Krea 3 Image Models Rank Near Top of Image Arenas and Editing Leaderboards
Overview
Krea says its Krea 3 image model reached the top of image arenas, with the Ultra variant ranking fourth behind only OpenAI models, and it is the only company valued under $1 trillion in the top ten.
The claim is in an X post dated October 20, 2026.
Artificial Analysis places Krea 3 Ultra fifth on its AA-Image-Editing v2.1 leaderboard, the highest-ranked image editing model from outside OpenAI, Google and Microsoft. Artificial Analysis says Ultra places in the top seven in 15 of 17 categories, while the default Fast mode ranks 11th. An earlier TestingCatalog report gave Ultra a score of 1151 for fourth place and Fast 1125 for 11th, with the two outlets reporting different placements for Ultra.
On Krea's API, Fast costs $0.03 per 1K image, and Ultra costs $0.27 for a 2K edit with one 1K reference image. Ultra supports 2K output only. Krea says Krea 3 runs 10x faster than GPT Image 2 and 4x faster than Nano Banana Pro.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 20, 12:21 PM ET
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Developments
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- Oct 20, 2:13 PM ET · 1 articleComfyUI announces Krea 3 Ultra is coming to ComfyUIComfyUI: Krea 3 Ultra is coming to ComfyUI
- Oct 20, 12:13 PM ET · 1 articleKrea 3 Ultra ranks #5 on Artificial Analysis image editing leaderboardArtificial Analysis: Krea 3 Ultra ranks #5 on Artificial Analysis image editing leaderboard
- Oct 20, 11:42 AM ET · 1 articleKrea 3 Ultra and Fast rank on Artificial Analysis image-editing leaderboardTesting Catalog: Krea 3 Ultra and Fast rank in Artificial Analysis image-editing top tier
- Oct 20, 11:30 AM ET · 1 articleKrea 3 Fast and Ultra rank high on image arenasKrea: Krea 3 reaches top of image arenas, with Fast and Ultra variants
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ComfyUI@ComfyUIOfficialKrea 3 Ultra is coming to ComfyUIAIComfyUI says Krea 3 Ultra will be available in ComfyUI. Krea says Krea 3 has reached the top of image arenas, with its Ultra model ranking fourth overall, behind only OpenAI models.
Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialKrea 3 Ultra ranks #5 on Artificial Analysis image editing leaderboardAIKrea 3 Ultra ranks #5 on the Artificial Analysis AA-Image-Editing v2.1 leaderboard, the highest-ranked image editing model from outside OpenAI, Google and Microsoft. Artificial Analysis says it places in the top 7 in 15 of 17 categories, with #2 in Animation & Gaming and Frontier, while the default Fast mode ranks #11. On the Krea API, Krea 3 Fast costs $0.03 per 1K image, and Ultra costs $0.27 for a 2K edit with one 1K reference image.

🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog@testingcatalogXKrea 3 Ultra and Fast rank in Artificial Analysis image-editing top tierAIKrea 3 Ultra ranks fourth on the Artificial Analysis image-editing leaderboard with a score of 1151, one point behind Google's Nano Banana 2.1. Krea 3 Fast scores 1125 and ranks 11th, one point ahead of Nano Banana 2. Krea says Krea 3 runs 10x faster than GPT Image 2 and 4x faster than Nano Banana Pro, starting at $0.03 per image at 1K and $0.06 at 2K.

Krea@krea_aiOfficialKrea 3 reaches top of image arenas, with Fast and Ultra variantsAIKrea says its Krea 3 model has reached the top of image arenas, with its Fast variant pushing the speed and quality tradeoff curve forward. The Ultra variant ranks fourth, behind only OpenAI models, and Krea is the only company valued under $1 trillion in the top ten.

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