Muse Image: Benchmarks, Pricing & Comparison

Image samples from our tests

These images come from documented single requests with an archived prompt. They complement measurements but do not replace a controlled laboratory test.

Open Character and detail at original size

Character and detail

This sample tests Anatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency.

Prompt and settings

Create 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.

Generated through fal with model ID meta/muse-image/text-to-image. Archived settings were aspect ratio 1:1, n=1, seed=provider random, estimated cost $0.010000, source 1600x1600, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source

Open Infographic at original size

Infographic

This sample tests Numbers, labels, and visual organization.

Prompt and settings

Create a square German infographic titled SO FUNKTIONIERT PHOTOSYNTHESE. Show exactly four numbered steps in this order: 1 LICHT, 2 WASSER, 3 CO₂, 4 ZUCKER + SAUERSTOFF. Use a clean editorial science style with one plant cross-section, simple arrows, high contrast, legible labels, and no other text.

Generated through fal with model ID meta/muse-image/text-to-image. Archived settings were aspect ratio 1:1, n=1, seed=provider random, estimated cost $0.010000, source 1600x1600, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

Open source

Open Product photography at original size

Product photography

This sample tests Materials, reflections, and fine details.

Prompt and settings

Create a square premium product photograph of a brushed titanium wristwatch standing upright on dark green marble. The watch has a cream dial, thin black hands set to 10:10, twelve distinct hour markers, a realistic crown, and a dark brown leather strap. Soft window light from the left, controlled reflections, shallow depth of field, no text, no logo, no extra objects.

Generated through fal with model ID meta/muse-image/text-to-image. Archived settings were aspect ratio 1:1, n=1, seed=provider random, estimated cost $0.010000, source 1600x1600, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

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Open Typography and layout at original size

Typography and layout

This sample tests Legible text, hierarchy, and composition.

Prompt and settings

Create a square editorial poster for an imaginary night train called MONDFALTER. Show the exact German headline MONDFALTER and the exact subline BERLIN NACH LISSABON. Use a restrained midnight-blue and warm-cream palette, one stylized moth, strong Swiss-grid typography, generous negative space, and no additional words or logos.

Generated through fal with model ID meta/muse-image/text-to-image. Archived settings were aspect ratio 1:1, n=1, seed=provider random, estimated cost $0.010000, source 1600x1600, stored 1024x1024 (Lanczos3 downscale).

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All benchmark results

Every published result with its source, test setup and comparison models.

Show all 70 published benchmark results

Published benchmarks

Text to image

Text to Image Arena

Elo ratings summarize pairwise comparisons within this leaderboard. They are not percentages. The scale does not express absolute quality or linear gaps between models.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,222.56 Elo

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,207.17 Elo

GPT Image 21,188.55 Elo

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,167.96 Elo

MAI-Image-2.61,166.73 Elo

Nano Banana 21,140.04 Elo

Muse Image1,126.51 Elo

GPT Image 1.51,122.98 Elo

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash1,120.06 Elo

MAI-Image-2.51,118.46 Elo

Nano Banana Pro1,117.96 Elo

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,106.52 Elo

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,101.34 Elo

Grok Imagine Image Quality1,048.87 Elo

Qwen-Image-2.11,043.13 Elo

Krea 2 Large1,034.15 Elo

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro1,030.07 Elo

MAI-Image-2.5 Flash1,029.38 Elo

FLUX.2 Flex1,026.13 Elo

Recraft V4.1 Utility1,025.94 Elo

FLUX.2 Max1,020.74 Elo

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1,020.6 Elo

HiDream-O1-Image-1.51,017.32 Elo

Ideogram 4.51,016.15 Elo

Wan 2.6 Text to Image1,015.27 Elo

FLUX.2 Pro1,002.84 Elo

Ideogram 4.01,002.25 Elo

HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct987.91 Elo

HiDream-O1-Image975.27 Elo

FLUX.2 Klein 9B929.74 Elo

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 Elo - 1,222.56 Elo

Source: Artificial Analysis

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Methodology and context

Metric: elo-rating
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 30
Methodology and context: AA appearances: 8522. This count does not establish an independent sample. Lower rank: 8. Upper rank: 12. Source model ID: 0a7b7bb4-caa5-4334-aff3-57ad2bdead0d. Evidence capture ID: aa-image-text-to-image-v2.1-2026-11-03-b02bfcda6707. Source payload hash: b02bfcda6707b185b316c6b1c2e00ef9efe82010f1e2f2903d32096adb7e1cd9

