Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo benchmark

Name: Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo 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 (Quality) and Krea 2 Medium Turbo. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

5 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) (2)Krea 2 Medium Turbo (3)

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

2 of 5 Wins

✓Prompt adherence✓Text rendering

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

3 of 5 Wins

✓Image Elo✓Generation time✓Price per 1k images

Ideogram

Leads 2 of 5 metrics

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

Img Elo 1,216$100/1k imgs

Krea

Leads 3 of 5 metrics

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Turbo / $15/1kImg Elo 1,223$15/1k imgs

Ideogram 4.0 Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights$60/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

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 LeaderKrea 2 Medium Turbo Wins

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Δ 7 Image Elo pts

Generation Speed LeaderKrea 2 Medium Turbo Wins

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

1.5s per render

Value per Dollar LeaderKrea 2 Medium Turbo Wins

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

$15/1k images

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) (2)vsKrea 2 Medium Turbo (3)

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality): 2W (40%)Overall: Krea 2 Medium TurboKrea 2 Medium Turbo: 3W (60%)

← Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Krea 2 Medium Turbo →

🏆Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)(2/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vsKrea 2 Medium Turbo

Image Elo

1,216vs1,223+7

Prompt adherence

91.5%vs89.8%+1.7%

Text rendering

96.5%vs87.5%+9%

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality): 2WKrea 2 Medium Turbo: 1W

🏆Krea 2 Medium Turbo(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vsKrea 2 Medium Turbo

Generation time

5svs1.5s+3.5s

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality): 0WKrea 2 Medium Turbo: 1W

🏆Krea 2 Medium Turbo(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vsKrea 2 Medium Turbo

Price per 1k images

$100/1kvs$15/1k+$85/1k

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality): 0WKrea 2 Medium Turbo: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo+7

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)1,216

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time+3.5s

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images+$85/1k

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)$100/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence+1.7%

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)91.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering+9%

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)96.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)	Krea 2 Medium Turbo	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,216 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,223 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+7
Generation time	5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+3.5s
Price per 1k images	$100/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$15/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$85/1k
Prompt adherence	91.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	89.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+1.7%
Text rendering	96.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	87.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+9%

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 85% with Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)$2,500.00 / mo

Rate: $100/1k

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$375.00 / mo

Rate: $15/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Krea 2 Medium Turbo is estimated to save $2,125.00/month ($25,500/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 / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$100/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$100/1k

Krea

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$15/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$15/1k

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?: 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 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?: 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 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?: 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?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
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 (Quality) and Krea 2 Medium Turbo Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) matchups →|All Krea 2 Medium Turbo matchups →

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights (next ideogram)Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs Krea 2 Large (previous krea)Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo GPT Image 2 (High) vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo Reve 2.1 vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Benchmark

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Advantage Delta

Image Elo

1,216

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+3.5s

Price per 1k images

$100/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$85/1k

Prompt adherence

91.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+1.7%

Text rendering

96.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+9%

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 / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?

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 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?

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 (Quality) or Krea 2 Medium Turbo?

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?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

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 (Quality) and Krea 2 Medium Turbo Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.