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Grok Imagine Image 2.0

SpaceXSI's (formerly xAI) second-generation Grok Imagine image model for generating and editing images from text or image prompts. It sits in the tied second group on LMArena text-to-image and image editing.

SpaceXSI (formerly xAI)Image modelReleased August 2026Data checked October 18, 2026

Where people rank it

#2

Editing images (tied), 50,427 votes

#3

Creating images (tied), 14,483 votes

From blind votes on LMArena, where people pick the better of two anonymous answers. See the full tables on the AI leaderboard.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Tied for second on LMArena text-to-image and image editing
  • Low price, from $0.04 per image on the API
  • Accepts both text and image prompts
  • Its best LMArena score comes from a 'canvas' variant with few votes; the dated API snapshot scores lower (1294.2)
  • Well behind GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst on every image arena

Best for

  • Fast, cheap image generation
  • Image edits from a reference photo

Every score we have

Each bar compares this model with the best result any model on this page has on the same test.

  • LMArena text to image1,333.5Arena score 1333.5 (95% CI 1322.0 to 1345.1); 3,113 votes; entry "grok-imagine-image-2.0 (canvas)"; position 4 of 82 on the full board
  • LMArena image editing1,439.1Arena score 1439.1 (95% CI 1430.5 to 1447.7); 11,589 votes; entry "grok-imagine-image-2.0 (canvas)"; position 4 of 59 on the full board
  • Artificial Analysis image arena1,166.8Elo 1166.8 (95% CI 1153.8 to 1179.8); 7,245 appearances; position 5 of 104 on the Artificial Analysis text-to-image arena
  • Price per 1,000 images (estimate)$60$60.00 per 1,000 images (Artificial Analysis estimate)

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