- Pricing
- Not published
- Released
- 1y ago
Cost
Luma's image model, launched with the redesigned Dream Machine, for fast and low-cost image generation.
How it compares
Frequently asked questions
Quality and benchmarks
Recraft V3 by Recraft, MiniMax image-01 by MiniMax, and Ideogram 2.0 by Ideogram. They were matched on model kind and release date, with no comparable price.
Recraft V3Photon vs Recraft V3MiniMax image-01Photon vs MiniMax image-01Ideogram 2.0Photon vs Ideogram 2.0
Qwen-Image-2.1, the highest-ranked open-weight model on Arena Text to Image at rank 21. Photon itself is closed.
Licensing and access
No, Photon is closed, with a proprietary license.
Basics
Photon was made by Luma AI and released on November 20, 2024.
Media
Yes, image editing via image input is supported.
Photon holds rank 70 on Arena Text to Image (Arena's own rank), with a score of 1036.
Generated from Vertical Tabs data, updated November 5, 2026.


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