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GPT Image 1 MiniQwen-ImageZ-Image Turbo
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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
  • GPT Image 1 Mini
    Quality
    10.5
    Rank
    #38/38
    Price
    $0.011/img
    Speed
    —

    vs Z-Image Turbo: −7.2 quality · 2.2× price

  • Qwen-Image
    Quality
    14.2
    Rank
    #37/38
    Price
    $0.020/img
    Speed
    21s

    vs Z-Image Turbo: −3.5 quality · 4× price

  • Z-Image Turbo
    Quality
    17.7
    Rank
    #36/38
    Price
    $0.005/img
    Speed
    1.9s

    vs Qwen-Image: +3.5 quality · 0.25× price

Overview

Metric
GPT Image 1 Mini
Qwen-Image
Z-Image Turbo
Lab
OpenAI
Alibaba Qwen
Alibaba Qwen
Released
Oct 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
Weights
Proprietary
Open
Open
Price per image
$0.011
$0.020
$0.005Best
Time per image
—
21s
1.9sBest

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
GPT Image 1 Mini
Qwen-Image
Z-Image Turbo
Image generation
10.5±3.2
#38/38Verified
14.2±3.9
#37/38Mixed
17.7±3.9Best
#36/38Mixedbest value

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
GPT Image 1 Mini
Qwen-Image
Z-Image Turbo
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#34/35914Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #33FLUX.2 [klein] 9B940
  3. #34GPT Image 1 Mini914
  4. #35Qwen-Image886
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#35/35886Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #34GPT Image 1 Mini914
  3. #35Qwen-Image886
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#32/35941BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #31HiDream-O1-Image978
  3. #32Z-Image Turbo941
  4. #33FLUX.2 [klein] 9B940
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#29/29922Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #28HiDream-O1-Image953
  3. #29GPT Image 1 Mini922
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#28/30~962Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #27FLUX.2 [max]996
  3. ~#28Qwen-ImageEstimated962
  4. #28HiDream-O1-Image953
estimated from related benchmarks
~#28/30~985Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #27FLUX.2 [max]996
  3. ~#28Z-Image TurboEstimated985
  4. #28HiDream-O1-Image953
estimated from related benchmarks
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
#26/301109BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #25HiDream-O1-Image1116
  3. #26GPT Image 1 Mini1109
  4. #26Krea 2 Large1109
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#30/301057Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #29FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1070
  3. #30Qwen-Image1057
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#28/301083Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #26Krea 2 Large1109
  3. #28Z-Image Turbo1083
  4. #29FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1070
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#24/241124Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #22FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1225
  3. #24GPT Image 1 Mini1124
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
~#24/25~1153Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #22FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1225
  3. ~#24Qwen-ImageEstimated1153
  4. #24GPT Image 1 Mini1124
estimated from related benchmarks
~#24/25~1202Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #22FLUX.2 [klein] 9B1225
  3. ~#24Z-Image TurboEstimated1202
  4. #24GPT Image 1 Mini1124
estimated from related benchmarks
GenEval
day 0
~#3/4~83.4%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3GPT Image 1 MiniEstimated83.4%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
#2/387.0%BestLab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
arxiv.org · 2025-08-04
#3/382.0%Lab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
arxiv.org · 2025-11-27
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#3/4~85.4%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3GPT Image 1 MiniEstimated85.4%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
#2/388.3%BestLab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
arxiv.org · 2025-08-04
#3/384.9%Lab-reported
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
arxiv.org · 2025-11-27