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Qwen Image: Pricing, Performance & Examples
Qwen Image is a image generation model from Qwen, released in January 2025, with a 1K-token context window.
An image generation foundation model in the Qwen series that achieves significant advances in complex text rendering.
Qwen Image examples
Recent arena outputs from Qwen Image, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.
Qwen Image API
Set for image-to-image / editing models.
Run a request to see the response
Use it in your code
OpenAI-compatible endpoint through the LLM Stats gateway.
import requests
# Create the generation. wait="auto" long-polls (up to 60s) so most short
# jobs return as "completed" in a single round-trip.
res = requests.post(
"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
json={
"model": "qwen-image",
"input": {"prompt": "A beautiful sunset over mountains"},
"wait": "auto",
},
)
job = res.json()
# If it didn't finish inside the wait window, poll the same resource.
while job["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
res = requests.get(
f"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations/{job['id']}",
params={"wait": 60},
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
job = res.json()
if job["status"] == "completed":
print("image:", job["output"]["media"][0]["url"])
else:
print("Failed:", job["error"]["message"])Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.
Qwen Image pricing
Providers
Qwen Image starts at $0.0300 per generated image via Replicate.
| Provider | Price $/image | Latency s | Success 7d | Modalities in / out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.0300 | 0.00 | 72.22%(18) | / |
Qwen Image latency
Qwen Image time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.
Provider operational metrics
Time to first token, output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic
Qwen Image benchmarks
Rankings
Performance by category and language
Where Qwen Image is strongest across prompt themes and languages. Conservative TrueSkill score (μ − 3σ), only axes with 3+ votes.
Quality Tracker
Similar Models
How Qwen Image compares to its closest neighbors on each image arena it competes in.
Qwen Image license
Qwen Image is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial use.
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Commercial use allowed
Apache License 2.0 - allows commercial use
Models like Qwen Image
Other image models ranked closest to Qwen Image.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen Image.