seedinteger
Random seed for reproducible results.
Qwen Image 2
alibaba/qwen-image-2Alibaba Qwen Image 2 text-to-image model with high-quality generation and configurable output format.
Try the model
Playground
Input
The prompt to generate an image from.
Additional Settings More
Customize your input with more control.
The aspect ratio of the generated image. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 9:21.
Random seed for reproducible results.
The format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
ResultIdle
Your output will appear here
Complete the inputs, then click Run.
Human preference
Arena
Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.
Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena
- Leaderboard
- Text to Image
- Rank
- #53 of 106
- Elo
- 990 ±16
- Gap to #1
- −232
Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.
- #48P-Image-Ideogram (High)995±14
- #49FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo994±11
- #50Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)993±10
- #51Luma UNI 1992±12
- #52P-Image-Ideogram (Very High)992±15
- #53Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)990±16
- #54HunyuanImage 3.0 (Tencent Cloud)989±16
- #55FLUX.2 [dev] Flash988±12
- #56HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct987±12
- #57Wan 2.7986±12
Qwen Image 2
Qwen Image 2 text-to-image, with strong Chinese and English text rendering for posters and graphics. Qwen Image 3 is the newer model.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 10,000 characters. |
aspect_ratio | 21:9 / 16:9 / 4:3 / 1:1 / 3:4 / 9:16 / 9:21 | 16:9 | Output shape. |
seed | integer | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
output_format | jpeg / png | png | Output file format. |
Billing
$0.035 per image, Alibaba's list price.
| Request | Price |
|---|---|
| One image | $0.035 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Quote any text that must appear in the image.
Limits
- One image per request.
Also on SandBase
Related: alibaba/qwen-image-3/text-to-image (newer).
Start building
Send your first request
Submit this model through the SandBase Unified Run API.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "alibaba/qwen-image-2",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"output_format": "png"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"2. Authentication
Create a SandBase API key and set it in your server environment. All requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep the key on your server. Do not expose it in browser code or commit it to a repository.
3. Queue
Submit a request
POST to /v1/run with this model ID and its inputs. The request example above includes submission and polling.
Fetch request status and result
Use the returned run ID to poll until the status is completed, failed or timeout. Read output only after completed.
curl "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$RUN_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"4. Files
Hosted files
Pass a publicly accessible file URL in the model’s image, video or audio field. Supported formats and limits are shown beside each Playground input.
Uploading images
Use the upload or replace control on supported image fields in the Playground. Video URL fields accept a hosted driving video; they do not imply video-upload support.
5. Schema
Input
promptstringrequired
The prompt to generate an image from.
Default: ""
aspect_ratiostring
The aspect ratio of the generated image.
Default: "16:9"
Possible values: "21:9", "16:9", "4:3", "1:1", "3:4", "9:16", "9:21"
output_formatstring
The format of the generated image.
Default: "png"
Possible values: "jpeg", "png"
{
"model": "alibaba/qwen-image-2",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"output_format": "png"
}Output
A completed run exposes its result in output. The following is the model’s saved example, not a new generation.
No example output has been published yet. Use Playground → Result → JSON after a completed run to inspect your response.