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Name: API Generation Time
Creator: Artificial Analysis
License: https://artificialanalysis.ai/docs/legal/Terms-of-Use.pdf

Select a model to compare providers across latency, generation time, and price

API Generation Time

Generation time: seconds to generate 1 image · Lower is better

Median time the provider takes to generate an image over the past 14 days of measurements. This includes downloading the image from the provider where a URL is provided rather than an image response.

API Price

Price: USD per 1000 image generations · Lower is better

Price per 1k images generated by the model. For detail on how we calculate price per image for providers price based on inference time or steps, see our methodology page.

API Generation Time vs. API Price

Generation time: seconds to generate 1 image · Price: USD per 1000 image generations

Most attractive quadrant

fal.ai

Replicate

Runware

WaveSpeed

Median time the provider takes to generate an image over the past 14 days of measurements. This includes downloading the image from the provider where a URL is provided rather than an image response.

Price per 1k images generated by the model. For detail on how we calculate price per image for providers price based on inference time or steps, see our methodology page.

Recent Image Generations

Matched image prompt/seed generations for each selected provider

Aerie and Artiodactyl in Baghdad, Iraq in the style of rococo

Jun 30, 6:11 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen4.5s

Qwen-Image, Runware19.3s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed36.8s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai205.8s

Diapheromera and Sandalwood Tree in Ankara, Turkey in the style of surrealist

Jun 30, 2:52 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen4.4s

Qwen-Image, Runware19.5s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai27.5s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed33.0s

Feeler and Cock in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the style of futurism

Jun 30, 9:34 AM3 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed3.1s

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen6.4s

Qwen-Image, Runware19.3s

Hedgehog and Pheasant Cuckoo in Washington, D.C., United States in the style of modernist

Jun 30, 2:28 AM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen6.3s

Qwen-Image, Runware14.2s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed40.9s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai296.6s

Archaeornis and Biryani in Hanoi, Vietnam in the style of baroque

Jun 29, 10:03 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen5.0s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai14.9s

Qwen-Image, Runware20.4s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed32.3s

Speed Analysis

API Generation Time, Variance

Generation time: seconds to generate 1 image · Results by percentile · Lower is better

Median time the provider takes to generate an image over the past 14 days of measurements. This includes downloading the image from the provider where a URL is provided rather than an image response.

API Generation Time, Over Time

Generation time: seconds to generate 1 image · Lower is better

Mar 30Jun 29

Median time the provider takes to generate an image over the past 14 days of measurements. This includes downloading the image from the provider where a URL is provided rather than an image response.

Each point is the median of a 14-day window of measurements, based on 1 measurement each day at different times.