Image and Video Model Testing

Findings

1. FLUX dev won cost to quality in a six-model image bake-off

   Source Image providers report · May 2026

2. GPT Image 2 medium quality cost 9x low quality, not the projected 3.9x

   Source API usage probe · Aug 2026

3. Reference batching on GPT Image 2 saved nothing (50.18 vs 50.19 credits)

   Source Bake-off round 3 · Aug 2026

4. Seedance image to video lost the subject's identity in 5 of 7 cuts; stills held

   Source Fenrir test · Aug 2026

What it is

Bake-offs across image and video models to pick the best cost to quality for each job.

Stack

• FLUX dev
• GPT Image 2
• Nano Banana 2
• Krea
• Higgsfield
• OpenArt
• Seedance
• Veo
• MiniMax
• ComfyUI on Comfy Cloud
• FFmpeg
• Remotion