Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
image generation

Luma Photon

Luma image generation model with character, style and image references, available in the Luma API and Dream Machine; Photon Flash is its faster, cheaper variant.

Luma AILuma AIUSA
Luma AI
Levelmodel
Classimage generation
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedDec 2024
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Benchmark Results

independent
Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Arena AA-Image-T2I v2.0generative media
Rank range 105 to 116independent
885 878 to 892 (+/-7)
5009001,300

Score in Elo; the axis starts at 500, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.

rank 111 of 168, AA Text-to-Image Arena, 168 models11 Oct 2026 artificialanalysis.ai
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).

R&D Topics

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

Identity

Developer
Luma AI
Family
not in the notes
Released
Dec 2024 sourcessecondary report
Weights published
–
Record checked
11 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
not in the notes
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
text, image
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
not in the notes sources
Access routes
API, consumer app
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.

Lineage

The notes record no lineage for this model.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. lumalabs.ai/photon https://lumalabs.ai/photon
  2. artificialanalysis.ai/image/leaderboard/text-to-image https://artificialanalysis.ai/image/leaderboard/text-to-image

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Luma Photon", https://aurion.semai.id/models/luma-ai-photon/, records of October 2026.