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#1Elo 1398
Input / 1M
$8.00
Output / 1M
$8.00
Blended (4:1 in:out): $8.00/1M
variant: medium
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Frontier middle pick · $0.500/1M blended
#7Elo 1259
Input / 1M
$0.250
Output / 1M
$1.50
Blended (4:1 in:out): $0.500/1M
harness: nano-banana-2-lite
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| Model | Open in |
|---|---|
| OpenAI: GPT Image 2 (medium) #1·Elo 1398·In $8.00·Out $8.00 | |
| Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.5 #5·Elo 1271·In $5.00·Out - | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) (nano-banana-2) #6·Elo 1268·In $0.500·Out $3.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) (nano-banana-2) #6·Elo 1268·In $0.500·Out $3.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) (nano-banana-2-lite) #7·Elo 1259·In $0.250·Out $1.50 | |
| gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity #9·Elo 1244·Out $0.060/run ~167 / $10 | |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) (nano-banana-pro) #11·Elo 1238·In $2.00·Out $12.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) (nano-banana-pro) #11·Elo 1238·In $2.00·Out $12.00 | |
| xAI: Grok Imagine Image Quality #12·Elo 1230·Out $0.060/run ~167 / $10 | |
| grok-imagine-image grok-imagine-image #18·Elo 1179·Out - | |
| Recraft: Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro #19·Elo 1177·Out - | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Max #20·Elo 1169·Out $0.070/run ~143 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Flex #23·Elo 1162·Out $0.060/run ~167 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Pro #24·Elo 1161·Out $0.030/run ~333 / $10 | |
| ByteDance Seed: Seedream 4.5 #26·Elo 1148·Out - | |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) (nano-banana) #27·Elo 1147·In $0.300·Out $2.50 | |
| flux-2-dev flux-2-dev #28·Elo 1146·Out $0.012/run ~833 / $10 | |
| hidream-o1-image hidream-o1-image #34·Elo 1127·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 | |
| Recraft: Recraft V4.1 Pro #37·Elo 1122·Out $0.250/run ~40 / $10 | |
| OpenAI: GPT Image 1 #40·Elo 1115·In $10.00·Out $10.00 | |
| Recraft: Recraft V4 #41·Elo 1109·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 | |
| OpenAI: GPT Image 1 Mini #44·Elo 1108·In $2.50·Out $2.50 | |
| z-image-turbo z-image-turbo #51·Elo 1068·Out $0.0050/run ~2000 / $10 | |
| flux-2-klein-9b flux-2-klein-9b #53·Elo 1064·Out $0.010/run ~1000 / $10 | |
| qwen-image qwen-image #57·Elo 1052·Out $0.020/run ~500 / $10 | |
| ideogram-v3-quality ideogram-v3-quality #59·Elo 1027·Out $0.090/run ~111 / $10 | |
| photon photon #60·Elo 1026·Out $0.015/run ~667 / $10 | |
| Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Klein 4B #61·Elo 1023·Out $0.0080/run ~1250 / $10 | |
| flux-1.1-pro flux-1.1-pro #62·Elo 1016·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 | |
| p-image p-image #63·Elo 1014·Out $0.0050/run ~2000 / $10 | |
| lucid-origin lucid-origin #65·Elo 1007·Out $0.020/run ~500 / $10 | |
| glm-image glm-image #66·Elo 1005·Out $0.120/run ~83 / $10 | |
| ideogram-v2 ideogram-v2 #67·Elo 996·Out $0.080/run ~125 / $10 | |
| dall-e-3 dall-e-3 #68·Elo 988·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 | |
| Recraft: Recraft V3 #69·Elo 978·Out $0.040/run ~250 / $10 |