Image repository README results
118Ideogram 2.0 Ideogram46±2api $0.080/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)
120FLUX1.1 [pro] Black Forest Labs46±2api $0.040/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboardServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)
126FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] Black Forest Labs44±1api $0.025/image~21GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+7
127FLUX.1 [dev] Black Forest Labs44±1api $0.025/image~7.7GB~20 s/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetT2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)+5
131Lumina-Image 2.0 Alpha-VLLM (Shanghai AI Lab)43±4*api $0.075/image~13GBfal.ai ↗TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)
132BAGEL ByteDance Seed42±1api $0.10/image~12GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingTIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World Tasks+14
135Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI42±1api $0.065/image~18GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)MMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)+4
136FLUX.1 [schnell] Black Forest Labs42±2api $0.0030/image~7.7GBreplicate.com ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboardVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
137OmniGen2 BAAI42±2api $0.15/image~17GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)+6
140Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium Stability AI41±3api $0.035/image~20GBplatform.stability.ai ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
149Stable Diffusion 3 Medium Stability AI40±2api $0.035/image~11GBfal.ai ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)HPSv3 repository README, image generation benchmark table (MizzenAI/HPSv3)
153Janus-Pro-7B DeepSeek38±2api $0.0020/image~18GBdeepinfra.com ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)DeepSeek-AI — Janus-Pro technical reportMMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Beyond Accuracy: Benchmarking Cross-Task Consistency in Unified Multimodal Models (XTC-Bench, arXiv:2604.25072v1)
159Janus-Pro-1B DeepSeek36±4api $0.0005/image~5.5GBdeepinfra.com ↗DeepSeek-AI — Janus-Pro technical reportWISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
167Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Stability AI34±1api $0.0019/image~4.9GB~31 s/imagewww.together.ai ↗GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)+8
—FLUX.3 Image Klein Black Forest Labsno reviewed resultsapi price unknownbfl.ai ↗
—MOSS-Image SFT OpenMOSSno reviewed resultsapi price unknownplatform.mosi.cn ↗

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