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# Best AI image editing models (Oct 2026)

The best image models for AI image editing models in Oct 2026 are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, 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 1524 1518–1529, 59,825 votes · median $0.024 · Arena #1 · #1 among models priced here · also GPT Image 2.5 Flare, GPT Image 2

### #2 [Grok Imagine Image 2.0](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/xai/grok-imagine-image/v2.0/text-to-image)

Arena 1439 1431–1448, 11,589 votes · median $0.080 · Arena #4 · #2 among models priced here · also Grok Imagine Image Quality, Grok Imagine Image

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

Arena 1394 1390–1397, 282,865 votes · median $0.041 · Arena #10 · #3 among models priced here · also Seedream 4.5, Seedream 4

## Also consider

| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | [Gemini 3 Pro Image](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/gemini-3-pro-image) | 1390 (1387–1392) | $0.140 | Arena #12 · #4 among priced · tied with #3 |
| 3 | [Nano Banana Pro](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/nano-banana-pro) | 1386 (1383–1389) | $0.130 | Arena #15 · #5 among priced · tied with #3 |
| 6 | [Qwen Image 2.1](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/alibaba/qwen-image-2.1) | 1369 (1363–1375) | $0.040 | Arena #18 · #6 among priced |

## How this list is ranked

Image-editing models ranked on Arena's image-edit board. Arena image-edit overall preference. It does not measure identity preservation across a long series. 8 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 |
| --- | --- |
| [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 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 |
| [ERNIE Image LoRA](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/ernie-image/lora) | no counted public price |
| [ERNIE Image LoRA Turbo](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/ernie-image/lora/turbo) | no counted public price |
| [ERNIE Image Turbo](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/fal-ai/ernie-image/turbo) | 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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