Best image models for a 8GB PC without a graphics card
A leaderboard of the best image models for a computer with 8GB of RAM and no graphics card. The best one that runs on it right now is Dreamlike Photoreal 2.0, followed by Openjourney and Stable Diffusion v1.4. 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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| # | model | score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
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| 1 |  GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | 92±2 | api $0.013/image |     | |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Flare | 88±2 | api $0.013/image | | |
| 3 | GPT Image 2 | 85±1 | api $0.053/image | +5 | |
| 5 |  Nano Banana 2.1 | 81±2* | api $0.034/image | | |
| 6 |  Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | 79±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 7 |  Reve 2.1 | 78±2 | api $0.25/image | | |
| 8 |  Muse Image | 76±2 | api $0.010/image | | |
| 9 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | 76±1 | api $0.067/image | +7 | |
| 10 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | 76±1 | api $0.13/image | +10 | |
| 11 |  Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro | 75±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 12 |  Seedream 5.0 Pro | 75±2 | api $0.050/image | | |
| 13 | Reve 2.0 | 74±2* | api $0.25/image | | |
| 14 | ChatGPT Image Latest (chatgpt-image-latest) | 74±4* | api $0.034/image | | |
| 16 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) | 73±2 | api $0.034/image | | |
| 17 | GPT Image 1.5 | 71±1 | api $0.034/image | +5 | |
| 20 | Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) | 67±2* | api $0.075/image | | |
| 21 |  Uni-1.1 | 67±2* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 23 |  Ideogram 4.0 | 66±2* | api $0.060/image | | |
| 24 | Qwen-Image 2.0 Pro | 66±3 | api $0.075/image | | |
| 26 | Grok Imagine Image | 66±2 | api $0.020/image | | |
| 27 | Uni-1.1 Max | 65±2 | api $0.10/image | | |
| 28 | Grok Imagine Image Pro | 65±2 | api $0.050/image | | |
| 29 | Seedream 5.0 Lite | 65±2 | api $0.035/image | +2 | |
| 30 |  Seedream 4.5 | 64±1 | api $0.040/image | +1 | |
| 31 |  Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | 64±2* | api $0.21/image | | |
| 32 |  FLUX.2 [max] | 64±1 | api $0.070/image | | |
| 33 |  Wan 2.7 Image Pro | 63±2 | api $0.075/image | | |
| 36 | FLUX.2 [pro] | 63±2 | api $0.030/image | | |
| 37 | FLUX.2 [flex] | 62±2 | api $0.050/image | | |
| 38 |  HunyuanImage 3.0-Instruct | 62±3* | api $0.090/image | | |
| 39 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 62±1 | api $0.039/image |  +10 | |
| 40 | Wan 2.7 Image | 62±2 | api $0.030/image | | |
| 41 | Imagen 4 Ultra | 61±2 | api $0.060/image | | |
| 42 | GPT Image 1 | 61±1 | api $0.042/image | +9 | |
| 43 | Wan 2.6 Text-to-Image | 61±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 45 | Seedream 4.0 | 61±1 | api $0.040/image | +5 | |
| 46 | Recraft V4.1 Pro | 61±3* | api $0.21/image | | |
| 47 |  ERNIE-Image-Turbo | 61±3† | api $0.010/image | | |
| 49 | ERNIE-Image | 60±2 | api $0.030/image | | |
| 50 |  Kling Image O1 | 60±4* | api $0.028/image | | |
| 51 |  Krea 2 Medium | 60±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 52 | Imagen 4 | 59±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 53 | Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview | 59±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 54 | Recraft V4 | 59±3* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 56 | Krea 2 Turbo | 59±3* | api $0.015/image | | |
| 57 | GPT Image 1 Mini | 59±2 | api $0.011/image | | |
| 58 | Krea 2 Large | 59±3* | api $0.060/image | | |
| 59 | Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 | 59±3 | api $0.030/image | | |
| 60 |  HiDream-O1-Image | 58±2 | api $0.010/image | | |
| 61 | FLUX.2 [dev] | 58±1 | api $0.046/image | +8 | |
