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    OpenAI: GPT Image 2 (medium)

    Highest Elo in Text to Image · Commercial Design

    #1Elo 1398
    Input / 1M
    $8.00
    Output / 1M
    $8.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $8.00/1M
    variant: medium
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    Best Value
    gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity

    Pareto knee · $0.060/run

    #9Elo 1242
    Per Run
    $0.060
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    gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity

    Frontier middle pick · $0.060/run

    #9Elo 1242
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    $0.060
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    All models (35) · Text to Image · Commercial Design

    Rank = arena overall rank. Muted rows aren't hosted on OpenRouter or a partner. Gaps in the rank sequence are closed-source or unreleased models we don't track.

    RankModelTrendEloValueIn / 1MOutputVotesOpen in
    #1OpenAI: GPT Image 2 (medium)
    #1·Elo 1398·In $8.00·Out $8.00
    13981307$8.00$8.0023,789
    O
    #4Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) (nano-banana-2)
    #4·Elo 1271·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    12711271$0.500$3.006,992
    O
    #4Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) (nano-banana-2)
    #4·Elo 1271·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    12711271$0.500$3.006,992
    O
    #6Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.5
    #6·Elo 1260·In $5.00·Out -
    1260-$5.00-13,362
    O
    #8Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) (nano-banana-2-lite)
    #8·Elo 1243·In $0.250·Out $1.50
    12431273$0.250$1.503,471
    O
    #9gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity
    gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity
    #9·Elo 1242·Out
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    1242--
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    52,444
    W
    #10Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) (nano-banana-pro)
    #10·Elo 1237·In $2.00·Out $12.00
    12371177$2.00$12.0026,285
    O
    #10Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) (nano-banana-pro)
    #10·Elo 1237·In $2.00·Out $12.00
    12371177$2.00$12.0026,285
    O
    #12xAI: Grok Imagine Image Quality
    #12·Elo 1227·Out
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    1227--
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    15,405
    OW
    #19grok-imagine-image
    grok-imagine-image
    #19·Elo 1175·Out -
    1175---77,591
    W
    #20Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Flex
    #20·Elo 1173·Out
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    1173--
    $0.060/run
    ~167 / $10
    54,972
    OW
    #21Recraft: Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro
    #21·Elo 1168·Out -
    1168---1,051
    O
    #23Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Max
    #23·Elo 1165·Out
    $0.070/run
    ~143 / $10
    1165--
    $0.070/run
    ~143 / $10
    44,044
    OW
    #24Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Pro
    #24·Elo 1159·Out
    $0.030/run
    ~333 / $10
    1159--
    $0.030/run
    ~333 / $10
    61,015
    OW
    #25flux-2-dev
    flux-2-dev
    #25·Elo 1156·Out
    $0.012/run
    ~833 / $10
    1156--
    $0.012/run
    ~833 / $10
    21,776
    W
    #28Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) (nano-banana)
    #28·Elo 1150·In $0.300·Out $2.50
    11501163$0.300$2.50243,577
    O
    #30ByteDance Seed: Seedream 4.5
    #30·Elo 1142·Out -
    1142---81,230
    O
    #31Recraft: Recraft V4.1 Pro
    #31·Elo 1138·Out
    $0.250/run
    ~40 / $10
    1138--
    $0.250/run
    ~40 / $10
    1,111
    OW
    #38hidream-o1-image
    hidream-o1-image
    #38·Elo 1127·Out
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    1127--
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    9,378
    W
    #39Recraft: Recraft V4
    #39·Elo 1125·Out
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    1125--
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    33,807
    OW
    #40OpenAI: GPT Image 1
    #40·Elo 1115·In $10.00·Out $10.00
    11151015$10.00$10.0080,990
    O
    #45OpenAI: GPT Image 1 Mini
    #45·Elo 1109·In $2.50·Out $2.50
    11091069$2.50$2.5060,679
    O
    #51ideogram-v3-quality
    ideogram-v3-quality
    #51·Elo 1082·Out
    $0.090/run
    ~111 / $10
    1082--
    $0.090/run
    ~111 / $10
    36,799
    W
    #53flux-2-klein-9b
    flux-2-klein-9b
    #53·Elo 1069·Out
    $0.010/run
    ~1000 / $10
    1069--
    $0.010/run
    ~1000 / $10
    54,883
    W
    #55qwen-image
    qwen-image
    #55·Elo 1068·Out
    $0.020/run
    ~500 / $10
    1068--
    $0.020/run
    ~500 / $10
    17,892
    W
    #56z-image-turbo
    z-image-turbo
    #56·Elo 1061·Out
    $0.0050/run
    ~2000 / $10
    1061--
    $0.0050/run
    ~2000 / $10
    6,742
    W
    #58ideogram-v2
    ideogram-v2
    #58·Elo 1054·Out
    $0.080/run
    ~125 / $10
    1054--
    $0.080/run
    ~125 / $10
    10,338
    W
    #59photon
    photon
    #59·Elo 1053·Out
    $0.015/run
    ~667 / $10
    1053--
    $0.015/run
    ~667 / $10
    37,097
    W
    #62glm-image
    glm-image
    #62·Elo 1037·Out
    $0.120/run
    ~83 / $10
    1037--
    $0.120/run
    ~83 / $10
    1,636
    W
    #63p-image
    p-image
    #63·Elo 1031·Out
    $0.0050/run
    ~2000 / $10
    1031--
    $0.0050/run
    ~2000 / $10
    38,256
    W
    #65Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 Klein 4B
    #65·Elo 1027·Out
    $0.0080/run
    ~1250 / $10
    1027--
    $0.0080/run
    ~1250 / $10
    55,847
    OW
    #66Recraft: Recraft V3
    #66·Elo 1026·Out
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    1026--
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    46,676
    OW
    #67lucid-origin
    lucid-origin
    #67·Elo 1020·Out
    $0.020/run
    ~500 / $10
    1020--
    $0.020/run
    ~500 / $10
    82,557
    W
    #69flux-1.1-pro
    flux-1.1-pro
    #69·Elo 1013·Out
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    1013--
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    10,135
    W
    #71dall-e-3
    dall-e-3
    #71·Elo 987·Out
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    987--
    $0.040/run
    ~250 / $10
    56,139
    W