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Image Generation
Text to image and image editing models, from frontier quality to the open-weight stack.
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- Nano Banana 2.16 Oct 2026
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- Nano Banana 2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
- FLUX 3 Image · 1 Oct 2026
- Qwen-Image-2.1 · 20 Sept 2026
- GPT Image 2.5 · 8 Sept 2026
- Seedream 5.0 Flash · Sept 2026
- Imagine Image 2.0 · 7 Aug 2026
- Midjourney V8 · 24 Jul 2026
- Qwen-Image · 21 Jul 2026
- Seedream 5.0 · 8 Jul 2026
- Muse Image · 7 Jul 2026
- Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2 · 30 Jun 2026
- Ideogram 4.0 · 3 Jun 2026
Newest first · 18 models · continually updated
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just in: Nano Banana 2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
Most recent and top modelsAll 18 models · newest first
Google DeepMindNano Banana 2.1
Released 6 Oct 2026Image generation, reference pictures and conversational edits
Black Forest LabsFLUX 3 Image
Released 1 Oct 2026FLUX 3 Image creates and edits pictures with up to ten reference images
AlibabaQwen-Image-2.1
Released 20 Sept 2026one small model for making pictures and editing them
OpenAIGPT Image 2.5
Released 8 Sept 2026two variants, one price, the top two seats
ByteDanceSeedream 5.0 Flash
Released Sept 2026the fast, cheap tier of ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 image models
xAIImagine Image 2.0
Released 7 Aug 2026the one that gets the text right
MidjourneyMidjourney V8
Released 24 Jul 2026the aesthetics specialist
AlibabaQwen-Image
Released 21 Jul 2026the free self-hosted option
ByteDanceSeedream 5.0
Released 8 Jul 2026the reasoning image model
MetaMuse Image
Announced 7 Jul 2026from a consumer feature to a $0.01 API
GoogleTop modelNano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2
Released 30 Jun 2026the 4K value leader
IdeogramTop modelIdeogram 4.0
Released 3 Jun 2026typography first
RecraftTop modelRecraft V4
Released 14 May 2026native vector output
OpenAITop modelGPT Image 2
Released 21 Apr 2026the leading line
Black Forest LabsTop modelFLUX.2
Released 25 Nov 2025the strongest open-weight family
AdobeAdobe Firefly Image Model 5
Released 28 Oct 2025the licensing answer
xAIGrok Imagine
Released Aug 2025the fast and permissive one
Stable Diffusion 3.5 and Stability AI
Released 22 Oct 2024the incumbent that got overtaken