Source: Artificial Analysis

LMArena Text to Image: 3D modeling

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,416.06 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,378.01 points

GPT Image 21,362.88 points

MAI-Image-2.61,325.39 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,291.64 points

Reve 2.11,280.92 points

Nano Banana 21,254.79 points

MAI-Image-2.51,251.32 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,247.62 points

Muse Image1,238.77 points

Nano Banana Pro1,232.98 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,225.57 points

GPT Image 1.51,217.58 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,213.34 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,172.95 points

FLUX.2 Max1,160.31 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,144.63 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,121.95 points

Krea 2 Large1,115.16 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,078.47 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large962.94 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,416.06 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 4,485
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Agentic image generation

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,396.62 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,358.45 points

GPT Image 21,338.59 points

MAI-Image-2.61,313.89 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,285.91 points

Nano Banana 21,256.3 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,241.22 points

GPT Image 1.51,236.53 points

Muse Image1,236.35 points

Nano Banana Pro1,234.68 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,230.55 points

Krea 2 Large1,143.91 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,136.63 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,110.85 points

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

GPT Image 2.5 Flare

GPT Image 2

MAI-Image-2.6

Grok Imagine Image 2.0

Muse Image

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,396.62 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 14
Sample: 2,661
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Art

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,408.7 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,386.82 points

GPT Image 21,369.63 points

MAI-Image-2.61,337.16 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,326.14 points

Reve 2.11,290.95 points

MAI-Image-2.51,276.56 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,259.09 points

Muse Image1,257.69 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,255.76 points

Nano Banana 21,240.58 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,234.02 points

GPT Image 1.51,224.88 points

Nano Banana Pro1,223.81 points

FLUX.2 Max1,168.71 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,159.46 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,155.25 points

Krea 2 Large1,123.59 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,116.18 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,078.57 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large997.21 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,408.7 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 7,441
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Cartoon

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,456.05 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,430.72 points

GPT Image 21,402.35 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,352.28 points

MAI-Image-2.61,348.23 points

Reve 2.11,309.62 points

Muse Image1,275.92 points

MAI-Image-2.51,268.84 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,264.27 points

Nano Banana 21,259.12 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,256.28 points

GPT Image 1.51,243.84 points

Nano Banana Pro1,243.18 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,233.67 points

FLUX.2 Max1,167.46 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,163.21 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,158.68 points

Krea 2 Large1,119.32 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,118.17 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,063.56 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large945.19 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,456.05 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 19,653
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Commercial design

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,418.65 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,386.73 points

GPT Image 21,385.11 points

MAI-Image-2.61,331.62 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,325.93 points

Reve 2.11,315.28 points

Nano Banana 21,267.45 points

MAI-Image-2.51,259.29 points

Muse Image1,259.08 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,248.33 points

Nano Banana Pro1,245.72 points

GPT Image 1.51,237.8 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,237.63 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,235.73 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,172.42 points

FLUX.2 Max1,163.76 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,154.32 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,129.14 points

Krea 2 Large1,110.75 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,070.23 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large936.82 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,418.65 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 16,648
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Overall

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,427.39 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,401.27 points

GPT Image 21,381.28 points

MAI-Image-2.61,328.65 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,316.57 points

Reve 2.11,300.12 points

Muse Image1,268.83 points

Nano Banana 21,256.98 points

MAI-Image-2.51,253 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,250.44 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,249.44 points

Nano Banana Pro1,246.19 points

GPT Image 1.51,236.25 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,225.11 points

FLUX.2 Max1,161.4 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,156.21 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,152.7 points

Krea 2 Large1,115.21 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,114.76 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,069.79 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large938.33 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,427.39 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 53,444
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Photorealism

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,432.65 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,414.92 points

GPT Image 21,378.3 points

MAI-Image-2.61,329.8 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,311.03 points

Reve 2.11,301.89 points

Muse Image1,280.83 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,273.76 points

Nano Banana 21,261.86 points

Nano Banana Pro1,260.53 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,258.76 points

