Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Aug 2026
Grok Imagine Image 2.0Compare inon
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 measured on 5 of 5 Image Generation & Editing benchmarks5
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Multimodal4
Text rendering1
No benchmark matches
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
Full ranking →Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperMAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 55%-35%$0.039
BetterNano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 55%-44%$0.034
OpenQwen Image 2.1unstatedwins 40%-67%$0.02
CheaperMuse Imageunstatedwins 47%-83%$0.01CheaperQwen Image 3.0 Prounstatedwins 44%-33%$0.04ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 55%-35%$0.039Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 55%-44%$0.034Muse Imageunstatedwins 47%-83%$0.01Qwen Image 3.0 Prounstatedwins 44%-33%$0.04MAI Image 2.5unstatedwins 44%-20%$0.048ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 55%-44%$0.034MAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 55%-35%$0.039
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburstmaxwins 68%+251%$0.21GPT Image 2.5 Flaremaxwins 64%+251%$0.21GPT Image 2highwins 63%+252%$0.21ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 40%-67%$0.02
Ideogram 4.0unstatedOpenwins 37%+67%$0.10Edits photos: not verified+1
Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)unstatedOpenwins 32%——Reference images: not verified
HunyuanImage 3.0unstatedOpenwins 30%+33%$0.08Reference images: not verified
FLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 30%-60%$0.024History
2 versionsBenchmarks
in Image Generation & EditingAA Image Arena · text-to-image v2.11,165.6#6
AA Image Arena · editing v2.11,116.9#13
Arena Image Editing · overall1,439.4#4
FAQ
How much does Grok Imagine Image 2.0 cost?›
$0.06 per image.
Is Grok Imagine Image 2.0 free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.06 per image.
How good is Grok Imagine Image 2.0, and what is it best at?›
#6 of 93 in Image Generation & Editing. Strongest at: Image Generation & Editing.
Is Grok Imagine Image 2.0 better than Nano Banana 2.1?›
On Arena Text-to-Image · overall, Grok Imagine Image 2.0 scores 1,294.2 vs 1,327.8 — lower. It is 79% more expensive.
When was Grok Imagine Image 2.0 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-08-07. It is the current version in its line.
Is Grok Imagine Image 2.0 open source?›
No, Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Qwen Image 2.1.
What is Grok Imagine Image 2.0?›
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is a closed image generation & editing model from xAI, released Aug 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Grok Imagine Image 2.0?›
MAI Image 2.6 (cheaper), Nano Banana 2.1 (better), Qwen Image 2.1 (open weights).