Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs Recraft V4.1 Utility benchmark

Name: Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs Recraft V4.1 Utility AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Krea 2 Medium Turbo and Recraft V4.1 Utility. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

Krea

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Turbo / $15/1kImg Elo 1,223$15/1k imgs

Recraft

Recraft V4.1 Utility

High-speed utility tier of Recraft V4.1 tailored for rapid asset production at $0.035/image.

Utility FastImg Elo 1,218$35/1k imgs

Krea 2.0 Family & Variants (2)

Speed, cost, and intelligence tradeoffs across the Krea lineup

vs Base Model

Krea 2 Large

Krea

Base Model

Img Elo1221

Latency3.9s

$/1k$60/1k

Prompt %90.2%

View specs →vs this

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Krea

Turbo / $15/1k

Img Elo1223

Latency1.5s

$/1k$15/1k

Prompt %89.8%

+2 Elo-75% price

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Top Rival Showdowns for Krea 2 Medium Turbo

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Image Quality Leader

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Δ 5 Image Elo pts

Generation Speed Leader

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

1.5s per render

Value per Dollar Leader

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

$15/1k images

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (3)vsRecraft V4.1 Utility (2)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 3W (60%)Overall: Krea 2 Medium TurboRecraft V4.1 Utility: 2W (40%)

← Krea 2 Medium TurboRecraft V4.1 Utility →

Recraft V4.1 Utility (2/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Image Elo

1,223vs1,218

Prompt adherence

89.8%vs90%

Text rendering

87.5%vs92.5%

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 1WRecraft V4.1 Utility: 2W

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Generation time

1.5svs2s

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 1WRecraft V4.1 Utility: 0W

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Price per 1k images

$15/1kvs$35/1k

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 1WRecraft V4.1 Utility: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image EloKrea 2 Medium Turbo (+5)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility1,218

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation timeKrea 2 Medium Turbo (+0.5s)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility2s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k imagesKrea 2 Medium Turbo (+$20/1k)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility$35/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherenceRecraft V4.1 Utility (+0.2%)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility90%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text renderingRecraft V4.1 Utility (+5%)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility92.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Krea 2 Medium Turbo	Recraft V4.1 Utility	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,223 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,218 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+5)
Generation time	1.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	2s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+0.5s)
Price per 1k images	$15/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$35/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+$20/1k)
Prompt adherence	89.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	90% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	Recraft V4.1 Utility (+0.2%)
Text rendering	87.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	92.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	Recraft V4.1 Utility (+5%)

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 57% with Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$375.00 / mo

Rate: $15/1k

Recraft V4.1 Utility$875.00 / mo

Rate: $35/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Krea 2 Medium Turbo is estimated to save $500.00/month ($6,000/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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Krea

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Elo n/a

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SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost—

Recraft

Recraft V4.1 Utility

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Krea 2 Medium Turbo and Recraft V4.1 Utility Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Krea 2 Medium Turbo matchups →|All Recraft V4.1 Utility matchups →

Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs Krea 2 Large (previous krea)Recraft V4.1 Utility vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro (next recraft)Krea 2 Large vs Recraft V4.1 Utility GPT Image 2 (High) vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Reve 2.1 vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Recraft V4.1 Utility

Benchmark

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Recraft V4.1 Utility

Advantage Delta

Image Elo

1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,218

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+5)

Generation time

1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+0.5s)

Price per 1k images

$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$35/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (+$20/1k)

Prompt adherence

89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

90%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility (+0.2%)

Text rendering

87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

92.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Recraft V4.1 Utility (+5%)

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or Recraft V4.1 Utility?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Krea 2 Medium Turbo and Recraft V4.1 Utility Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.