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Models & Hardware

Krea 3 Ultra Matches Microsoft on an Image-Editing Leaderboard

1,151 Elo on Artificial Analysis’s AA-Image-Editing v2.1, one point behind Google’s Nano Banana 2.1.

An independent lab, level with Microsoft.

@kimmonismus says Krea’s published results put an independent lab right alongside Google and Microsoft in image editing.

ModelElo
Krea 3 Ultra1,151
Microsoft MAI-Image-2.61,151 (same displayed score)
Google Nano Banana 2.1One point ahead of Krea 3 Ultra
Artificial Analysis leaderboard figures as reported by @kimmonismus.

Krea’s own claims.

Krea’s announcement, which @kimmonismus quoted, says Krea 3 made it to the top of image arenas. Its “Fast” model pushes the pareto curve of speed and quality, and “Ultra” ranks top-4, “only surpassed by OpenAI models.”

Krea also calls itself “the only company valued under $1T in the top-10.”

Sources

  1. @kimmonismus on X · Oct 20, 8:58 AM PT
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