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| 3 models | ideogramIdeogram V4.0 Text to ImageRemove × | stepfun-aiStep-5-PreviewRemove × | recraftRecraft V4.1 Flash Text to ImageRemove × |
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| What’s different | Generate high-quality images, posters, and logos with Ideogram's latest V4.0q — producing crisp visuals with accurate text rendering, fine detail, and full creative control for polished, ready-to-use designs. | 600B total and 27B active parameters; accepts images and video, with FP8 and BF16 weights for deployment. | Supply preferred RGB palette colors and a background color directly, alongside the text prompt and custom image dimensions. |
| Date | Jun 2, 2026Listed | Sep 18, 2026Released | Sep 23, 2026Released |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | |||
| Listed rate | See provider quotes | $1.00 in / $2.70 out/ 1M tokensDeepInfra · all routes ↗ | $0.007/ imagefal · all routes ↗ |
| Provider endpoints | 0 endpoints → | 6 endpoints → | 2 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | |||
| AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2 | Not reported | 43.73 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-Briefcase ↗1.1 | Not reported | 1,424.32 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| GDPval-AA ↗2.1 | Not reported | 1,586.63 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 50.96% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗ | Not reported | 33.33% ↗Effort not specifiedHarness unreportedIndependent result | Not reported |
| SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 58.91% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 46.48% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 14.8% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 20.86% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 16.38 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-LCR ↗1.1 | Not reported | 88.33% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA Image ↗2.1 | Not reported | Not reported | 949.34 ↗Text-to-image · all categoriesIndependent result95% CI 937.34–961.34 · n=5,770 |
| LiveBench ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 62.01% ↗Effort: max · single run · equal mean of 7 suitesIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Design ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 76.9% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Research ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 72.8% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Browser Use ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 24% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Coding ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 85.6% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Agentic ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 27.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Data Analysis ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 63.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
| LiveBench Reasoning ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 83.8% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result | Not reported |
Specifications | |||
| Context window | — | 1M | 65.5K |
| Max output | — | 64K | 59K |
| Parameters | — | — | — |
| Tool calling | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Structured output | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Image input | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Video input | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Reasoning | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Prompt caching | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Open weights | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |