Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 benchmark

Name: Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights and Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights holds empirical advantage (0 of 0 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1Lowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsFastest stream rate

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Open WeightsImg Elo 1,218$60/1k imgs

poolside

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

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Ideogram 4.0 Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)$100/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights (5)vsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (0)

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights: 5W (100%)Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1: 0W (0%)

← Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1 →

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Leads(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Image Elo

1,218vs—

Prompt adherence

91%vs—

Text rendering

95.8%vs—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights: 3WPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1: 0W

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Leads(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Generation time

3.8svs—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights: 1WPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1: 0W

🏆Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Leads(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Price per 1k images

$60/1kvs—

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights: 1WPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Image Elo

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights1,218

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Generation time

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights3.8s

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Price per 1k images

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$60/1k

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Prompt adherence

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights91%

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Text rendering

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights95.8%

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Benchmark	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,218 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	3.8s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$60/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	91% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	95.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 100% with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$1,500.00 / mo

Rate: $60/1k

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 is estimated to save $1,500.00/month ($18,000/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$60/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$60/1k

poolside

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)262k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.06/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.12/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights and Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights matchups →|All Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 matchups →

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) (previous ideogram)

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsPoolside: Laguna XS 2.1

Image Elo

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights1,218

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Generation time

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights3.8s

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Price per 1k images

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$60/1k

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Prompt adherence

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights91%

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Text rendering

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights95.8%

Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1—

Benchmark	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,218 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	3.8s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$60/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	91% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	95.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights	Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights or Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights and Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.