# ERNIE-Image > ERNIE-Image is Baidu's open text-to-image model, released in April 2026: an 8-billion-parameter single-stream Diffusion Transformer with a Prompt Enhancer, built for dense in-image text, posters, comics and layouts. Its weights are Apache 2.0 and need a 24 GB GPU. On Kenerate AI it runs in the browser for 27 credits per image, and the 8-step ERNIE-Image-Turbo for 9 credits, in 7 sizes from 768×1376 to 1376×768. URL: https://kenerateai.com/models/baidu/ernie-image Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 20 October 2026 ## Key facts - Official name: ERNIE-Image · ERNIE-Image-Turbo - Hugging Face ID: baidu/ERNIE-Image - Maker: Baidu - Released: April 2026 - Size: 8B DiT parameters · BF16 - Licence: Apache 2.0 - Local VRAM: 24 GB - On Kenerate: 27 credits · Turbo 9 - Inputs: Text prompt only - Sizes on Kenerate: 7, from 768×1376 to 1376×768 ## Steps 1. Open the model — Go to /app/image and pick ERNIE Image or ERNIE Image Turbo (the button on this page selects ERNIE Image). Sign in free to get started. 2. Write the prompt — Name the format first (poster, comic page, menu, infographic), then the layout, style and colours. Put every word that must appear in quotes. 3. Pick a size — Choose one of 7 sizes: square 1024×1024, portrait 896×1200 or 848×1264, landscape 1200×896 or 1264×848, 9:16 768×1376 or 16:9 1376×768. 4. Draft on Turbo, finish on ERNIE-Image — Test layouts on Turbo at 9 credits, then render the keeper on the full model at 27 credits and check the text. ## In depth ### ERNIE-Image or ERNIE-Image-Turbo? Both share the same 8B architecture and Prompt Enhancer [1]. The difference is how many sampling steps they take and what Baidu tuned them for [2]. - ERNIE-Image — 50 steps, guidance 4.0; the strongest instruction fidelity. 27 credits on Kenerate. - ERNIE-Image-Turbo — 8 steps, guidance 1.0, tuned with DMD and RL for speed and aesthetics. 9 credits on Kenerate. - Workflow — draft layouts on Turbo, then render the final poster on ERNIE-Image. ### Running ERNIE-Image locally vs online Locally you need about 24 GB of VRAM [1]; ComfyUI supports both models [3][4], and the Prompt Enhancer — a fine-tuned 3B model based on Ministral 3B, per Gigazine [3] — can run as its own server [2]. On Kenerate nothing is installed: pick ERNIE Image or ERNIE Image Turbo, choose one of the 7 recommended sizes and pay per image. ### Prompting ERNIE-Image for text and layouts Start with the format and the grid: "A4 concert poster, title at the top, three lines of details at the bottom". Put every word that must appear in quotes, keep each text block short, and say the font style (bold sans serif, hand lettering). For comics, number the panels and give each one its caption or speech bubble. Proof-read the result — even strong text models can swap a word [3]. References: [1] baidu/ERNIE-Image — Hugging Face model card: https://huggingface.co/baidu/ERNIE-Image [2] baidu/ERNIE-Image — GitHub: https://github.com/baidu/ERNIE-Image [3] Baidu releases ERNIE-Image and ERNIE-Image-Turbo — Gigazine: https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260416-baidu-ernie-image [4] ERNIE-Image — ComfyUI Wiki: https://comfyui-wiki.com/en/models/ernie/ernie-image ## FAQ Q: What is ERNIE-Image? A: ERNIE-Image is Baidu's open-weight text-to-image model, published on Hugging Face as baidu/ERNIE-Image. It is an 8-billion-parameter single-stream Diffusion Transformer with a lightweight Prompt Enhancer that turns short prompts into fuller descriptions. Baidu built it for dense in-image text, complex instructions and structured images such as posters, comics and storyboards. Q: ERNIE-Image vs ERNIE-Image-Turbo — what's the difference? A: ERNIE-Image is the SFT model: Baidu's example uses 50 steps and guidance 4.0 for the best instruction fidelity. ERNIE-Image-Turbo is optimized with DMD and reinforcement learning to run in 8 steps at guidance 1.0. Baidu's own scores are close (LongText-Bench 0.9733 vs 0.9655). On Kenerate ERNIE Image costs 27 credits and Turbo 9. Q: Is ERNIE-Image free? A: The weights are free under Apache 2.0, but they need a GPU with about 24 GB of VRAM. On Kenerate ERNIE Image and ERNIE Image Turbo are paid models (27 and 9 credits per image) from one-time credit packs, with no subscription. The free plan includes other image models such as Qwen Image 3.0 and Flux 2 Dev. Q: Can I use ERNIE-Image online without a GPU? A: Yes. Kenerate AI runs ERNIE Image and ERNIE Image Turbo in the browser, with no download or ComfyUI setup. Pick one in /app/image, write the prompt and choose one of the 7 sizes Baidu recommends. Q: Can ERNIE-Image edit images? A: Not on Kenerate: both ERNIE models are text to image only, with no reference upload. To edit a picture, use an edit model such as Flux 2 Klein Base 4B (up to 3 references) or Z Image Base (one image with a strength slider). Q: What languages does ERNIE-Image understand? A: Baidu benchmarks it on English and Chinese prompts, including long text in both. Japanese prompts also work, but Gigazine's test found weaker prompt-following than in English, so write important instructions in English or Chinese. Q: How do I run ERNIE-Image in ComfyUI? A: ComfyUI supports ERNIE-Image and ERNIE-Image-Turbo natively; download the weights from Baidu's Hugging Face repos and use a GPU with about 24 GB of VRAM. Use 50 steps and guidance 4.0 for ERNIE-Image, or 8 steps and guidance 1.0 for Turbo, at one of the 7 recommended sizes. If you don't have the hardware, Kenerate runs both online. Q: ERNIE-Image-Turbo vs Z-Image — which is better? A: They suit different jobs. ERNIE-Image-Turbo is an 8B model tuned for text-heavy layouts and costs 9 credits on Kenerate. Z-Image is Alibaba Tongyi's 6B open model; on Kenerate Z Image Base costs 3 credits and can remix an uploaded image with a strength slider. Use ERNIE for posters and lettering, Z Image for cheap photo drafts and image-to-image. Q: Is ERNIE-Image good for anime and comics? A: Baidu lists comics, storyboards and stylized images among its strengths, alongside realistic photos. Describe the panel layout, the art style (for example clean anime line art with flat colours) and put speech-bubble text in quotes. For anime characters without text, a dedicated anime model may be cheaper. Q: What licence does ERNIE-Image use? A: Apache 2.0, according to Baidu's Hugging Face model card and GitHub repo, so self-hosted copies can be used commercially under that licence's terms. Images you generate on Kenerate follow Kenerate's terms of service. ## Related pages - Z Image: https://kenerateai.com/model/z-image - Qwen Image: https://kenerateai.com/model/qwen-image - FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Base: https://kenerateai.com/models/black-forest-labs/flux-2-klein-base-4b - Open source AI image generator: https://kenerateai.com/open-source-ai-image-generator - AI poster generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-poster-generator - All models: https://kenerateai.com/model ## Sources - baidu/ERNIE-Image — Hugging Face model card: https://huggingface.co/baidu/ERNIE-Image - baidu/ERNIE-Image — GitHub: https://github.com/baidu/ERNIE-Image - Baidu releases ERNIE-Image and ERNIE-Image-Turbo — Gigazine: https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260416-baidu-ernie-image - ERNIE-Image — ComfyUI Wiki: https://comfyui-wiki.com/en/models/ernie/ernie-image