Best for Portraits

Portrait-focused models selected for natural faces, consistent features, and flattering lighting. Useful for headshots, character portraits, and editorial-style close-ups.

Featured Models

Top-performing models in this category, recommended by our community and performance benchmarks.

FLUX.2 [pro]

FLUX.2 [pro]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 [pro] is a flow-matching latent transformer for precise text-to-image synthesis and reference-guided editing. It supports multi image references, 4MP outputs, and Mistral-based text conditioning for controllable composition and robust iterative edits that preserve structure.

FLUX.2 [flex]

FLUX.2 [flex]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 [flex] is a configurable text to image and image editing model built for precise text placement and stable layouts. It exposes sampling and guidance controls and supports up to ten reference images for consistent characters or products across complex compositions.

ImagineArt 1.5

ImagineArt 1.5

by ImagineArt

ImagineArt 1.5 is a hyper realistic image model for production visuals. It improves texture fidelity, light handling, and emotion capture. It supports detailed prompts, clean in image text, and multimodal workflows that mix prompts with reference images for consistent style and layout.

Wan2.5-Preview Image

Wan2.5-Preview Image

by Alibaba

Wan2.5-Preview Image is a single frame generator built from the Wan2.5 video stack. It focuses on detailed depth structure, strong prompt following, multilingual text rendering, and video grade visual quality for production ready stills in creative or product workflows.

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.1 Kontext [max] is a high quality text to image model for production workflows. It focuses on prompt accuracy, sharp local edits, and premium typography rendering. Use it for detailed visual design, branded visuals, and consistent character safe image generation.

Kolors 2.1

Kolors 2.1

Kolors 2.1 is a refined text to image model from Kling AI. It delivers sharper edges, stronger lighting realism, and better prompt adherence than 2.0. Ideal for production workflows that need reliable portraits, branding visuals, and cinematic concept art at scale.

SeedEdit 3.0

SeedEdit 3.0

by ByteDance

SeedEdit 3.0 is ByteDance's high resolution image editing model for precise, prompt driven control. It preserves subjects and backgrounds while editing local regions. It supports 4K output, fast inference, and handles portrait edits, background changes, perspective shifts, and lighting tweaks.

Runway Gen-4 Image

Runway Gen-4 Image

by Runway

Runway Gen-4 Image is a text-to-image model for production work. It offers strong prompt adherence, fine stylistic control, and visual consistency across scenes and characters. Ideal for pipelines that link still images into video while preserving look and layout.

Kolors 2.0

Kolors 2.0

Kolors 2.0 is an upgraded image generation model from Kling AI. It improves prompt adherence and cinematic visual quality. It supports many styles for photoreal portraits and complex scenes. Use it for high fidelity stills that match detailed prompts and maintain natural color balance.

Midjourney V7

Midjourney V7

by Midjourney

Midjourney V7 is a next generation text to image model that targets high realism and precise control. It improves prompt coherence, anatomy, lighting, and cinematic framing. Draft Mode supports rapid low cost exploration then refinement into detailed final renders.

GPT Image 1

GPT Image 1

by OpenAI

GPT Image 1 is OpenAI’s native GPT 4o image model. It creates detailed visuals from text prompts. It supports diverse styles and precise layouts. It can edit existing images with masks. It renders readable text in scenes. It suits design tools and production workflows.

FLUX.1 Canny [dev]

FLUX.1 Canny [dev]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.1 Canny [dev] is a 12B parameter rectified flow transformer for image generation. It takes a text prompt and an input image. It extracts canny edges as structural guidance. It then generates new images that follow the original composition while applying the prompt.

Pony Realism v2.2

Pony Realism v2.2

Pony Realism v2.2 is a Stable Diffusion checkpoint tuned for lifelike pony style images with strong texture detail and controlled lighting. It targets photoreal output with support for complex prompts. Ideal for creators who need high quality character renders and scenes.

FLUX.1.1 [pro]

FLUX.1.1 [pro]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.1.1 Pro is a flagship text to image model from Black Forest Labs. It improves on FLUX.1 with sharper detail, stronger prompt adherence, and faster sampling. Ideal for production image pipelines, product visuals, and creative tools that require consistent high quality output.

Juggernaut XL XI

Juggernaut XL XI

Juggernaut XL XI is a photorealistic SDXL checkpoint from RunDiffusion. It focuses on accurate lighting, textures, and natural detail. Use it for portraits, product shots, and realistic scenes where prompt adherence and visual fidelity matter.