MAI-Image-2.51,250.53 points

GPT Image 1.51,246.82 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,226.53 points

FLUX.2 Max1,160.89 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,151.41 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,145.43 points

Krea 2 Large1,128.62 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,109.13 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,090.95 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large928.42 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,432.65 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 19,494
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Portraits

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,461.04 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,438.88 points

GPT Image 21,425.97 points

MAI-Image-2.61,338.94 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,331.53 points

Reve 2.11,316.28 points

Muse Image1,293.55 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,286.27 points

GPT Image 1.51,259.26 points

Nano Banana 21,256.64 points

Nano Banana Pro1,256.22 points

MAI-Image-2.51,254.66 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,251.64 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,244.36 points

FLUX.2 Max1,156.6 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,143.86 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,143.83 points

Krea 2 Large1,122.8 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,105.43 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,091.81 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large941.9 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,461.04 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 9,902
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Text rendering

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,465.68 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,435.32 points

GPT Image 21,423.28 points

MAI-Image-2.61,364.74 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,349.28 points

Reve 2.11,339.17 points

Nano Banana 21,293.57 points

Muse Image1,293.25 points

MAI-Image-2.51,280.64 points

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,273.68 points

Nano Banana Pro1,270.84 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,254.68 points

GPT Image 1.51,251.49 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,250.45 points

FLUX.2 Flex1,171.52 points

FLUX.2 Max1,165.47 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,154.74 points

HiDream-O1-Image1,133.86 points

Krea 2 Large1,116.56 points

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,057.75 points

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large921.08 points

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,465.68 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 21
Sample: 16,406
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source: LMArena

Image editing

Image Editing Arena

Elo ratings summarize pairwise comparisons within this leaderboard. They are not percentages. The scale does not express absolute quality or linear gaps between models.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,199.48 Elo

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,182.52 Elo

MAI-Image-2.61,150.73 Elo

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash1,144.89 Elo

GPT Image 21,136.54 Elo

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,129.33 Elo

Muse Image1,129.11 Elo

MAI-Image-2.51,126.67 Elo

Nano Banana 21,124.08 Elo

GPT Image 1.51,118.78 Elo

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,117.71 Elo

Nano Banana Pro1,108.9 Elo

Grok Imagine Image Quality1,096.22 Elo

MAI-Image-2.5 Flash1,090.4 Elo

Qwen-Image-2.11,081.38 Elo

Ideogram 4.51,068.66 Elo

HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct1,064.33 Elo

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro1,058.03 Elo

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,055.27 Elo

FLUX.2 Klein 9B1,015.61 Elo

FLUX.2 Pro1,013.07 Elo

FLUX.2 Flex1,001.91 Elo

FLUX.2 Max998.74 Elo

HiDream-O1-Image954.61 Elo

higher is betterAs of November 3, 2026Scale: 0 Elo - 1,199.48 Elo

Source: Artificial Analysis

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Methodology and context

Metric: elo-rating
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 24
Methodology and context: AA appearances: 13426. This count does not establish an independent sample. Lower rank: 8. Upper rank: 15. Source model ID: 0a7b7bb4-caa5-4334-aff3-57ad2bdead0d. Evidence capture ID: aa-image-image-editing-v2.1-2026-11-03-3c9ca7a083ad. Source payload hash: 3c9ca7a083ada0be4f50daced49cc4d1282114c6ba75a56557795b4ea75aa6f5

Source: Artificial Analysis

LMArena Image Editing: Agentic image generation

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,528.73 points

GPT Image 2.5 Flare1,495.45 points

GPT Image 21,458.81 points

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,431.88 points

MAI-Image-2.61,416.16 points

Nano Banana Pro1,409.95 points

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,409.44 points

Muse Image1,393.39 points

Nano Banana 21,377.25 points

Qwen-Image-2.11,367.91 points

GPT Image 1.51,358.38 points

Ideogram 4.51,295.89 points

FLUX.2 Pro1,215.6 points

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

GPT Image 2.5 Flare

GPT Image 2

Grok Imagine Image 2.0

Muse Image

higher is betterAs of October 28, 2026Scale: 0 points - 1,528.73 points

Source: LMArena

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Methodology and context

Metric: arena-score
Scale: No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
Participants: 13
Sample: 3,451
Methodology and context: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-image_edit-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-efe70ea24802. Source payload hash: efe70ea24802bd2e7db887a8fc6562f6c29ecdda5c404685383a91e28cc6f17d

