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Recraft V4.1 Flash is a closed-weights image model from Recraft, released September 2026.

Model information sources

Release date ↗

57.3±2.5#58 of 144 image modelsfrom 1 benchmark result across 1 source* thinly tested, treat the rank as provisional

Score within the LMArena text-to-image comparison set only.

$ how it compares

The image models ranked either side of Recraft V4.1 Flash, out of 197 with a score, then more from Recraft.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
65HunyuanImage 2.1 Tencent58±2api $0.10/image +local~64GB2025-09
66Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 Alibaba58±2api $0.030/image +local~37GB2025-12
67Recraft V4.1 Flash Recraft57±3api $0.0070/image2026-09
68HunyuanImage 3.0 Tencent57±2api $0.080/image +local~49GB2025-09
69Emu3.5 BAAI57±5local~85GB2025-10
more from Recraft
31Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro Recraft64±2api $0.21/image2026-05
46Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft61±3api $0.21/image2026-05
54Recraft V4 Recraft59±3api $0.040/image2026-02

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$ what it's good at

text to image▂▅▅▃▄▄█▃▁▂▁▁ #53 of 126 * · 97% of its score · 1 test

Beats HunyuanImage 2.1 here, though they rank higher overall. Trails Qwen-Image-2512, HunyuanImage 3.0 here, though they rank lower overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
LMArena text-to-image1099.5 ✎▂▂▃▄▇█▄▂▄▂·▂ beats 24/75avg 1027▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 97%typical

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · $0.0070/image · www.recraft.ai ↗ · price sourceUSD per generated raster image, Recraft V4.1 Flash. Billed as 7 API units per image from pre-purchased unit packages. Product: Recraft API raster image generation. API model: Recraft V4.1 Flash. Settings: raster, n=1. Price basis: published list rate. Currency: USD. Recraft official API pricing page, observed 2026-09-26.

$ how the score was worked out · LMArena leaderboard dataset 97%

Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works

sourceresultsshare of the scorelicence
LMArena leaderboard dataset1▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 97%CC BY 4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇ 3%
weighted average= 57.3

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