Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
image generation

Imagen 4

Last Imagen line; Gemini API IDs imagen-4.0-generate-001, ultra and fast shut down 17 Aug 2026, replaced by Nano Banana 2.1. Vertex AI status not confirmed.

Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMindUK / USAImagenFamily
Google DeepMind
Levelmodel
Classimage generation
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
Releasednot in the notes
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusshut down

Lineage

successor
Imagen 4 to Nano Banana 2.1: successor, low confidenceNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) to Nano Banana 2.1: successor, high confidenceImagen 4Imagen 4Google DeepMindNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 …Google, Feb 2026Nano Banana 2.1Nano Banana 2.1Google DeepMind, Oct 2026
Google DeepMindNano Banana 2.1 is a child (successor)low confidencepress claim
Where this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 3 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.

R&D Topics

Text-to-image foundation models (diffusion and flow transformers)produced by

Identity

Developer
Google DeepMind
Family
Imagen
Released
– sources
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
diffusion
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
text
Output
image
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
proprietary
Licence
Proprietary sources
Access routes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Benchmark Results

The notes record no benchmark result for this model.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. Imagen (text-to-image model) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagen_(text-to-image_model)
  2. Google Imagen 4 API shutdown date passed on August 17, 2026 | Kingy AI kingy.ai https://kingy.ai/ai-launch-tracker/google-will-shut-down-three-imagen-4-api-models-august-17/
  3. Gemini Image – Nano Banana , Google DeepMind deepmind.google https://deepmind.google/models/imagen/

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Imagen 4", https://aurion.semai.id/models/google-deepmind-imagen-4/, records of October 2026.