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Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is a Ideogram open-weight frontier model. Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.

At a glance

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is a Ideogram open-weight frontier model. Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.
Last updated Aug 1, 2026
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Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)$100/1k
Capability Profile

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Benchmark Percentiles

Plotted against all active catalog models (50th percentile = catalog median).

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights
Median (50)

Dimensional Scorecards

Visual Quality
26%
Prompt Adherence
64%
Typography
95%
Gen Speed
48%
Price Value
57%
Standout Competencies

Ranks in the top tier (≥75th percentile) for Typography.

Benchmark Specifications

Dated snapshot metrics aggregated from official evaluators and API providers.

Image Elo1,218
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Generation time3.8s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Price per 1k images$60/1k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Prompt adherence91%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Text rendering95.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Benchmark MetricReported ScoreObserved Source
Image Elo1,218seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Generation time3.8sseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Price per 1k images$60/1kseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Prompt adherence91%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Text rendering95.8%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

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Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Opus 5Anthropic
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Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Fable 5Anthropic
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Anthropic top-tier X-High reasoning model engineered for heavy multi-step tasks. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Opus 4.8Anthropic
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Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGrok 4.6xAI
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xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Opus 4.6Anthropic
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Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger multi-step autonomous agent reasoning.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 3.6 ProGoogle
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Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Opus 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsOpenAI o3-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI cost-efficient reasoning model with adjustable thinking effort and top coding benchmark scores.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-5OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship reasoning model for 2025–26. Strong general preference Elo and multimodal coverage.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGLM-5.3Zhipu
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Z.ai Aug 14 2026 post-train of the GLM-5.2 744B base. Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review (z.ai/blog/glm-5.3).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
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Anthropic workhorse. Official $2/$10 per 1M tokens made permanent on Aug 10 2026.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 3 ProGoogle
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Google frontier multimodal model with a multi-million-token context window.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 mid tier. Official API $2/$12 per 1M after the Jul 30 2026 price cut.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-4.5 OrionOpenAI
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OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
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Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
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Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKimi K3Moonshot
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Moonshot AI frontier flagship reasoning and agent swarm model with 256k context and top-tier SWE-bench coding capability.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic
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Workhorse Anthropic model: most of Opus coding quality at a mid-tier price.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen 3 MaxAlibaba
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Alibaba flagship. Strong math and multilingual code.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKimi K2.5 MaxMoonshot
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Moonshot flagship reasoning model with high-fidelity coding, deep thinking, and tool use across a 200k context.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsOpenAI o1OpenAI
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OpenAI pioneer reasoning foundation model designed for complex science, math, and multi-step reasoning.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
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Google Jul 21 workhorse. Now shares the 3.7 Flash introductory $0.75/$3.75 rate through Dec 31 2026.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 3 FlashGoogle
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Fast Google frontier-adjacent model. Near-top official SWE-bench at a fraction of Opus price.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen QwQ 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGLM-5.2Zhipu
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Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogle
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Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek
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DeepSeek Jul 31 2026 price-performance SKU. Public listings put it near $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Opus 4Anthropic
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First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGrok 4xAI
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Previous xAI flagship.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMiniMax M2.5MiniMax
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MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsYi-Lightning01.AI
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01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGLM-5V TurboZhipu
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Zhipu high-throughput multimodal vision model with sub-second latency and competitive coding.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsSeed 2.1 TurboByteDance
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ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDoubao Pro 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance flagship enterprise model with ultra-low token cost and 128k context.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLlama 4 MaverickMeta
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Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 fast/cheap tier. Official API $0.20/$1.20 per 1M after the Jul 30 80% Luna cut.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKimi K2Moonshot
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Moonshot foundation model with strong native bilingual reasoning and 65.8% SWE-bench Verified coding baseline.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMistral Large 3Mistral
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Mistral European flagship with strong function calling.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Sonnet 4Anthropic
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First Sonnet 4 generation. Bridge between 3.5/3.7 and Sonnet 5.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsErnie 4.5 TurboBaidu
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Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen 2.5 PlusAlibaba
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Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsOpenAI o1-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen3 235BAlibaba
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Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsYi-Large01.AI
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01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen 2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKimi Chat 1.5Moonshot
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Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLlama 4 ScoutMeta
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Meta open-weight Llama 4 long-context sibling of Maverick. Common public API lists sit near $0.08–$0.30 / $0.30–$0.70 per 1M; we store a conservative hosted list until OpenRouter overwrites.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-5 miniOpenAI