Source: LMArena

Recorded measurement details

Text to Image Arena (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1126.51
Score: 1126.51
Metric: elo-rating
Unit: Elo
Benchmark version: v2.1
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 8
Confidence interval: 11
Lower confidence bound: 1115.51
Upper confidence bound: 1137.51
Source type: independent-evaluator
Evaluator: Artificial Analysis
Retrieved at: 2026-11-03
Methodology: AA appearances: 8522. This count does not establish an independent sample. Lower rank: 8. Upper rank: 12. Source model ID: 0a7b7bb4-caa5-4334-aff3-57ad2bdead0d. Evidence capture ID: aa-image-text-to-image-v2.1-2026-11-03-b02bfcda6707. Source payload hash: b02bfcda6707b185b316c6b1c2e00ef9efe82010f1e2f2903d32096adb7e1cd9
USD price per 1,000 tokens: 10

Source Artificial Analysis

Image Editing Arena (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1129.11
Score: 1129.11
Metric: elo-rating
Unit: Elo
Benchmark version: v2.1
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 10
Confidence interval: 12
Lower confidence bound: 1117.11
Upper confidence bound: 1141.11
Source type: independent-evaluator
Evaluator: Artificial Analysis
Retrieved at: 2026-11-03
Methodology: AA appearances: 13426. This count does not establish an independent sample. Lower rank: 8. Upper rank: 15. Source model ID: 0a7b7bb4-caa5-4334-aff3-57ad2bdead0d. Evidence capture ID: aa-image-image-editing-v2.1-2026-11-03-3c9ca7a083ad. Source payload hash: 3c9ca7a083ada0be4f50daced49cc4d1282114c6ba75a56557795b4ea75aa6f5
USD price per 1,000 tokens: 10

Source Artificial Analysis

LMArena Text to Image: 3D modeling (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1238.7650720208776
Score: 1238.7650720208776
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 13
Sample: 4485
Confidence interval: 9.585251
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Agentic image generation (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1236.347548780703
Score: 1236.347548780703
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 10
Sample: 2661
Confidence interval: 14.104123
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Art (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1257.6877782672946
Score: 1257.6877782672946
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 11
Sample: 7441
Confidence interval: 8.035568
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Cartoon (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1275.9163586986183
Score: 1275.9163586986183
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 9
Sample: 19653
Confidence interval: 6.24055
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Commercial design (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1259.0845612909056
Score: 1259.0845612909056
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 12
Sample: 16648
Confidence interval: 6.424066
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Overall (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1268.833750256697
Score: 1268.833750256697
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 9
Sample: 53444
Confidence interval: 4.596331
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Photorealism (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1280.834426358862
Score: 1280.834426358862
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 9
Sample: 19494
Confidence interval: 6.296078
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Portraits (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1293.5468455531468
Score: 1293.5468455531468
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 9
Sample: 9902
Confidence interval: 7.711834
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Text to Image: Text rendering (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1293.2469789830673
Score: 1293.2469789830673
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 11
Sample: 16406
Confidence interval: 6.560223
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-text_to_image-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-32972b5ffdc5. Source payload hash: 32972b5ffdc597e97f4dc7e2bad6b89fd6020216e049e066a6dbc55f74233037

Source LMArena

LMArena Image Editing: Agentic image generation (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 1393.3921617613132
Score: 1393.3921617613132
Metric: arena-score
Unit: score
Direction: Higher is better
Source rank: 10
Sample: 3451
Confidence interval: 13.089445
Source type: official-leaderboard
Evaluator: LMArena
Retrieved at: 2026-10-28
Methodology: Evidence capture ID: lmarena-image_edit-6852ae7aa7c105ff8cf86bb1551d1b1fd52f9dd3-efe70ea24802. Source payload hash: efe70ea24802bd2e7db887a8fc6562f6c29ecdda5c404685383a91e28cc6f17d

Source LMArena

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Popularity compared

How often the model is searched for, used and mentioned, compared with every model of its category.

