Muse Image vs GPT Image 2.6 Flare

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  • Muse Image costs 74% less on price per image ($0.015 against $0.058 per image).
  • People prefer GPT Image 2.6 Flare in blind votes on LMArena's text-to-image arena: rated 1,384 against 1,268 Elo.
  • On the 7 benchmarks both have scores on, Muse Image leads on 0 and GPT Image 2.6 Flare on 7.
  • GPT Image 2.6 Flare is newer: listed Nov 4, 2026, against Aug 26, 2026.

Side by side

Muse ImageGPT Image 2.6 Flare
LabMetaOpenAI
ListedAug 26, 2026Nov 4, 2026
Per image$0.015$0.058
Edits an image you sendYesYes
Arena rating (LMArena)1,268 Elo1,384 Elo

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

BenchmarkMuse ImageGPT Image 2.6 Flare
LMArena: Image Editing1399 EloLMArena1462 EloLMArena
LMArena: Multi-Image Editing1399 EloLMArena1439 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image1268 EloLMArena1384 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Commercial Design)1258 EloLMArena1374 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Photorealistic)1278 EloLMArena1388 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Portraits)1290 EloLMArena1444 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Text Rendering)1293 EloLMArena1403 EloLMArena

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The ratings are LMArena's blind human votes, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Meta models, OpenAI models, every image model's price and our sources.