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FLUX.2 [dev]Recraft V4.1 ProHiDream-O1-Image
Focus

Image generation: quality vs price

Compared models are ringed; the other 35 ranked here are greyed.

Lower price is better. Pareto frontier: Z-Image Turbo, Muse Image, MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, MAI-Image-2.6, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. 1 models are not plotted: Qwen-Image-2.1.

1 model with no price data — shown in the strip at the left edge

Qwen-Image-2.1

  • Best-value frontier (nothing is both cheaper and better)
  • Evidencestrong → weak
  • Estimated from other categories
  • FLUX.2 [dev]
    Quality
    26.5
    Rank
    #33/38
    Price
    $0.012/img
    Speed
    16s

    vs Recraft V4.1 Pro: −0.5 quality · 0.06× price

  • Recraft V4.1 Pro
    Quality
    27.0
    Rank
    #32/38
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    —

    vs FLUX.2 [dev]: +0.5 quality · 18× price

  • HiDream-O1-Image
    Quality
    24.1
    Rank
    #34/38
    Price
    $0.040/img
    Speed
    7.3s

    vs Recraft V4.1 Pro: −2.9 quality · 0.19× price

Overview

Metric
FLUX.2 [dev]
Recraft V4.1 Pro
HiDream-O1-Image
Lab
Black Forest Labs
Recraft
HiDream.ai
Released
Nov 25, 2025
May 14, 2026
May 8, 2026
Weights
Open
Proprietary
Open
Price per image
$0.012Best
$0.21
$0.040
Time per image
16s
—
7.3sBest

Quality by category

0–100 within each category (100 = best tracked model). Rank is among all models ranked there. Click a row to focus it.

Metric
FLUX.2 [dev]
Recraft V4.1 Pro
HiDream-O1-Image
Image generation
26.5±3.2
#33/38Verified
27.0±4.7Best
#32/38Verified
24.1±3.3
#34/38Mixed

Image generation benchmarks

Rank among models with a published score, and the leaderboard around each model. ~ italic = no published score, estimated from related benchmarks.

Metric
FLUX.2 [dev]
Recraft V4.1 Pro
HiDream-O1-Image
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#26/351000BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #25FLUX.2 [pro]1001
  3. #26FLUX.2 [dev]1000
  4. #27Imagen 4 UltraFew votes997
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#30/35983Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #29Recraft V4.1989
  3. #30Recraft V4.1 Pro983
  4. #31HiDream-O1-Image978
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#31/35978Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #30Recraft V4.1 Pro983
  3. #31HiDream-O1-Image978
  4. #32Z-Image Turbo941
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#26/291000BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #25FLUX.2 [flex]1008
  3. #26FLUX.2 [dev]1000
  4. #27FLUX.2 [max]996
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#24/30~1009Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #23FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1014
  3. ~#24Recraft V4.1 ProEstimated1009
  4. #24FLUX.2 [pro]1008
estimated from related benchmarks
#28/29953Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #27FLUX.2 [max]996
  3. #28HiDream-O1-Image953
  4. #29GPT Image 1 Mini922
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
#22/301145BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #21Seedream 4.51147
  3. #22FLUX.2 [dev]1145
  4. #23Seedream 5.0 Lite1138
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#24/301131VerifiedFew votes
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #23Seedream 5.0 Lite1138
  3. #24Recraft V4.1 ProFew votes1131
  4. #25HiDream-O1-Image1116
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#25/301116Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #24Recraft V4.1 ProFew votes1131
  3. #25HiDream-O1-Image1116
  4. #26GPT Image 1 Mini1109
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#21/241226Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #20FLUX.2 [pro]1245
  3. #21FLUX.2 [dev]1226
  4. #22FLUX.2 [flex]1225
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
~#20/25~1250Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #19FLUX.2 [max]1262
  3. ~#20Recraft V4.1 ProEstimated1250
  4. #20FLUX.2 [pro]1245
estimated from related benchmarks
~#24/25~1208Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #22FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1225
  3. ~#24HiDream-O1-ImageEstimated1208
  4. #24GPT Image 1 Mini1124
estimated from related benchmarks
GenEval
day 0
~#3/4~85.0%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3FLUX.2 [dev]Estimated85.0%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~84.6%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Recraft V4.1 ProEstimated84.6%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
#1/390.0%Lab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
arxiv.org · 2026-05-11
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#3/4~86.3%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3FLUX.2 [dev]Estimated86.3%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.1%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Recraft V4.1 ProEstimated86.1%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
#1/389.8%Lab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
arxiv.org · 2026-05-11