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Best AI model for Image Generation (2026)
Models that produce images, not just read them. Ranked from 346 live models on the OpenRouter catalog, weighted for vision input.
| # | Model | Score | In / 1M | Out / 1M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | 115 | $0.80 | $3.50 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free | 115 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 3 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it | 115 | $0.07 | $0.35 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 4 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)google/gemma-4-31b-it:free | 115 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 5 | Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle/gemma-4-31b-it | 115 | $0.13 | $0.38 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 6 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plusqwen/qwen3.6-plus | 115 | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 7 | Z.ai: GLM 5V Turboz-ai/glm-5v-turbo | 115 | $1.20 | $4.00 | 202,752 | Try → |
| 8 | xAI: Grok 4.20x-ai/grok-4.20 | 115 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 9 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omnixiaomi/mimo-v2-omni | 115 | $0.40 | $2.00 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai/gpt-5.4-nano | 115 | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai/gpt-5.4-mini | 115 | $0.75 | $4.50 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 12 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4mistralai/mistral-small-2603 | 115 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 13 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Litebytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | 115 | $0.25 | $2.00 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen/qwen3.5-9b | 115 | $0.10 | $0.15 | 262,144 | Try → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai/gpt-5.4 | 115 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1,050,000 | Try → |
How we ranked these
For Image Generation, we weight models on vision input. Higher means better. Scores combine OpenRouter's model metadata (context length, modality support, tool calling, structured output, reasoning capability) with public pricing. See full methodology →
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