FLUX.1 [dev]

FLUX.1 [dev]

by Black Forest Labs

FLUX.1 [dev] is a 12B parameter text to image model from Black Forest Labs. It targets high fidelity visual generation for research and non commercial use. Developers can build image apps that need strong prompt following and fine visual detail at high resolution.

Midjourney V6.1

Midjourney V6.1

by Midjourney

Midjourney V6.1 is a refined text to image model that improves lighting, spatial coherence, and tonal balance. It produces more natural cinematic compositions with better anatomy, textures, and small details. It also offers faster generation and upgraded upscalers for production use.

epiCRealism XL V8-KiSS

epiCRealism XL V8-KiSS

epiCRealism XL V8-KiSS is a Stable Diffusion XL checkpoint tuned for sharp photorealistic renders with gentle soft focus. It targets cinematic and editorial looks. It offers strong prompt adherence and works well for portraits, lifestyle shots, and stylized photography.

LEOSAM's HelloWorld XL 7.0

LEOSAM's HelloWorld XL 7.0

LEOSAM's HelloWorld XL 7.0 is a SDXL checkpoint for high fidelity image synthesis. It improves body accuracy and detail richness through SPO fine tuning and refined tagging. Ideal for photorealistic characters, diverse scenes, and production grade visual workflows.

Realistic Vision V6.0 B1

Realistic Vision V6.0 B1

Realistic Vision V6.0 B1 is a Stable Diffusion 1.5 checkpoint tuned for high resolution photorealistic output. It excels at portraits and full body shots with strong anatomical detail. Supports text to image and image to image workflows for creative and production use.

Juggernaut Reborn

Juggernaut Reborn

Juggernaut Reborn is a Stable Diffusion 1.5 checkpoint for high detail text conditioned image generation. It focuses on realistic portraits and stylized scenes with strong lighting. Developers can plug it into existing SD pipelines for consistent photo quality outputs across many themes.

Midjourney V6

Midjourney V6

by Midjourney

Midjourney V6 is a flagship text to image model for high fidelity visual generation. It improves prompt following, coherence, text rendering, and upscaling. Ideal for designers and developers who need cinematic depth, nuanced lighting, and reliable style control from natural language prompts.

epiCRealism Natural Sin RC1 VAE

epiCRealism Natural Sin RC1 VAE

epiCRealism Natural Sin RC1 VAE is a Stable Diffusion 1.5 checkpoint that produces lifelike portrait images with natural skin tones and detailed facial features. It targets realistic lighting and improved hand rendering for character work and creative photography tasks.

Crystal Clear XL

Crystal Clear XL

Crystal Clear XL is an SDXL checkpoint for high fidelity image generation. It supports photorealistic renders, 3D scenes, semi realistic portraits and stylized cartoon art. The model improves prompt adherence, camera angle control, texture quality and global lighting.

AbsoluteReality v1.8.1

AbsoluteReality v1.8.1

AbsoluteReality v1.8.1 is a Stable Diffusion 1.5 checkpoint tuned for photorealistic renders. It excels at portraits and landscapes with accurate lighting and detailed textures. Ideal for developers who need consistent, real photo style outputs from simple prompts.

MeinaMix V11

MeinaMix V11

MeinaMix V11 is an anime focused Stable Diffusion checkpoint. It targets high quality images from short prompts. Outputs feature vivid color, sharp details, and reliable anatomy. Ideal for character art, portraits, and scenes in anime, manga, and stylized illustration workflows.

GhostMix v2.0-BakedVAE

GhostMix v2.0-BakedVAE

GhostMix v2.0-BakedVAE is a Stable Diffusion 1.5 checkpoint for semi realistic art. It improves facial realism and keeps character features consistent across generations. Use it for anime style renders or more realistic portraits with SD text prompts and standard samplers.

Riverflow 2 Preview Standard

Riverflow 2 Preview Standard

by Sourceful

Riverflow 2 Preview Standard targets production image pipelines. It balances realism with controllable detail and stable reference product handling. Ideal for brand visuals that require consistent styling, precise prompt response and smooth integration into creative tools.

Kolors 1.5

Kolors 1.5

Kolors 1.5 refines the Kolors 1.0 pipeline with Kling 1.5. It improves spatial accuracy for complex scenes. It adds richer texture detail while it keeps vivid color dynamics. Use it for portraits or landscapes that need strong realism and stable structure.