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# Best AI models for consistent characters across images (Oct 2026)

The best image models for AI models for consistent characters across images in Oct 2026 are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Nano Banana 2.1, Seedream 5 Pro, ranked by Arena.

Prices as of 18 Oct 2026. Every price links to its source.

### #1 [GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst)

Arena 1527 1521–1532, 28,479 votes · median $0.024 · Arena #1 · #1 among models priced here · also GPT Image 2.5 Flare, GPT Image 2

### #2 [Nano Banana 2.1](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/nano-banana-2.1)

Arena 1431 1425–1438, 10,328 votes · median $0.037 · Arena #4 · #2 among models priced here · also Nano Banana Pro

### #3 [Seedream 5 Pro](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedream-5-pro)

Arena 1412 1408–1416, 73,471 votes · median $0.041 · Arena #5 · #3 among models priced here · also Seedream 4.5, Seedream 4

## Also consider

| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | [Gemini 3 Pro Image](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/gemini-3-pro-image) | 1364 (1361–1367) | $0.140 | Arena #9 · #4 among priced |
| 5 | [Ideogram 4.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/ideogram/ideogram-4.5) | 1336 (1328–1343) | $0.060 | Arena #13 · #5 among priced |
| 6 | [FLUX 2 Max](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/black-forest-labs/flux-2-max) | 1249 (1245–1253) | $0.070 | Arena #23 · #6 among priced |

## How this list is ranked

Models that accept at least four reference images, ranked on Arena's multi-image-edit category. Arena multi-image-edit preference. It does not measure identity preservation across a long series. 6 qualified after family collapse. Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking.

Ratings: Arena (arena.ai) · CC BY 4.0. Read from [the Hugging Face dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset).

## Notable models we cannot rank

| Model | Reason |
| --- | --- |
| [FLUX 1.1 Pro](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bfl/flux-1.1-pro) | reference images unknown |
| [FLUX 1.1 Pro Ultra](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bfl/flux-1.1-pro-ultra) | reference images unknown |
| [Ideogram 2a Turbo](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/ideogram/ideogram-2a-turbo) | no counted public price |
| [Ideogram 3](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/ideogram/ideogram-3) | no counted public price |
| [Qwen Image 2512](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/qwen/qwen-image-2512) | reference images unknown |
| [Qwen Image 3](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/alibaba/qwen-image-3/text-to-image) | no counted public price |
| [Seedream V5 Lite](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image) | no counted public price |
| [Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedream/v5/pro/text-to-image) | no counted public price |
| [Seedream 4.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/bytedance/seedream/v4.5/text-to-image) | no counted public price |
| [Seedream 4](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/bytedance/seedream/v4/text-to-image) | no counted public price |
| [Emu 3.5 Image Edit](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/emu-3.5-image/edit-image) | no counted public price |
| [ERNIE Image](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/ernie-image) | no counted public price |

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Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking. Ranking approved 18 Oct 2026 · prices updated 18 Oct 2026. [Methodology](https://modelpricetrack.com/methodology#best-lists). [Compare with Artificial Analysis](https://artificialanalysis.ai/).

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