Popularity index

The 100 most popular models of this category, 0 to 100, higher is more popular

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MOSS-Image-Base44

Muse Image27

Stable Diffusion XL 1.0

Anima Base v1.0

SDXL Turbo

Stable Diffusion Turbo

PixArt-Sigma-XL-2-1024-MS

Janus-Pro-7B

HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct

MOSS-Image-Base

Muse Image

As of November 2026 · Source: gradually.ai popularity index

Over time

Weekly values from October 18, 2026 to November 5, 2026

Muse ImageHiDream-O1-Image-1.5Nano Banana 2 LiteKrea 2 Medium TurboIdeogram 4.0

Muse Image compared

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Predecessor and successor

No predecessor recorded for Muse Image
Muse Image has no successor yet

The most popular comparisons

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All specifications

Watermarking and provenance

AI watermarking refers to invisible signals embedded in the output. Visible marks and provenance metadata are listed separately. Unknown means there is insufficient evidence for that particular field.

Provenance: Content Seal applies an invisible watermark intended to survive cropping, compression, resizing, and screenshots; Source: Provenance
AI watermarking: Yes. Meta documents an invisible Content Seal watermark for Muse Image pictures in the Meta AI app and on meta.ai. Expansion to Muse Video is announced and is not established as already implemented.; Source: AI watermarking
Watermarking technique: Content Seal; Source: Watermarking technique
Labelling reviewed: Nov 5, 2026; Source: Labelling reviewed

Licence and access

Weights: Proprietary; Source: Weights
Access: API, Web; Source: Access
Availability: Meta AI app, meta.ai, Instagram Stories in the US, and WhatsApp in selected countries; Source: Availability

Further details

Image capabilities: Combine multiple reference images and refine edits consistently across turns; Source: Image capabilities
Tool use: Uses search and code to produce, for example, more accurate charts and QR codes; Source: Tool use

Prices

PricesSubscriptions

Representative price: $0.01 per imageSource
fal.ai (meta/muse-image/text-to-image): $0.01 per image (estimated)Source
API price: $0.01 per generated image via the Meta Model API (since August 2026)Source

Free to use at Meta (Meta AI Free). Through other providers from ≈ €9.51 a month (Krea Basic, with limited credits). 6 plans in Germany.

Plan	Monthly price	Note
Meta AI Free	free	developer's own plan
Krea Basic	≈ €9.51	with limited credit
Krea Pro	≈ €36.97	with limited credit
Krea Max	≈ €110.90	with limited credit
Krea Business	≈ €211.24	with limited credit, for teams
Krea Enterprise	n/a	for enterprises

All plans in the AI subscription comparison

Frequently asked questions about Muse Image

How good is Muse Image?

Rank 7 of 21 in the arena rating. Rank 4 of 108 in our own test.

Arena rating from Oct 28, 2026 · GraduallyBench from Nov 3, 2026

Arena ratingfrom user votes · higher is better

MAI-Image-2.61,329

Grok Imagine Image 2.01,317

Reve 2.11,300

Muse ImageRank 7 of 211,269

Nano Banana 21,257

MAI-Image-2.51,253

Seedream 5.0 Pro1,250

GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100 · higher is better

Wan 2.7 Image Pro84

Wan 2.7 Image81

Seedream 5.0 Flash79

Muse ImageRank 4 of 10878

Krea 2 Large77

Seedream 5.0 Pro76

FLUX 3 Image Klein76

What is Muse Image good at?

Best at Infographic (86 out of 100), weakest at Character and detail (61).

GraduallyBench, one image per task

Typography and layoutLegible text, hierarchy, and composition86out of 100Rank 13 of 108 in this task
Product photographyMaterials, reflections, and fine details81out of 100Rank 21 of 108 in this task
Character and detailAnatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency61out of 100Rank 37 of 108 in this task
InfographicNumbers, labels, and visual organization86out of 100Rank 8 of 108 in this task

How much does an image with Muse Image cost?

About $0.01 per image. That is cheap: a typical image model costs $0.06.

Price per imageDollars per image · lower is better

Muse ImageRank 1 of 28$0.01

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$0.015

FLUX.2 Klein 9B$0.015

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash$0.019

MAI-Image-2.5 Flash$0.02

Wan 2.6 Text to Image$0.03

FLUX.2 Pro$0.03

Where can I use Muse Image?

Free to use at Meta. Including other providers that makes 6 plans in Germany.

