Best image editing models
A leaderboard of the best image editing models. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is #1 right now, followed by GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2. Models are ranked on human votes and image editing tests. Filter by your computer or budget to find the best one you can use.
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| # | model | task score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
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| # | model | task score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | 83±3* | api $0.013/image |  | |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Flare | 78±3* | api $0.013/image | | |
| 3 | GPT Image 2 | 76±3* | api $0.053/image | | |
| 4 |  MAI-Image-2.6 | 72±3* | comparison only | | |
| 5 |  Nano Banana 2.1 | 72±3* | api $0.034/image | | |
| 6 |  Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | 72±3* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 7 |  Muse Image | 69±3* | api $0.010/image | | |
| 8 | MAI-Image-2.5 | 69±3* | comparison only | | |
| 9 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | 68±2 | api $0.13/image |  | |
| 10 |  Seedream 5.0 Pro | 68±3* | api $0.050/image | | |
| 11 | ChatGPT Image Latest (chatgpt-image-latest) | 68±3* | api $0.034/image | | |
| 12 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | 68±2 | api $0.067/image | | |
| 13 |  Reve 2.1 | 66±3* | api $0.25/image | | |
| 14 | Grok Imagine Image Pro | 66±7* | api $0.050/image | | |
| 15 |  Qwen-Image-2.1 | 66±3* | local | | |
| 16 | Reve 2.0 | 65±3* | api $0.25/image | | |
| 17 |  Ideogram 4.5 | 63±3* | comparison only | | |
| 18 | GPT Image 1.5 | 63±2 | api $0.034/image | | |
| 19 |  Uni-1.1 Max | 62±3* | api $0.10/image | | |
| 20 | Grok Imagine Image | 61±3* | api $0.020/image | | |
| 21 | Uni-1.1 | 60±3* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 22 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) | 59±3* | api $0.034/image | | |
| 23 | Seedream 5.0 Lite | 59±3* | api $0.035/image | | |
| 24 | Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) | 58±3* | api $0.075/image | | |
| 25 |  HunyuanImage 3.0-Instruct | 58±3* | api $0.090/image +local | | |
| 26 |  Wan 2.7 Image Pro | 58±3* | api $0.075/image | | |
| 27 |  Seedream 4.5 | 58±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 28 | Wan 2.7 Image | 58±2* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 29 |  FireRed-Image-Edit-1.1 | 54±8* | comparison only | | |
| 30 |  FLUX.2 [max] | 54±3* | api $0.070/image | | |
| 31 | Reve V1.1 | 54±3* | comparison only | | |
| 32 | FLUX.2 [pro] | 53±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 33 |  Kling Image O1 | 53±3* | api $0.028/image | | |
| 34 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 52±2 | api $0.039/image | +1 | |
| 35 | Seedream 4.0 | 52±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 36 | Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 | 51±3 | api $0.030/image +local | | |
| 37 | GPT Image 1 | 51±2 | api $0.042/image | +1 | |
| 38 | Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | 51±2 | api $0.030/image +local | | |
| 39 | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | 51±3* | api $0.015/image +local | | |
| 40 | Reve V1 | 51±3* | comparison only | | |
| 41 |  LongCat-Image-Edit | 50±2 | api $0.15/image +local | | |
| 42 | Wan 2.6 Image | 50±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 43 | FLUX.2 [flex] | 50±3* | api $0.050/image | | |
| 44 | Seedream 3.0 | 49±5* | comparison only | | |
| 45 |  JoyAI-Image-Edit | 49±3* | comparison only | | |
| 46 | Imagen 4 | 49±5* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 47 | Qwen-Image-Edit | 49±2 | api $0.030/image +local | | |
| 48 | FLUX.2 [dev] | 49±2 | api $0.046/image +local | | |
| 49 |  P-Image-Edit | 48±3* | api $0.010/image | | |
| 50 | Reve V1.1 Fast | 48±3* | comparison only | | |
| 51 | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | 47±3* | api $0.0011/image +local | | |
| 52 |  GLM-Image | 47±6* | api $0.015/image +local | | |
| 53 | Reve Edit Fast | 47±3* | comparison only | | |
| 54 |  Step1X-Edit v1.2 | 46±2 | local |  | |
| 55 | Ideogram 3.0 | 46±5* | api $0.060/image | | |
| 56 | Qwen-Image | 46±5* | api $0.025/image +local | | |
| 57 | Wan 2.5 Image-to-Image Preview | 45±3* | api $0.030/image | | |
| 58 | FLUX.1 Kontext [max] | 45±3* | api $0.080/image | | |
| 59 |  UniPic 3 | 44±3* | comparison only | | |
| 60 | Step1X-Edit v1.2 Preview | 42±5*† | comparison only | | |
| 61 | GPT Image 1 Mini | 42±3* | api $0.011/image | | |
| 62 | Step1X-Edit v1.1 | 39±4 | local | | |
| 63 | SeedEdit 3.0 | 39±3 | comparison only | | |
| 64 | FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] | 39±2 | api $0.040/image | | |
| 65 | FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] | 36±2 | api $0.025/image +local | +2 | |
| 66 |  DeepGen 1.0 | 36±3* | comparison only | | |
| 67 |  ChronoEdit-14B | 34±3* | local | | |
| 68 | FLUX1.1 [pro] | 34±7* | api $0.040/image | | |
| 69 |  OmniGen2 | 34±2 | api $0.15/image +local | +1 | |
| 70 | BAGEL | 33±2 | api $0.10/image +local | +3 | |
| 71 |  Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | 33±7* | api $0.065/image +local | | |
| 72 | UNO | 32±7* | local | | |
| 73 |  Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation (preview) | 32±3* | comparison only | | |
| 74 | OmniGen (v1) | 30±7*† | local | | |
| 75 |  UniWorld-V1 | 30±3 | comparison only | | |
| 76 | NextStep-1-Large-Edit | 27±3* | comparison only | | |
| 77 | Step1X-Edit v1.0 | 24±3* | comparison only | | |
| 78 |  Lumina-DiMOO | 19±5* | local | | |
| 79 |  AnyEdit (AnySD) | 18±5* | comparison only | | |
| 80 | OneCAT-3B | 14±5* | local | | |
| 81 |  InstructPix2Pix | 10±4 | local | |
Includes 19 comparison-only models with no verified API or download · hide them
81 of 81 catalogue models listed here · sources and licences
* 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