Runway Gen-4 Imagevs.Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Which one is better?

In our own test, Runway Gen-4 Image leads. Neither is in the arena. Neither has an API price.

Test images

Same task, the first image of each. The task with the biggest difference is preselected.

Runway Gen-4 Image: Character and detail, first image from the fixed test run — Runway Gen-4 Image39 out of 100

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: Character and detail, first image from the fixed test run — Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo5 out of 100

Result for “Character and detail”:Runway Gen-4 Image ahead

Prompt given to both modelsCreate a square cinematic full-body portrait of a fictional bicycle courier waiting under a transparent umbrella at a rainy tram stop in Hamburg at blue hour. She wears a mustard raincoat, navy trousers, red sneakers, a silver helmet, and carries a teal messenger bag. Keep both hands visible, render the bicycle correctly, use realistic wet-street reflections, and include no readable brand names.

What the rating looks at: Anatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency.

“Ahead”: better in all three rating rounds. “Slightly ahead”: a higher value, but not in every round.

Test protocol of the images

Each test attempt uses the same archived prompt and one request. The first output of that attempt counts. Repeats after technical test failures are disclosed for the affected images. Files are normalized to 1,024 × 1,024 pixels without cropping. Provider resolution, randomness, quality tier and prompt processing can still differ. The images are a practical visual test, not a reconstruction of the arena configuration.

Character and detail

Runway Gen-4 Image: manual, 1:1, one request, first output (first top-left candidate of native batch), exact UI model Runway Gen-4 Image, provider-default random seed, native resolution provider default, fast mode not offered, no reference images, no selected effects, default content settings, source UI file Firefly_Create a square cinematic full-body portrait of a fictional bicycle courier waiting u 715099.png, source 1080x1080, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale), generated Nov 1, 2026, 10:33 PM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=2111621457284287488; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:24 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: 985a75b38642a9f0e5e0c0e0c67f1b7f67780d42bd2168fa24e9a7a7a94b0da6

Runway Gen-4 Image image SHA 256: 1235971dc0ffbe1e82ce305c9e7608d10a9b604697ec359a332cd4f2d931db71

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 0c90d3a3e12870784d8b576ac3ace689b6cb627a4222f7cfc4a0d3793b9e4a37

Infographic

Runway Gen-4 Image: manual, 1:1, one request, first output (first top-left candidate of native batch), exact UI model Runway Gen-4 Image, provider-default random seed, native resolution provider default, fast mode not offered, no reference images, no selected effects, default content settings, source UI file Firefly_Create a square German infographic titled SO FUNKTIONIERT PHOTOSYNTHESE. Show exactly 715099.png, source 1080x1080, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale), generated Nov 1, 2026, 10:33 PM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=8524023330556932596; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:24 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: ed65cb4e6a51e2336f8b149ad4cbb16e020f07d527ad94362e719d2dcf91d94f

Runway Gen-4 Image image SHA 256: 13955a0ff71a8e54cde4d84a78ace5dba2bc64b8df79c939bffabca22620480c

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 096ae82e5a28ef1095f159019c41983c84a0c670a76e752fb3a1f9600fa7c45a

Product photography

Runway Gen-4 Image: manual, 1:1, one request, first output (first top-left candidate of native batch), exact UI model Runway Gen-4 Image, provider-default random seed, native resolution provider default, fast mode not offered, no reference images, no selected effects, default content settings, source UI file Firefly_Create a square premium product photograph of a brushed titanium wristwatch standing 715099.png, source 1080x1080, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale), generated Nov 1, 2026, 10:31 PM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=9219148100655939974; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:23 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: c67fd71e91304458a2feef5c91efa8677260fab0c0099a29a2c52cb579f5b2f3

Runway Gen-4 Image image SHA 256: 24a4b7e7c9ac88d5e5c7a508aca6c7de29c4ca9e55c0d17623005dbe3e6aaadd

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 50719aadf378d21848c83dbdb510a8134c80be05cbb2b718182a95e9cbb28164

Typography and layout

Runway Gen-4 Image: manual, 1:1, one request, first output (first top-left candidate of native batch), exact UI model Runway Gen-4 Image, provider-default random seed, native resolution provider default, fast mode not offered, no reference images, no selected effects, default content settings, source UI file Firefly_Create a square editorial poster for an imaginary night train called MONDFALTER. Show 715099.png, source 1080x1080, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale), generated Nov 1, 2026, 10:31 PM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=4970356096182813142; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001; two local attempts: original MPSGraph SIGABRT before output; one identical-prompt, identical-seed technical repeat after reviewed backend-only correction, first output retained; exact failing original operator is not proven, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:18 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: 2e012c3d14ee5dd02203a94f394ca80a5038cdebd6032b25a8b8a221f2255419

Runway Gen-4 Image image SHA 256: 73ca9e031f19143e8227ccfb5d651cd72eed23184d7cf7b980890310d55f7a8d

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: cec0e99f796e6d0e4dafc517afc93fd93041aecbd52cef74a421ea9c3a15ab69

The numbers at a glance

Arena ratingfrom votes by users · higher is better

n/a

Runway Gen-4 Image

not in the arena

n/a

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

not in the arena

GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100 · higher is better

Runway Gen-4 Image

Rank 70 of 108

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Rank 104 of 108

Price per imagedollars through the API · lower is better

n/a

Runway Gen-4 Image

no API price

n/a

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

no API price

Ranks among the 21 image models with an arena rating and the 108 with a GraduallyBench run; prices compared with 28 models with an API price.

Runway Gen-4 Image

Subscription: No Runway subscription includes this model. Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (ElevenLabs Starter, with limited credits). 19 plans in Germany.
Via API: No API price known. Access: API, Web app.
Weights: unknown.

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Subscription: n/a No plan in Germany names exactly this model.
Via API: No API price known. Access: local.
License: Open weights.

Subscriptions only count plans that name exactly this model. Subscription prices include VAT, API prices are in dollars.

GraduallyBench from Nov 3, 2026 · Subscription database from Sep 29, 2026 (38 days old)

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For ratings only when the gap is clear.

Kennzahl	Runway Gen-4 Image	Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo
Ratings
Arena ratingfrom votes by users, higher is better	n/a	n/a
Arena rank	n/a	n/a
Arena votesmore votes, a safer rating	n/a	n/a
GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100	39	9
GraduallyBench by task
Typography and layoutLegible text, hierarchy, and composition	51	18
Product photographyMaterials, reflections, and fine details	33	6
Character and detailAnatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency	39	5
InfographicNumbers, labels, and visual organization	32	8
API price
Per imagelower is better	n/a	n/a
100 images	n/a	n/a
Profile
Released	n/a	n/a
Weightsopen means: runs locally	unknown	open
Access	API, Web app	local
Parameters	not published	10 billion
Largest output	not consistently published	not consistently published
Plans in Germanynaming exactly this model	19	n/a

API prices for one image at 1,024 × 1,024 pixels according to Artificial Analysis.

Sources: Runway Gen-4 Image model source (verified Nov 1, 2026) · Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo model source (verified Nov 1, 2026)

Arena ratings by category

From blind votes on LMArena. “Ahead” means the lead is clear.

No shared arena score in the stored snapshot

The stored benchmark database contains no measurement for Runway Gen-4 Image and Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo from the same arena and category. Older model versions are not used as substitutes.

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