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#1Elo 1455
Input / 1M
$8.00
Output / 1M
$8.00
Blended (4:1 in:out): $8.00/1M
variant: medium
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#6Elo 1362
Input / 1M
$0.500
Output / 1M
$3.00
Blended (4:1 in:out): $1.00/1M
harness: nano-banana-2
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| Model | Open in |
|---|---|
| OpenAI: GPT Image 2 (medium) #1·Elo 1455·In $8.00·Out $8.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) (nano-banana-pro) #4·Elo 1367·In $2.00·Out $12.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) (nano-banana-pro) #4·Elo 1367·In $2.00·Out $12.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) (nano-banana-2) #6·Elo 1362·In $0.500·Out $3.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) (nano-banana-2) #6·Elo 1362·In $0.500·Out $3.00 | |
| gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity #9·Elo 1341·Out $0.120/run ~83 / $10 | |
| ByteDance Seed: Seedream 4.5 #11·Elo 1291·Out - | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) (nano-banana-2-lite) #14·Elo 1286·In $0.250·Out $1.50 | |
| kling-image-o1 kling-image-o1 #18·Elo 1252·Out $0.028/run ~357 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Max #19·Elo 1250·Out $0.070/run ~143 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Pro #20·Elo 1237·Out $0.060/run ~167 / $10 | |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) (nano-banana) #21·Elo 1235·In $0.300·Out $2.50 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Flex #22·Elo 1234·Out $0.120/run ~83 / $10 | |
| reve-v1 reve-v1 #23·Elo 1222·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 | |
| flux-2-klein-9b flux-2-klein-9b #25·Elo 1213·Out $0.016/run ~625 / $10 | |
| flux-2-dev flux-2-dev #27·Elo 1202·Out $0.024/run ~417 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Klein 4B #30·Elo 1166·Out $0.012/run ~833 / $10 | |
| OpenAI: GPT Image 1 #34·Elo 1126·In $10.00·Out $10.00 | |
| OpenAI: GPT Image 1 Mini #35·Elo 1111·In $2.50·Out $2.50 |