# image model rankings

| \# | model | card | cheapest list | cheapest effective | unit | providers | tokens/week |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | `bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-flash` |  |  |  | $0.018/image Image Output seed | 1 | 336182708 |
| 2 | `google/gemini-3.1-flash-image` |  | 0.5 google-ai-studio | 0.4998 google-ai-studio |  | 2 | 213612118 |
| 3 | `google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1` |  | 1.5 google-ai-studio | 1.4999 google-ai-studio |  | 1 | 167047351 |
| 4 | `openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 7.0032 openai |  | 1 | 138162921 |
| 5 | `openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 7.2149 openai |  | 1 | 92142754 |
| 6 | `bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-lite` |  |  |  | $0.035/image Image Output seed | 1 | 77918916 |
| 7 | `bytedance-seed/seedream-4.5` |  |  |  | $0.04/image Image Output seed | 1 | 60058670 |
| 8 | `google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image` |  | 0.25 google-ai-studio | 0.2492 google-vertex/global |  | 2 | 55315829 |
| 9 | `openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 7.1223 openai |  | 1 | 51088007 |
| 10 | `google/gemini-3-pro-image` |  | 2.0 google-ai-studio/global | 1.6094 google-ai-studio/global |  | 2 | 51062451 |
| 11 | `tencent/hy-image-v3.5-preview` |  |  |  |  | 1 | 50011889 |
| 12 | `bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-pro` |  |  | 2.6705 seed | $0.045/image Image Output seed | 1 | 49572766 |
| 13 | `google/gemini-2.5-flash-image` |  | 0.15 google-ai-studio/flex | 0.1496 google-ai-studio/flex |  | 2 | 48685935 |
| 14 | `openai/gpt-image-2` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 6.9953 openai |  | 1 | 41254675 |
| 15 | `minimax/minimax-h3-image` | 2.3 | 2.3 minimax | 1.6276 minimax |  | 1 | 40291245 |
| 16 | `google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview` |  | 1.0 google-ai-studio/global/flex | 0.9984 google-ai-studio/global/flex |  | 1 | 35805308 |
| 17 | `openai/gpt-image-2.6-flare` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 7.1535 openai |  | 1 | 34482645 |
| 18 | `meta/muse-image` |  |  |  | $0.01/image Image Output meta | 1 | 33898016 |
| 19 | `black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein` |  |  |  | $0.008/image Image Output black-forest-labs | 1 | 27691237 |
| 20 | `x-ai/grok-imagine-image-2.0` |  |  | 15.5033 xai | $0.04/image Image Output xai | 1 | 24685207 |
| 21 | `x-ai/grok-imagine-image-quality` |  |  | 14.1059 xai | $0.05/image Image Output xai | 1 | 24532113 |
| 22 | `google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` |  | 0.5 google-ai-studio | 0.4998 google-ai-studio |  | 1 | 22232918 |
| 23 | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2.5 | 2.5 openai | 2.4866 openai |  | 1 | 18904964 |
| 24 | `openai/gpt-5.4-image-2` | 8.0 | 8.0 openai | 7.995 openai |  | 1 | 18406088 |
| 25 | `black-forest-labs/flux.2-klein-4b` |  |  |  | $0.014/megapixel Image Output black-forest-labs | 1 | 12887793 |
| 26 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-flash` |  |  |  | $0.007/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 11655830 |
| 27 | `black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro` |  |  |  | $0.03/megapixel Image Output black-forest-labs | 1 | 11348253 |
| 28 | `microsoft/mai-image-2.5` |  | 5.0 azure | 6.5444 azure |  | 1 | 8710264 |
| 29 | `qwen/qwen-image-2.1-turbo` |  |  |  | $0.0184/image Image Output alibaba | 1 | 7430288 |
| 30 | `black-forest-labs/flux-3-image` |  |  |  | $0.041/image Image Output black-forest-labs | 1 | 4459896 |
| 31 | `minimax/minimax-h3-image-highspeed` | 2.3 | 2.3 minimax | 1.7219 minimax |  | 1 | 3558545 |
| 32 | `qwen/qwen-image-2.1-pro` |  |  |  | $0.046/image Image Output alibaba | 1 | 2846623 |
