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FLUX.2 [pro]Ming-Image-0.1-DesignRecraft V4.1
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 [pro]
    Quality
    28.5
    Rank
    #30/38
    Price
    $0.030/img
    Speed
    12s

    vs Ming-Image-0.1-Design: −1.1 quality · 1× price

  • Ming-Image-0.1-Design
    Quality
    29.6
    Rank
    #29/38
    Price
    $0.030/img
    Speed
    —

    vs FLUX.2 [pro]: +1.1 quality · 1× price

  • Recraft V4.1
    Quality
    28.0
    Rank
    #31/38
    Price
    $0.035/img
    Speed
    —

    vs Ming-Image-0.1-Design: −1.5 quality · 1.2× price

Overview

Metric
FLUX.2 [pro]
Ming-Image-0.1-Design
Recraft V4.1
Lab
Black Forest Labs
inclusionAI (Ant Group)
Recraft
Released
Nov 25, 2025
Sep 22, 2026
May 14, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Open
Proprietary
Price per image
$0.030Best
$0.030Best
$0.035
Time per image
12s
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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 [pro]
Ming-Image-0.1-Design
Recraft V4.1
Image generation
28.5±3.2
#30/38Verified
29.6±5.6Best
#29/38Verified
28.0±5.6
#31/38Verified

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 [pro]
Ming-Image-0.1-Design
Recraft V4.1
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#25/351001BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #24Seedream 5.0 Lite1009
  3. #25FLUX.2 [pro]1001
  4. #26FLUX.2 [dev]1000
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#28/35995Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #27Imagen 4 UltraFew votes997
  3. #28Ming-Image-0.1-Design995
  4. #29Recraft V4.1989
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#29/35989Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #28Ming-Image-0.1-Design995
  3. #29Recraft V4.1989
  4. #30Recraft V4.1 Pro983
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#24/291008Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #23FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1014
  3. #24FLUX.2 [pro]1008
  4. #25FLUX.2 [flex]1008
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#23/30~1015Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #22Seedream 4.51036
  3. ~#23Ming-Image-0.1-DesignEstimated1015
  4. #23FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1014
estimated from related benchmarks
~#24/30~1011Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #23FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1014
  3. ~#24Recraft V4.1Estimated1011
  4. #24FLUX.2 [pro]1008
estimated from related benchmarks
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
#19/301154Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #18FLUX.2 [flex]1157
  3. #19FLUX.2 [pro]1154
  4. #20Imagen 4 Ultra1148
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
~#23/31~1145Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #22FLUX.2 [dev]1145
  3. ~#23Ming-Image-0.1-DesignEstimated1145
  4. #23Seedream 5.0 Lite1138
estimated from related benchmarks
~#24/31~1137Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #23Seedream 5.0 Lite1138
  3. ~#24Recraft V4.1Estimated1137
  4. #24Recraft V4.1 ProFew votes1131
estimated from related benchmarks
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#20/241245Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #19FLUX.2 [max]1262
  3. #20FLUX.2 [pro]1245
  4. #21FLUX.2 [dev]1226
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
~#20/25~1262Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #19FLUX.2 [max]1262
  3. ~#20Ming-Image-0.1-DesignEstimated1262
  4. #20FLUX.2 [pro]1245
estimated from related benchmarks
~#20/25~1254Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #19FLUX.2 [max]1262
  3. ~#20Recraft V4.1Estimated1254
  4. #20FLUX.2 [pro]1245
estimated from related benchmarks
GenEval
day 0
~#3/4~85.0%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3FLUX.2 [pro]Estimated85.0%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~84.5%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Ming-Image-0.1-DesignEstimated84.5%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~84.4%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Recraft V4.1Estimated84.4%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#3/4~86.4%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3FLUX.2 [pro]Estimated86.4%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.3%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Ming-Image-0.1-DesignEstimated86.3%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.2%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Recraft V4.1Estimated86.2%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks