Compare AI text-to-image models side-by-side with benchmark prompts, credit costs, latency, and resolutions.
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Art & Illustration “An abstract neo-cubism painting of a woman in a red dress sitting by a window.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art & Illustration “A beautiful woman, in an expressive, messy mid-century modern ink-blot style. Rough gestural black ink dry-brush strokes with visible bristles and ink splatter. Minimalist composition on textured, grainy cream paper. Duo-tone limited palette featuring black and one muted, desaturated soft accent color. Imperfect hand-drawn lines, heavy ink bleed, raw edges, gritty screen-print texture, intentional smudges, and loosely applied flat color blocks that don't align with the linework.” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Tricky Prompts “Over the shoulder shot of a hacker in a grimy internet cafe. On his laptop he is writing code to generate images with the OpenAI sdk. His API key is abcde73hsbwiwienrnfue8iwiwi374ybrud83iwnsiehtudnwzzzz99” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tricky Prompts “Barack Obama's wife playing tennis” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Typography & Text “Create an infographic explaining the evolution of AI models AI text-to-image models on NightCafe. Starting with "Artistic" (VQGAN+CLIP), then "Coherent" (CLIP-Guided Diffusion), Stable Diffusion, Dall-e 2, SDXL, Flux, Google Imagen, Dall-e 3, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Muse.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typography & Text “A typography poster showing various fonts overlayed over a gritty alleyway at night background. One font per line. Each line says its font name in that font. The fonts are:
Gotham
Impact
Helvetica
Times New Roman
Courier New
Lobster
Old English
Comic Sans
Lucida Sans
American Typewriter” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Portraits & People “Close up photo of an average 25 year old woman. Shot on iphone.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portraits & People “Close up portrait of a beautiful woman. Natural skin texture. Lit from the left side with a soft golden-hour light. She has black hair, black mascara and hazel green eyes. Slight depth of field, in the background is a tree-lined city street.” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Design & Products “Black t-shirt displayed on a backlit mannequin. Centered on the front of the t-shirt is a majestic blue dragon, wings spread as if flying upward. The dragon's body is formed by dots of various sizes in differing shades of blue. Words are written below the dragon in a silver-hued medieval-style font: "Flight Squad". Solid black background.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design & Products “A bold, professional fantasy football logo for a team named "Gridiron Goblins", featuring a fierce robotic wolf with glowing blue eyes as the central mascot. The logo must be designed in a modern esports vector badge with bold outlines and sharp typography style, using a color palette of neon green, matte black, and electric purple. The design should be a clean vector-style sports badge or shield, suitable for a team crest, with sharp lines and vibrant colors. If a reference image is attached, incorporate its core visual elements, composition, or subject matter into the mascot or badge design. If no reference image is attached, design a completely custom mascot from scratch.” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Photorealism “An award-winning nature photo of a baby elephant drinking from a watering hole next to a lioness” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photorealism “Two women sitting at a cafe in Paris, drinking coffee., Candid analog snapshot look. Shot on a vintage film point-and-shoot camera. Nighttime, low light. Harsh, direct on-camera flash casting deep, dark shadows in the background. Highly visible, coarse film grain. Slight motion blur and raw composition. High contrast with slightly desaturated, realistic colors. Imperfect, raw film texture.” |
Prompt | Nano Banana 2.1 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 11.6s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 12.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 14.7s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Flare High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 26.1s avgPRO | Flux 2 Klein 9B Fast 🪙 0.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 3.9s avg | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 16.3s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Medium 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.5s avgPRO | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst High 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 44.9s avgPRO | Muse Image 🪙 2 cr1024×1024⚡ 21.8s avgPRO | Flux 3 🪙 4.75 cr1024×1024⚡ 39.8s avgPRO | Nano Banana 2 Lite 🪙 3.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 5.3s avgPRO | Z-Image Turbo 🪙 0.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 4.4s avg | GPT Image 2 Low 🪙 1 cr1024×1024⚡ 15.9s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Low 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 17.2s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 Medium 🪙 5.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 41.1s avgPRO | Grok Image 2.0 Medium 🪙 6 cr1024×1024⚡ 66.1s avgPRO | GPT Image 2 High 🪙 22 cr1024×1024⚡ 114.6s avgPRO | HiDream I1 Dev 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 10.6s avgPRO | Seedream 5.0 Pro 🪙 5 cr1024×1024⚡ 56.3s avgPRO | Flux 🪙 1.5 cr1024×1024⚡ 6.8s avgPRO | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 🪙 7.5 cr2048×2048⚡ 74.4s avgPRO | Ideogram V3 🪙 4 cr1024×1024⚡ 9.5s avgPRO |
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| Anime & Manga “2.5d anime, a beautiful woman wearing a pink kimono is sitting by the window” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anime & Manga “Realistic anime, full length portrait of a man and woman posing in sci fi outfits.” |