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Cost-efficient GPT-5 distill for high-volume agents.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGrok 3xAI
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Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen3.8 27BAlibaba
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Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLlama 3.1 405BMeta
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Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDeepSeek Coder V2DeepSeek
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DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic
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Hybrid-reasoning Sonnet from 2025. Kept for historical compare pages.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDoubao Lite 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDeepSeek R1DeepSeek
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Open-weights reasoning model trained with large-scale RL.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 2.5 ProGoogle
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Previous Google long-context flagship.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsCommand ACohere
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Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-4oOpenAI
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Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsCodestral 25.01Mistral
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Mistral code-specialist model.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDeepSeek V3DeepSeek
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Prior DeepSeek flagship. Baseline for v3 vs v4.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
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Previous Google speed workhorse.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLlama 3.3 70BMeta
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Previous Meta 70B open-weight workhorse.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
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2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-4o miniOpenAI
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Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGemini 1.5 ProGoogle
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First million-token Gemini Pro. Baseline for 1.5 vs 2.5 vs 3.x Pro.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT-4 TurboOpenAI
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GPT-4 Turbo 128k. Historical flagship for gpt-4 turbo vs gpt-4o / gpt-5.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude 3 OpusAnthropic
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Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLlama 3.1 70BMeta
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Llama 3.1 70B instruct. Predecessor to 3.3 70B and Llama 4.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsClaude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic
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Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT Image 2 (High)OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship diffusion-transformer image synthesis model with supreme prompt adherence, realistic textures, and complex text composition.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)OpenAI
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Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsGPT Image 1.5OpenAI
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Previous OpenAI image generation flagship. High fidelity with proven enterprise reliability.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsDALL-E 3OpenAI
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Legacy OpenAI image model benchmark baseline. Retained for historical comparisons.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsReve 2.1Reve
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State-of-the-art cinematic image synthesis foundation model known for photorealistic lighting and aesthetic composition.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google
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Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google
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Google high-speed multimodal generative model delivering top Elo performance at half the latency and cost of Pro.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsNano Banana 2 LiteGoogle
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Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsFLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs
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Black Forest Labs maximum-capacity flow-matching model with photoreal anatomy and leading typography fidelity.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsFLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest Labs
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Flexible step-distilled variant of FLUX.2 offering 99% of Max quality with 45% faster generation speeds.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsFLUX.1.1 [pro]Black Forest Labs
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First-generation professional API model from Black Forest Labs, renowned for 6x faster generation than original FLUX.1 Pro.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsFLUX.1 [dev]Black Forest Labs
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Open-weights non-commercial base model with 12B parameters, serving as the foundation for the open-source fine-tuning ecosystem.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsFLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs
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Apache 2.0 4-step distilled open weights model optimized for local inference and instant preview generation.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram
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Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsRecraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft
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Specialized generative model for vector art, icon sets, illustrations, and commercial design assets with native brand color matching.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsRecraft V4.1 UtilityRecraft
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High-speed utility tier of Recraft V4.1 tailored for rapid asset production at $0.035/image.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKrea 2 LargeKrea
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High-resolution real-time generation model tuned for artistic composition and dynamic concept art.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsKrea 2 Medium TurboKrea
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Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsQwen Image 2.0 ProAlibaba
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Alibaba multimodal image synthesis foundation model with strong bilingual Chinese/English typography and cultural asset fidelity.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsWan2.6 Text to ImageAlibaba
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Alibaba high-efficiency open video/image unified transformer backbone.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsSeedream 5.0 ProByteDance
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ByteDance flagship image generation model with high photorealism and fine facial structure rendering.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsSeedream 4.0ByteDance
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High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMidjourney v7Midjourney
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Midjourney v7 premier creative image generation model with unparalleled stylistic nuances, coherent hands/anatomy, and cinematic grading.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMidjourney v6.1Midjourney
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Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI
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Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsMAI-Image-2.5-FlashMicrosoft AI
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Cost-optimized Microsoft AI image model delivering sub-2 second responses at $20/1k images.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsHiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream
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HiDream high-definition visual generator optimized for photorealism and accurate complex lighting.

Ideogram 4.0 Open WeightsvsLuma UNI 1 MaxLuma Labs
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Luma Labs universal 3D-aware image synthesis engine with spatial geometry consistency.

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Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is a Ideogram open-weight model. Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Elo is a crowd vote on which hidden answer people liked more — not a school test. What is Elo?