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Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro is a closed-weights image model from Recraft, released May 2026.

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Release date ↗

63.9±2.4#26 of 144 image modelsfrom 2 benchmark results across 2 sources* 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 Utility Pro, out of 197 with a score, then more from Recraft.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
29Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance Seed65±2api $0.035/image2026-02
30Seedream 4.5 ByteDance64±1api $0.040/image
31Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro Recraft64±2api $0.21/image2026-05
32FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs64±1api $0.070/image2025-12
33Wan 2.7 Image Pro Alibaba63±2api $0.075/image2026-04
more from Recraft
46Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft61±3api $0.21/image2026-05
54Recraft V4 Recraft59±3api $0.040/image2026-02
67Recraft V4.1 Flash Recraft57±3api $0.0070/image2026-09

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$ what it's good at

text to image▂▅▅▃▄▄█▃▁▂▁▁ #22 of 126 * · 84% of its score · 1 test

Beats Grok Imagine Image Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite, Seedream 4.5 here, though they rank higher overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
LMArena text-to-image1169.2 ✎▂▂▃▄▇█▄▂▄▂·▂ beats 52/75avg 1027▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 84%typical
other tests1 not in a task · 13% of its score
testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
Rapidata Benchmark.ai image benchmark (overall Elo)953.3 ✎▁▁▁▄▃█▂▁▁▂▁▁ beats 10/34avg 875▇▇▇▇▇ 13%typical

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · $0.21/image · www.recraft.ai ↗ · price sourceUSD per generated raster image, Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro (same row and rate as V4.1 Pro; V4.1 Utility $0.035; vector output $0.30). Billed as 210 API units per image from pre-purchased unit packages. Product: Recraft API raster image generation. API model: Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro. 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 84%, Rapidata/text-to-image-human-… 13%

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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 84%CC BY 4.0
Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings1▇▇▇▇ 13%CC-BY-4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇ 2%
weighted average= 63.9

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