| 33 | `openai/gpt-image-1-mini` | 2.5 | 2.5 openai | 2.1302 openai |  | 1 | 2598721 |
| 34 | `qwen/qwen-image-3` |  |  | 8.1891 alibaba | $0.03/image Image Output alibaba | 1 | 1994217 |
| 35 | `qwen/qwen-image-3-pro` |  |  | 8.0945 alibaba | $0.04/image Image Output alibaba | 1 | 1886870 |
| 36 | `microsoft/mai-image-2.6` |  | 5.0 azure | 7.4577 azure |  | 1 | 1839370 |
| 37 | `black-forest-labs/flux.2-max` |  |  |  | $0.07/megapixel Image Output black-forest-labs/us-3 | 1 | 1646660 |
| 38 | `sourceful/riverflow-v2.6-pro` |  |  |  | $0.13/image Image Output sourceful | 1 | 1501462 |
| 39 | `krea/krea-2-medium-turbo` |  |  |  | $0.015/image Image Output krea | 1 | 1312180 |
| 40 | `microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash` |  | 1.75 azure | 2.2259 azure |  | 1 | 1216175 |
| 41 | `sourceful/riverflow-v2.5-pro` |  |  |  | $0.13/image Image Output sourceful | 1 | 1160700 |
| 42 | `black-forest-labs/flux.2-flex` |  |  |  | $0.06/megapixel Image Input black-forest-labs/us-3 | 1 | 912283 |
| 43 | `krea/k3-edit` |  |  | 224.3931 krea | $0.03/image Image Output krea | 1 | 854069 |
| 44 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1` |  |  |  | $0.035/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 492871 |
| 45 | `openai/gpt-5-image` | 10.0 | 10.0 openai | 9.9151 openai |  | 1 | 417125 |
| 46 | `microsoft/mai-image-2.5-pro` |  | 5.0 azure | 7.6929 azure |  | 1 | 397944 |
| 47 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-vector` |  |  |  | $0.08/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 320525 |
| 48 | `krea/krea-2-medium` |  |  |  | $0.03/image Image Output krea | 1 | 263642 |
| 49 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility` |  |  |  | $0.035/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 195573 |
| 50 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-pro` |  |  |  | $0.21/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 195320 |
| 51 | `recraft/recraft-v4` |  |  |  | $0.04/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 192473 |
| 52 | `krea/krea-2-large` |  |  |  | $0.06/image Image Output krea | 1 | 164965 |
| 53 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-pro-vector` |  |  |  | $0.3/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 149892 |
| 54 | `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-vector` |  |  |  | $0.05/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 107240 |
| 55 | `recraft/recraft-v3` |  |  |  | $0.04/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 78074 |
| 56 | `recraft/recraft-v4-styles` |  |  |  | $0.035/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 66819 |
| 57 | `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-pro` |  |  |  | $0.1/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 48634 |
| 58 | `sourceful/riverflow-v2-pro` |  |  |  | $0.15/image Image Output sourceful | 1 | 41586 |
| 59 | `sourceful/riverflow-v2.5-fast` |  |  |  | $0.019/image Image Output sourceful | 1 | 26273 |
| 60 | `recraft/recraft-v4-pro-vector` |  |  |  | $0.3/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 25926 |
| 61 | `recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility-pro` |  |  |  | $0.21/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 25652 |
| 62 | `recraft/recraft-v4-vector` |  |  |  | $0.08/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 25574 |
| 63 | `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-pro-vector` |  |  |  | $0.12/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 17421 |
| 64 | `recraft/recraft-v4-pro` |  |  |  | $0.25/image Image Output recraft | 1 | 17104 |
| 65 | `sourceful/riverflow-v2-fast` |  |  |  | $0.02/image Image Output sourceful | 1 | 8522 |
| 66 | `openai/gpt-image-1` | 10.0 | 10.0 openai |  |  | 1 | 3 |