Text rendering benchmark

Best AI image generator for text rendering

Text in generated images is still a practical failure point: spelling, small labels, poster copy, typography, and layout all matter. ImageBench V1 ranks models on the same text-rendering prompts so the comparison is evidence-based.

Current leader: openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst at 100.0%.

openai/gpt-image-2 text rendering benchmark example — openai/gpt-image-2
100.0% text score

fal/google/nano-banana-2 text rendering benchmark example — fal/google/nano-banana-2
73.3% text score

bfl/flux-2-max text rendering benchmark example — bfl/flux-2-max
93.3% text score

bfl/flux-2-pro text rendering benchmark example — bfl/flux-2-pro
80.0% text score

Text rendering ranking

This score covers typography style, spelling accuracy, multi-line copy, posters, product labels, and small readable text.

Rank	Model	Text rendering	Overall	Pass / Fail
1	openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst	100.0%	88.0%	169 / 23
2	openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare	100.0%	86.5%	166 / 26
3	openai/gpt-image-2	100.0%	87.0%	167 / 25
4	xai/grok-imagine-2	100.0%	79.2%	152 / 40
5	fal/reve/2.1	100.0%	79.7%	153 / 39
6	fal/google/nano-banana-pro	100.0%	78.6%	151 / 41
7	fal/qwen-image-2-pro	100.0%	75.5%	145 / 47
8	fal/luma/uni-1-max	100.0%	78.6%	151 / 41
9	fal/bytedance/seedream-v5-pro	93.3%	75.0%	144 / 48
10	bfl/flux-2-max	93.3%	67.2%	129 / 63
11	fal/bytedance/seedream-v5-lite	93.3%	76.6%	147 / 45
12	local/qwen-image-2.1-7b-nf4	93.3%	64.1%	123 / 69
13	local/sefi-image-5b-rl	93.3%	60.9%	117 / 75
14	fal/ideogram/v4	93.3%	62.0%	119 / 73
15	fal/bytedance/seedream-v4	86.7%	68.2%	131 / 61
16	replicate/recraft-ai/recraft-v4	86.7%	62.5%	120 / 72
17	local/sefi-image-5b-base	86.7%	62.5%	120 / 72
18	fal/microsoft/mai-image-2.5	80.0%	69.3%	133 / 59
19	local/sensenova-u1.5-8b-mot-base	80.0%	70.3%	135 / 57
20	local/boogu-image-turbo	80.0%	62.0%	119 / 73
21	bfl/flux-2-pro	80.0%	67.2%	129 / 63
22	fal/krea/v2-large	80.0%	64.1%	123 / 69
23	fal/google/nano-banana-2	73.3%	77.1%	148 / 44
24	replicate/google/imagen-4-ultra	73.3%	62.0%	119 / 73
25	fal/hidream-o1-image-8b	73.3%	52.6%	101 / 91
26	fal/krea/v2-medium-turbo	73.3%	60.9%	117 / 75
27	local/mage-flow-rl	73.3%	51.0%	98 / 94
28	local/krea-2-raw	73.3%	61.5%	118 / 74
29	local/ming-image-0.1-design-6b	66.7%	61.5%	118 / 74
30	local/sensenova-u1.5-8b-mot-8step	66.7%	63.5%	122 / 70
31	fal/ideogram/v3	66.7%	48.4%	93 / 99
32	fal/hidream-o1-image-dev-8b	66.7%	46.4%	89 / 103
33	local/mage-flow-turbo	66.7%	54.2%	104 / 88
34	local/z-image-6b	66.7%	56.8%	109 / 83
35	fal/krea/v2-medium	66.7%	62.5%	120 / 72
36	bfl/flux-1.1-pro-ultra	66.7%	45.3%	87 / 105
37	fal/recraft/v3	66.7%	41.1%	79 / 113
38	local/krea-2-turbo	60.0%	63.0%	121 / 71
39	local/krea-2-turbo-no-filter	60.0%	58.3%	112 / 80
40	local/z-image-turbo-6b	60.0%	52.6%	101 / 91
41	local/mage-flow-base	60.0%	50.0%	96 / 96
42	local/qwen-image-2512-20b	53.3%	52.1%	100 / 92
43	fal/hunyuan-image-3	53.3%	52.1%	100 / 92
44	bfl/flux-1-dev	53.3%	45.8%	88 / 104
45	replicate/leonardoai/lucid-origin	53.3%	52.1%	100 / 92
46	bfl/flux-1.1-pro	53.3%	45.8%	88 / 104
47	local/sefi-image-5b-turbo	53.3%	56.8%	109 / 83
48	replicate/luma/photon	53.3%	51.6%	99 / 93
49	local/nucleus-image-17b-a2b	53.3%	44.3%	85 / 107
50	local/flux-2-klein-9b	46.7%	57.8%	111 / 81
51	replicate/google/imagen-4-fast	46.7%	51.6%	99 / 93
52	replicate/minimax/image-01	46.7%	50.0%	96 / 96
53	local/prxpixel-t2i-7b	46.7%	46.4%	89 / 103
54	local/hidream-i1-full-17b	46.7%	40.1%	77 / 115
55	replicate/luma/photon-flash	46.7%	45.8%	88 / 104
56	bfl/flux-2-klein-9b	40.0%	57.3%	110 / 82
57	local/flux-2-klein-4b	40.0%	52.6%	101 / 91
58	bfl/flux-2-klein-4b	40.0%	50.5%	97 / 95
59	fal/bria/fast	33.3%	56.2%	108 / 84
60	fal/flux-1-schnell	33.3%	37.0%	71 / 121
61	local/bonsai-image-ternary-4b	26.7%	45.3%	87 / 105
62	replicate/google/imagen-4	20.0%	46.4%	89 / 103
63	local/sefi-image-2b-turbo	20.0%	44.3%	85 / 107
64	local/sana-1.5-1.6b	13.3%	34.9%	67 / 125
65	local/tinydit-256	0.0%	21.9%	42 / 150
66	local/supra2-img-100m	0.0%	14.1%	27 / 165
67	local/tld-101m	0.0%	13.0%	25 / 167

Examples from the benchmark

openai/gpt-image-2

100.0% text score, 15/15 pass

Details

A poster with headline 'SUMMER SALE' in large bold text, body text 'Up to 50% off all items this weekend only' in medium size, and fine print 'Terms and conditions apply. See store for details.' at the bottom in small text

PASS