Z-Image-Turbo
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· Diffusion transformer (DiT)
· Built on tongyi-mai/z-image
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- $0.0050 / image Current 2026-06-11 → present
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Inference speed strong
Photorealism strong
Text rendering strong
Prompt adherence moderate
Artistic style range moderate
Compositional accuracy moderate
Resolution ceiling moderate
Operator guidance
Route here for cheap, fast generation at small model size — a strong default for high throughput. Step up to a larger model (e.g. HunyuanImage 3.0 or a FLUX pro tier) when you need maximum fidelity, complex composition, or finer detail.
Use cases
- High-volume, latency- and cost-sensitive generation
- Photorealistic images with Chinese/English text
- Open-weight self-hosting where a small, fast model is preferred
Limitations
- 6B distilled model — less headroom than frontier-scale models on complex scenes
- Capability ratings are qualitative. An independent benchmark score is now available: Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena (artificialanalysis.ai/image/leaderboard/text-to-image, confirmed 2026-08-19, SCO-462 sweep) ranks 'Z-Image Turbo' #67 of ~147 models tracked, Elo 1129 — a distinct 'Z-Image Base' variant is separately listed at #103 (Elo 1064, not otherwise tracked in this registry). A different benchmark type than GenEval/T2I-CompBench, not a substitute for one
- Vendor/host descriptions are the main source for quality claims to date
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