FLUX 3 Image Klein
Black Forest Labs · Image-Gen
Black Forest Labs' small open-weights FLUX 3 image model — one 5.6B model for text-to-image, photo editing and multi-reference generation with up to 10 reference images, built to run on consumer graphics cards. Supersedes FLUX.2 [dev] as the open FLUX model to start with.
FLUX Kommunity License Open weights Runs locally Mac · 16 GB+
Try on: Hugging Face · Hugging Face (base) · ComfyUI
Released Oct 2026 · Verified 2026-10-28
Nano Banana 2.1
Google · Image-Gen
Google's current image generation and editing model in the Gemini API (model ID gemini-nano-banana-2.1). Improves visual quality, prompt adherence, multi-turn character consistency, and text rendering, and replaces gemini-3.1-flash-image.
Proprietary 131k ctx
Try on: Google AI Studio · Vertex AI
Released Oct 2026 · Verified 2026-10-28
GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI · Image-Gen
OpenAI's current image generation and editing line, shipped as two models: Sunburst (`gpt-image-2.5-sunburst`) for workflows where editing precision matters most, and Flare (`gpt-image-2.5-flare`) for fast, high-quality everyday generation. Supersedes GPT Image 2.
Proprietary
Try on: OpenAI API
Released Sep 2026 · Verified 2026-10-28
Qwen-Image-Edit-2511
Alibaba · Image-Gen
Alibaba's open photo-editing model: describe the change in plain words and it edits the image, including combining several photos into one. The newest Apache 2.0 Qwen editing model — the later Qwen-Image-2.1 is research-only.
Apache 2.0 Open Runs locally Mac · 48 GB+
Try on: Hugging Face · ModelScope · Qwen Chat
Released Dec 2025 · Verified 2026-10-28
Z-Image-Turbo
Alibaba · Image-Gen
A fast 6B open image model from Alibaba's Tongyi-MAI lab. A distilled version of Z-Image that makes a photoreal image in 8 steps and renders English and Chinese text accurately, on a 16 GB graphics card, under Apache 2.0.
Apache 2.0 Open Runs locally Mac · 16 GB+
Try on: Hugging Face · ModelScope · Hugging Face Spaces
Released Nov 2025 · Verified 2026-10-28
