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Grok Imagine Image 2.0: Quality vs Speed Frontier

@ArtificialAnlysX · Sep 18, 2026

Grok Imagine Image 2.0: Quality vs Speed Frontier

@ArtificialAnlys's scatter plot drew 1.4K views on X: 0.1x @artificialanlys's median post and #1,111 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 leads quality vs speed frontier

XData Scatter plot GPT Image (and DALL-E)All OpenAI modelsGrok Imagine Image 2.0GPT Image 2.5 (max)MAI-Image-2.6Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Nano Banana 2-Lite (Gemini 3.1-Flash Lite Image)Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (max)Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (fast)GPT Image 2.5 (fast)

@ArtificialAnlys: Grok Imagine Image 2.0: Quality vs Speed Frontier — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Sep 18, 2026. Source: x.com

25/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

Fewer views than the median post but a higher engagement rate: a smaller crowd that acted on it.

#1,005 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #375 of 491 @artificialanlys posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

The post sits in the Small but loved quadrant at #1,005 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

At 1.4K views, this post sits at 0.13x @ArtificialAnlys's median of 11.4K views.

Its 1.32% engagement rate lands in the 88th percentile among AI chart posts, against a 0.73% median.

The score of 25 places it at #1,005 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

0.1x@artificialanlys's median post

1.4K views, where @artificialanlys's typical post gets 11.4K.

0.1xthe median scatter plot post

Across 187 scatter plot posts we hold, the median gets 22.4K views.

10posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 10 posts on Sep 18, 2026. This one was #5 of 10 by views that day.

top 12%engagement rate

1.32% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 491 from @artificialanlys.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #1,005 of 1,162

Views	1.4K	#1,111	bottom 4%
Likes	17	#1,048	bottom 10%
Engagement rate	1.32%	#140	top 12%
Save rate	0.070%	#629	bottom 46%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #375 of 491

Views	1.4K	#456	bottom 7%
Likes	17	#407	bottom 17%
Engagement rate	1.32%	#70	top 14%
Save rate	0.070%	#265	bottom 46%

Growth

One read so far

Views1.4K

Age at our read24 days

Views per day of life60views divided by days since it was posted

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@artificialanlys's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Sep 18, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys charts Grok Imagine Image 2.0 quality vs speed

A scatter plot of 15 models drew 1.4K views and a 1.32% engagement rate, landing in the Small but loved quadrant.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys posted a scatter plot on September 18, 2026, charting Grok Imagine Image 2.0 on quality versus speed. It was one of 10 posts from the account that day, alongside 9 others including AA-WER Streaming Index at 120K views.

The numbers

The post reached 1.4K views, ranking #1,111 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #456 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts. Its score of 25 ranked #1,005 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #375 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

The lesson

A 1.32% engagement rate at the 88th percentile among AI chart posts came with 1.4K views, 0.13x @ArtificialAnlys's median. The scatter plot's 15 models drew saves at 0.070%.

What it means

At #375 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts by score, this chart sits below the account's own median. The 1.4K views against a 39.9K median among AI chart posts mark a wide gap in reach.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 12, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @artificialanlys posted next

Data and API

19 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 41%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Grok Imagine Image 2.0	Grok Imagine Image 2.0	1150 Arena Elo	estimated
GPT Image 2.5 Flash (max)	GPT Image 2.5	1185 Arena Elo	printed
MAI-Image-2.6	MAI-Image-2.6	1145 Arena Elo	printed
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	1125 Arena Elo	estimated
Nano Banana-2-Lite (Gemini 3.1-Flash Lite Image)	Nano Banana 2-Lite (Gemini 3.1-Flash Lite Image)	1085 Arena Elo	printed
	Other models	1095 Arena Elo	estimated
	Other models	1105 Arena Elo	estimated
	Other models	1105 Arena Elo	estimated
	Other models	1100 Arena Elo	estimated
	Other models	1090 Arena Elo	estimated
	Other models	1085 Arena Elo	estimated
Unlabeled points	Unlabeled point	1095 Arena Elo	estimated

Showing 12 of 19. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/ee366def5052.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/ee366def5052.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/ee366def5052.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id ee366def5052.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.41 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/ee366def5052`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/ee366def5052/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/ee366def5052/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/ee366def5052/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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Questions people ask

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