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Luma Photon.
Luma Photon is a Luma Labs image model, released in December 2024. It ranks 95th of 106 in the Artificial Analysis text to image arena, with an Elo of 843.
- #95 of 106
- Elo 843
Arena ratings
- Creator
- Luma Labs
- Category
- Image generation
- Released
- December 2024
- Text to image
- Elo 843 (-19/19) · ranked 95th of 106 · 2,251 votes
Arena ratings by Artificial Analysis as of 30 October 2026, not figures we measured or the provider published. Rankings move weekly.
Source: the Artificial Analysis arenas, where people choose between two anonymous outputs of the same prompt. Ratings, not specifications: confirm price, licence and limits with Luma Labs.
HOW IT COMPARES
Against the leading image models.
Elo rating from blind preference votes · Higher is preferred more often · Linear scale from 0 to 1,400
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)
- 1,222
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)
- 1,207
- GPT Image 2 (high)
- 1,186
- Nano Banana 2.1
- 1,176
- MAI-Image-2.6
- 1,166
- Luma Photon
- 843
Against the leader, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max), the gap implies voters would choose Luma Photon about 10% of the time. A 100-point gap is roughly 64% to 36%; gaps inside the confidence intervals are not meaningful.
Source: Artificial Analysis arenas. Checked 30 October 2026. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis, not by QQuantum.ai or the providers.
THE FULL LEADERBOARD
Every image model, ranked.
Where Luma Photon sits among all 123 ranked models. Our Image generation page covers how we evaluate them for real work.
| 1 | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max) | OpenAI | Sep 2026 | 1222 -10/10 | 1199 -11/11 | 13,014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max) | OpenAI | Sep 2026 | 1207 -10/10 | 1182 -11/11 | 12,364 |
| 3 | GPT Image 2 (high) | OpenAI | Apr 2026 | 1186 -11/11 | 1136 -13/13 | 12,835 |
| 4 | Nano Banana 2.1 | Oct 2026 | 1176 -12/12 | 1151 -13/13 | 6,210 | |
| 5 | MAI-Image-2.6 | Microsoft AI | Aug 2026 | 1166 -12/12 | 1151 -12/12 | 8,342 |
| 6 | Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | SpaceXAI | Aug 2026 | 1166 -12/12 | 1117 -13/13 | 7,481 |
| 7 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | Mar 2026 | 1140 -10/10 | 1123 -12/12 | 16,075 | |
| 8 | Muse Image | Meta | Jul 2026 | 1127 -11/11 | 1129 -12/12 | 8,479 |
| 9 | GPT Image 1.5 (high) | OpenAI | Dec 2025 | 1123 -11/11 | 1119 -13/13 | 12,830 |
| 10 | MAI-Image-2.6-Flash | Microsoft AI | Sep 2026 | 1119 -12/12 | 1144 -13/13 | 5,482 |
| 11 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Nov 2025 | 1118 -10/10 | 1108 -12/12 | 15,174 | |
| 12 | MAI-Image-2.5 | Microsoft AI | Jun 2026 | 1118 -11/11 | 1127 -13/13 | 13,789 |
| 13 | FLUX 3 Image | Black Forest Labs | Oct 2026 | 1117 -12/12 | 1122 -14/14 | 6,115 |
| 14 | MAI-Image-2.5-Pro | Microsoft AI | Jul 2026 | 1114 -10/10 | 1123 -12/12 | 12,200 |
| 15 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | Jun 2026 | 1107 -10/10 | 1054 -12/12 | 15,080 | |
| 16 | Seedream 5.0 Pro | ByteDance Seed | Jul 2026 | 1100 -11/11 | 1131 -13/13 | 11,633 |
| 17 | Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro | Alibaba | Jul 2026 | 1095 -12/12 | 1091 -13/13 | 6,332 |
| 18 | Qwen-Image-3.0 | Alibaba | Jul 2026 | 1070 -12/12 | 1068 -13/13 | 6,090 |
| 19 | Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro | Alibaba | Oct 2026 | 1056 -12/12 | 1069 -13/13 | 4,970 |
| 20 | grok-imagine-image-quality | SpaceXAI | May 2026 | 1049 -9/9 | 1095 -12/12 | 16,728 |
| 95 | Luma Photon | Luma Labs | Dec 2024 | 843 -19/19 | — | 2,251 |
Elo from the Artificial Analysis arenas: people choose between two anonymous outputs of the same prompt, and the ratings follow from those votes. The figure after each score is its 95% confidence interval; gaps inside it are not meaningful. Rank and votes are for text to image. Refreshed weekly; not measured by QQuantum.ai. Select a heading to sort.
All 123 image models · Also from Luma Labs: Luma UNI 1 Max, Luma UNI 1, Luma Photon Flash
Questions
Questions about Luma Photon.
When was Luma Photon released?
Artificial Analysis records Luma Photon as released in December 2024.
How good is Luma Photon?
In the Artificial Analysis text to image arena it ranks 95th of 106, with an Elo of 843 (-19/19 at 95% confidence) from 2,251 votes, checked 30 October 2026. Elo reflects blind human preference, not fitness for your brief.
How does Luma Photon compare with the top-ranked model?
The leader, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max), is rated 1222. On standard Elo arithmetic that gap means voters would prefer Luma Photon in about 10% of head-to-head comparisons. Check the confidence intervals: small gaps may not be real.
What does Luma Photon cost, and can we use its output commercially?
The arena does not publish prices or licence terms. Check Luma Labs's own pricing and terms of use for the access route you plan, including rights in generated output, before production use.