Subscription comparison, prices in Germany incl. VAT

At Meta

1 plan, free (Meta AI Free).

Through other providers

5 plans from 1 provider, from ≈ €9.51 a month (Krea Basic), with limited credits.

Sources and data date

Show all 32 sources

Benchmark sources at a glance

Which independent evaluators tested this model. This is coverage, not a quality ranking.

Evaluator	Test series	Composite indices	Recorded active measurements
LMArena	0	0	1

Without vendor claims and historical or disputed results; those stay labelled in the single values. 1 measurements are not yet assigned to a test series.

Type	Evidence and data date
Research status	Research date October 16, 2026. 21 source URLs checked. This documents the inspected sources, not an exhaustive inventory of every publication.
Not published	immutable-serving-weights Note IMG.LY identifies route fal:meta/muse-image/text-to-image, but the model page publishes no content-addressed weight revision. The route label alone does not establish immutable backend identity.
Not published	model-run-date Note The methodology gives the latest suite run and score computation dates, not this row's actual per-model execution date.
Not published	category-sample-counts Note No denominator is printed for the 15 category means. Sample counts are retained only on criterion rows where the model page explicitly states scores across runs; the 111-image total is not reused as a category count.
Not published	pixazo-per-model-sample-count-and-uncertainty Original wording The Pixazo page gives 10 prompt groups and 1,050 pairwise comparisons over 21 models but no per-model Elo denominator or confidence interval; the aggregate comparison count is not substituted for either.
Not published	pixazo-serving-identity-and-run-date Original wording Pixazo lists Muse-Image (Meta) and a September 2026 leaderboard update, but not an immutable model-serving revision, generation settings, exact prompt set, or model-specific execution date.
Not published	immutable-serving-revision Note Neither evaluator publishes an immutable provider serving/checkpoint revision or full generation controls for its named route; the recorded cells are limited to each exact public leaderboard label and snapshot.
Additional source	Meta (retrieved September 26, 2026; October 16, 2026; October 18, 2026; November 5, 2026) · Meta introduction to Muse Image and Muse Video · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026
Additional source	Image pricing (retrieved October 23, 2026; October 28, 2026; November 3, 2026)
Additional source	Meta (retrieved September 26, 2026) · Meta Model API pricing and rate limits · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026
Additional source	fal.ai
Additional source	Artificial Analysis (retrieved October 23, 2026; October 28, 2026; November 3, 2026)
Additional source	LMArena (retrieved October 28, 2026)1 2
Additional source	Gradually-Bildtest (retrieved November 3, 2026)
Additional source	IMG.LY GenAI Benchmark, Meta Muse Image (retrieved October 16, 2026)
Additional source	Pixazo AI Image Generation Leaderboard 2026 (retrieved October 17, 2026)
Additional source	Rapidata benchmark.ai (retrieved October 17, 2026; October 28, 2026)
Additional source	Contra Labs, Human Creativity Benchmark overall pairwise-comparison chart (retrieved October 17, 2026)
Additional source	Contra Labs, Human Creativity Benchmark Ideation phase chart (retrieved October 17, 2026)
Additional source	Contra Labs, Human Creativity Benchmark narrative report (retrieved October 17, 2026)
Additional source	Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse Image internal ablation (retrieved October 18, 2026)1 2
Additional source	Arena (retrieved October 19, 2026)
Additional source	VLMKit, “Image generation models on OpenRouter: which one draws a figure we can use” (report dated 2026-09-30) (retrieved October 19, 2026)
Additional source	Arena.ai Text-to-Image leaderboard (retrieved October 21, 2026; October 23, 2026)
Additional source	Rapidata text-to-image human feedback benchmark (retrieved October 23, 2026)
Additional source	Kingy AI (retrieved October 23, 2026)
Additional source	Model metadata (retrieved October 16, 2026)
Additional source	Model metadata (retrieved October 17, 2026)1 2
Additional source	Model metadata (retrieved October 23, 2026)
Additional source	Model metadata (retrieved October 28, 2026)
Additional source	OpenRouter: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0
Additional source	Vercel AI Gateway: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0
Additional source	Ollama: cumulative downloads for the popularity index
Additional source	Replicate: cumulative runs for the popularity index
Additional source	Google Trending Now: limited feed selection for Germany and the US
Additional source	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0