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Name: API Generation Time
Creator: Artificial Analysis
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Select a model to compare providers across latency, generation time, and price

Qwen Image 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.

Qwen Image 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.

Qwen Image API Generation Time vs. API Price

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

Most attractive quadrant

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

Rainbow Perch and Chamois in Bucharest, Romania in the style of modernist

Jul 19, 4:24 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen4.7s

Qwen-Image, Runware13.3s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai19.7s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed93.1s

Cube and Ablactation in Kampala, Uganda in the style of graffiti

Jul 19, 3:01 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed3.2s

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen5.0s

Qwen-Image, Runware19.3s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai21.0s

Dace and Ladybird Beetle in New Delhi, India in the style of surrealist

Jul 19, 12:36 PM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen8.2s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed11.6s

Qwen-Image, Runware14.1s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai19.7s

Shiner and Channel Cat in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the style of cubist

Jul 19, 10:35 AM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen4.3s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed11.5s

Qwen-Image, Runware14.0s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai19.6s

Banded Rudderfish and Lobefin in Canberra, Australia in the style of byzantine

Jul 19, 8:14 AM4 providers, fastest on left

Qwen-Image, Replicate, Qwen4.1s

Qwen-Image, Runware13.2s

Qwen-Image, WaveSpeed16.5s

Qwen-Image, fal.ai98.6s

Speed Analysis

Qwen Image 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.

Qwen Image API Generation Time, Over Time

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

Apr 19Jul 18

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.

Median measurement per day, based on 1 measurement each day at different times.