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Best AI Image Generation Models (2026)

Models that create images: hosted ones you can call through Appmo, plus the most-downloaded open image models on Hugging Face.
ModelProviderIn $/1MOut $/1MContextLicenseDownloads (30d)Buzz
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 Creates imagesgoogle$1.5$7.565Kโ€”โ€”37
Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) Creates imagesgoogle$0.25$1.565Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) Creates imagesgoogle$0.5$3131Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) Creates imagesgoogle$2$12131Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Image 2 Creates imagesopenai$8$15272Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) Creates imagesgoogle$0.5$365Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) Creates imagesgoogle$2$1265Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini Creates imagesopenai$2.5$2400Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Creates imagesopenai$10$10400Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Creates imagesgoogle$0.3$2.532Kโ€”โ€”โ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license10.4M43
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 Open weights ยท openrail++Creates imagesstabilityaiโ€”โ€”โ€”openrail++4.6M0
Krea-2 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license4.4M36
Qwen-Image-2.1-GGUF Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license1.6M7
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-GGUF Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license1.3M5
RealVisXL_V5.0 Open weights ยท openrail++Creates imagessg161222โ€”โ€”โ€”openrail++1.3M0
Flux-2-Klein-4B Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.01.3M18
Flux-1-Dev Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license1.2M18
stable-diffusion-v1-5 Open weights ยท creativeml-openrail-mCreates imagesstable-diffusion-v1-5โ€”โ€”โ€”creativeml-openrail-m1.1M13
Flux-2-Dev Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license1M7
animagine-xl-4.0 Open weights ยท openrail++Creates imagescagliostrolabโ€”โ€”โ€”openrail++1M7
Z-Image-Turbo-GGUF Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0987.2K5
dreamshaper-7 Open weights ยท creativeml-openrail-mCreates imageslykonโ€”โ€”โ€”creativeml-openrail-m902.8K0
Qwen-Image-2.1-FP8 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license897.5K0
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-Uncensored-GGUF Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesatomicchatโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0814K5
Z-Image-Turbo Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagestongyi-maiโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0719.8Kโ€”
Flux-2-Klein-9B Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license711.9Kโ€”
noobai-XL-1.1 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imageslaxharโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license652.2Kโ€”
sdxl-turbo Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesstabilityaiโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license647.3Kโ€”
P-H3-Image-Comfy Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesprunaaiโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license625.1Kโ€”
Juggernaut-XL-v9 Open weights ยท creativeml-openrail-mCreates imagesrundiffusionโ€”โ€”โ€”creativeml-openrail-m580.9Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license535.1Kโ€”
FLUX.1-dev Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesblack-forest-labsโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license505.6Kโ€”
stable-diffusion-v1-4 Open weights ยท creativeml-openrail-mCreates imagescompvisโ€”โ€”โ€”creativeml-openrail-m477.8Kโ€”
sd-turbo Open weightsCreates imagesstabilityaiโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”469.7Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1-Lightning Open weightsCreates imageslightx2vโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”435.5Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2512-GGUF Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0417.7Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-FP8 Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license417.6Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-GGUF Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesdogukanurkerโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license378.9Kโ€”
DreamShaper Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imageslykonโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license358.1Kโ€”
Z-Image-Lora Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesnphsiโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0341.3Kโ€”
Pony_Diffusion_V6_XL Open weights ยท cdla-permissive-2.0Creates imageslyliaengineโ€”โ€”โ€”cdla-permissive-2.0336.5Kโ€”
Qwen-Image Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesqwenโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0329.7Kโ€”
Flux-1-Schnell Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagescomfy-orgโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0325.1Kโ€”
Z-Image-Turbo Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0316.4Kโ€”
Krea-2-Turbo Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesunslothโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license291.5Kโ€”
animagine-xl-3.1 Open weights ยท openrail++Creates imagescagliostrolabโ€”โ€”โ€”openrail++290.4Kโ€”
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-GGUF Open weights ยท custom licenseCreates imagesatomicchatโ€”โ€”โ€”custom license285.4Kโ€”
controlnet-openpose-sdxl-1.0 Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesxinsirโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0283.1Kโ€”
FLUX.1-schnell Open weights ยท apache-2.0Creates imagesblack-forest-labsโ€”โ€”โ€”apache-2.0277.2Kโ€”