Ideogram 4.0 Launches as Open-Weight 9.3B Text-to-Image Model with Native 2K Resolution

Ideogram

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Ideogram released version 4.0 on June 3, 2026 as its first open-weight text-to-image model: a 9.3B parameter diffusion transformer with native 2K resolution, transparent background support, bounding-box layout control, and best-in-class multilingual text rendering. Weights in nf4 and fp8 quantizations are publicly available on Hugging Face and GitHub under a non-commercial-free/paid-commercial license. The model tops the DesignArena leaderboard at launch.

Why it matters

First production-grade open-weight image model to top the DesignArena leaderboard, giving developers a locally-runnable alternative to closed models from OpenAI and Google.

Importance: 4/5

First open-weight image model to reach number one on DesignArena; official Ideogram blog and two independent media confirmations.

text-to-image open-weights image-generation multilingual release

Sources

official Ideogram 4.0 Technical Details — Ideogram Blog

media Ideogram 4.0 drops as open-weight model — The Decoder

media Ideogram 4.0 launches as the best open image model — CryptoBriefing