Portrait Generation Benchmark Q1 2026: Flux.2 vs SDXL vs Proprietary

Every quarter, we benchmark every major image generation model against real production workloads from our platform. Not synthetic tests, actual jobs from customers generating AI headshots at scale.

This quarter, we tested 8 models across 12,000 inference jobs , scoring each on quality (FID, CLIP, human eval), cost per image, and p95 latency. Here’s the full breakdown.

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Luminar Neo Spring 2026 Review: Skylum’s Best AI Portrait Update Yet

The kind people at Skylum sent me early access to the beta versions of Luminar Neo and the newly renamed Luminar app — and I’ve spent the past few days testing both ahead of the official April 9 launch. It was my first time working with either product, so I came in without the bias […]

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Trump Finds a New Way to Force Us to Stare at His Face

Say what you will about our grifter in chief, but during his second term, Donald Trump has managed to slap his name and likeness on more objects than anyone could have imagined.

The newest entry in the crowded field of Trumpjunk, reports _The Washington Post_ , is a commemorative gold coin, approved on Thursday by the Commission of Fine Arts. The coin features an unusually svelte Trump bending…

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