Imagen Models by Google DeepMind

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9 models2024

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Details

ResearcherGoogle DeepMind
LicenseProprietary
Commercial useCommercial use: conditional
Models9
Released2024

Capabilities

Vision4 of 9 models
Multimodal4 of 9 models

About

Google's Imagen family of image generation models, capable of producing high-quality, photorealistic images from text prompts. Includes Imagen 3.0 and 4.0 variants for different speed/quality trade-offs.

Decision facts

Best fit
imagevision and multimodal work
Capability starting point
Imagen Product Recontext with multimodal inputs
Lowest tracked input
Not tracked
Closest related family
DiffusionGemma

Current Variants

Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.

9 in view

Use when the workload needs image.

2024-11image
Imagen 4Current

Use when the workload needs image.

2024-11image

Use when the workload needs image.

2024-11image

Use when the workload needs image and multimodal inputs.

2024-10imagemultimodal inputs

Use when the workload needs image and multimodal inputs.

2024-09imagemultimodal inputs

Use when the workload needs image and multimodal inputs.

2024-08imagemultimodal inputs

Use when the workload needs image.

2024-08image
Imagen 3Current

Use when the workload needs image and multimodal inputs.

2024-08imagemultimodal inputs
Imagen 3Current

Use when the workload needs image.

2024-08image

Release Timeline

4 release groups
2024-11
3 current
Current
Current
Current
2024-10
1 current
Imagen Product Recontext
imagemultimodal inputs
Current
2024-09
1 current
Virtual Try-On
imagemultimodal inputs
Current
2024-08
4 current
Imagen 3
imagemultimodal inputs
Current
Current
Current
Current

Specifications(9 models)

Imagen model specifications comparison
ModelReleasedVisionMultimodal
Imagen 4 Fast2024-11NoNo
Imagen 42024-11NoNo
Imagen 4 Ultra2024-11NoNo
Imagen Product Recontext2024-10YesYes
Virtual Try-On2024-09YesYes
Imagen 3 for Editing and Customization2024-08YesYes
Imagen 3 Fast2024-08NoNo
Imagen 32024-08YesYes
Imagen 32024-08NoNo