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Grok Imagine Image (Quality)Qwen-Image-2.1Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
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
  • Grok Imagine Image (Quality)
    Quality
    51.9
    Rank
    #15/38
    Price
    $0.050/img
    Speed
    5.4s

    vs Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro: −2.4 quality · 1.3× price

  • Qwen-Image-2.1
    Quality
    50.6
    Rank
    #16/38
    Price
    —
    Speed
    —

    vs Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro: −3.6 quality · price n/a

  • Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
    Quality
    54.3
    Rank
    #14/38
    Price
    $0.040/img
    Speed
    11s

    vs Grok Imagine Image (Quality): +2.4 quality · 0.8× price

Overview

Metric
Grok Imagine Image (Quality)
Qwen-Image-2.1
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Lab
SpaceXAI (xAI)
Alibaba Qwen
Alibaba Qwen
Released
May 6, 2026
Sep 20, 2026
Jul 21, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Open
Proprietary
Price per image
$0.050
—
$0.040Best
Time per image
5.4sBest
—
11s

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
Grok Imagine Image (Quality)
Qwen-Image-2.1
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Image generation
51.9±3.5
#15/38Verified
50.6±4.3
#16/38Verified
54.3±3.5Best
#14/38Verified

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
Grok Imagine Image (Quality)
Qwen-Image-2.1
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#17/351044Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #16Qwen-Image-3.01076
  3. #17Grok Imagine Image (Quality)1044
  4. #18FLUX.2 [flex]1025
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#17/36~1071Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #16Qwen-Image-3.01076
  3. ~#17Qwen-Image-2.1Estimated1071
  4. #17Grok Imagine Image (Quality)1044
estimated from related benchmarks
#14/351088BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #13Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)1092
  3. #14Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1088
  4. #15Seedream 5.0 Pro1078
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#14/291082BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #13Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1098
  3. #14Grok Imagine Image (Quality)1082
  4. #15Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1078
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#16/291071VerifiedFew votes
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #15Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1078
  3. #16Qwen-Image-2.1Few votes1071
  4. #17Luma UNI 1 Max1069
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-28
#15/291078Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #14Grok Imagine Image (Quality)1082
  3. #15Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1078
  4. #16Qwen-Image-2.1Few votes1071
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
~#13/31~1243Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #12Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1246
  3. ~#13Grok Imagine Image (Quality)Estimated1243
  4. #13GPT Image 1.51239
estimated from related benchmarks
#14/301228VerifiedFew votes
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #13GPT Image 1.51239
  3. #14Qwen-Image-2.1Few votes1228
  4. #15Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)1204
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#9/301254BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #9MAI-Image-2.51254
  3. #9Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1254
  4. #11Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)1250
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#9/241390BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #8Seedream 5.0 Pro1394
  3. #9Grok Imagine Image (Quality)1390
  4. #9Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1390
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#13/241367Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #12GPT Image 1.51370
  3. #13Qwen-Image-2.11367
  4. #14Luma UNI 1 Max1334
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
~#14/25~1366Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #13Qwen-Image-2.11367
  3. ~#14Qwen-Image-3.0-ProEstimated1366
  4. #14Luma UNI 1 Max1334
estimated from related benchmarks
GenEval
day 0
~#3/4~85.5%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Grok Imagine Image (Quality)Estimated85.5%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.0%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Qwen-Image-2.1Estimated86.0%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.5%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3Qwen-Image-3.0-ProEstimated86.5%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#3/4~86.8%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Grok Imagine Image (Quality)Estimated86.8%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~87.1%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Qwen-Image-2.1Estimated87.1%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~87.4%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3Qwen-Image-3.0-ProEstimated87.4%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks