The in-house foundation model features two thinking modes, with "Fast" ranking 11th on Artificial Analysis at 1125 Elo. Krea 3 generates 2K resolution edits in under 8 seconds, making it 10x faster than GPT Image 2 and 4x faster than Nano Banana Pro. Pricing for these edits starts at $0.03 per image at 1K resolution and $0.06 at 2K resolution.
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Krea 3 Ultra Ranks 4th on AI Image Editing Leaderboard
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Krea 3 Ultra placed fourth among 51 models on Design Arena's image editing leaderboard and fourth on Artificial Analysis's arena with an Elo score of 1151. The independent lab's model ranks one point behind Google's Nano Banana 2.1 and outscored all submissions from Meta, ByteDance, and xAI. These rankings make Krea the number 2 image editing lab after OpenAI on the Design Arena board, and the only company in the top 10 with a valuation under $1 trillion.
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