| 63 |  Z-Image (Base) | 58±2 | api $0.010/image | | |
| 64 | Wan 2.6 Image | 58±4* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 65 | HunyuanImage 2.1 | 58±2* | api $0.10/image | | |
| 66 | Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | 58±2 | api $0.030/image | +2 | |
| 67 | Recraft V4.1 Flash | 57±3* | api $0.0070/image | | |
| 68 | HunyuanImage 3.0 | 57±2 | api $0.080/image | +3 | |
| 72 |  LongCat-Image-Edit | 56±2 | api $0.15/image | | |
| 74 |  P-Image-Edit | 56±4* | api $0.010/image | | |
| 76 | Qwen-Image-2512 | 56±1 | api $0.020/image | +1 | |
| 78 | Z-Image-Turbo | 55±1 | api $0.0050/image | +1 | |
| 80 | Qwen-Image-Edit | 55±2 | api $0.030/image | +4 | |
| 82 | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | 55±2 | api $0.015/image | | |
| 83 | FLUX.1 Kontext [max] | 55±2 | api $0.080/image | | |
| 85 | Qwen-Image | 54±1 | api $0.025/image | +8 | |
| 88 | LongCat-Image | 53±4 | api $0.13/image | | |
| 90 | Kling Image 2.1 | 53±7* | api $0.014/image | | |
| 92 | Wan 2.5 Image-to-Image Preview | 53±4* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 93 |  MiniMax image-01 | 53±5* | api $0.0035/image | | |
| 94 | Ideogram 3.0 | 52±2 | api $0.060/image | | |
| 97 | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | 52±2 | api $0.0011/image | | |
| 98 | P-Image | 51±2* | api $0.0050/image | | |
| 99 | Photon | 51±2 | api $0.019/image | | |
| 100 | Recraft V3 | 50±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 101 | FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] | 50±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 102 |  GLM-Image | 50±2 | api $0.015/image | | |
| 104 |  Runway Gen-4 Image | 50±3* | api $0.050/image | | |
| 105 |  Lucid Origin | 49±3* | api $0.017/image | | |
| 114 | FLUX.1 Krea [dev] | 47±3 | api $0.025/image | | |
| 116 | HiDream-I1-Full | 47±2 | api $0.050/image | | |
| 118 | Ideogram 2.0 | 46±2 | api $0.080/image | | |
| 120 | FLUX1.1 [pro] | 46±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 126 | FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] | 44±1 | api $0.025/image | +7 | |
| 127 | FLUX.1 [dev] | 44±1 | api $0.025/image | +5 | |
| 131 |  Lumina-Image 2.0 | 43±4* | api $0.075/image | | |
| 133 | BAGEL | 42±1 | api $0.10/image | +14 | |
| 135 | FLUX.1 [schnell] | 42±2 | api $0.0030/image | | |
| 136 |  OmniGen2 | 42±2 | api $0.15/image | +6 | |
| 137 |  Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | 42±1 | api $0.065/image | +4 | |
| 141 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium | 41±3 | api $0.035/image | | |
| 149 | Stable Diffusion 3 Medium | 40±2 | api $0.035/image | | |
| 153 |  Janus-Pro-7B | 38±2 | api $0.0020/image | | |
| 158 | Janus-Pro-1B | 36±4 | api $0.0005/image | | |
| 167 | Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 | 34±1 | api $0.0019/image | +8 | |
| 178 |  Dreamlike Photoreal 2.0 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 30±3 | local (slow) | | |
| 185 |  Openjourney · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 28±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 186 |  Stable Diffusion v1.4 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 27±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 187 | Stable Diffusion v1.3 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 27±4* | local (slow) | | |
| 188 | Stable Diffusion v1.1 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 26±3 | local (slow) | | |
| 189 | Stable Diffusion v1.2 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 26±3* | local (slow) | | |
| 191 | Stable Diffusion v1.5 · q8_0 (sd.cpp --type) | 26±2 | local (slow) | +1 | |
| 193 |  LCM Dreamshaper v7 · openvino-fp16 (OpenVINO GenAI) | 23±4* | local (slow) | |
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* new or thinly tested: ranked on too few benchmark results · † only the maker’s own numbers so far · ~RAM is estimated; full context may need more memory