Ideogram 1.0

Closed weights Ideogram February 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Ideogram
Organisation type
Industry
Country
Canada
Published
28 February 2024

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation, Text-to-image

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Hosted access (no API)
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Likely above 10²³ FLOP
Yes
Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Ideogram 1.0
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

Ideogram 1.0 was published by Ideogram, in Canada, in February 2024. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Image generation, and is recorded as doing image generation, Text-to-image.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Answers

Ideogram 1.0 — common questions

01

How many parameters does Ideogram 1.0 have?

No parameter count has been published for Ideogram 1.0, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created Ideogram 1.0?

Ideogram 1.0 was published by Ideogram, based in Canada, categorised as industry.

03

When was Ideogram 1.0 released?

Ideogram 1.0 was published in February 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is Ideogram 1.0 used for?

Ideogram 1.0 works in Image generation, and is recorded as handling image generation, Text-to-image. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

05

What GPU do I need to run Ideogram 1.0?

None. Ideogram 1.0 is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is Ideogram 1.0 open source?

No. Ideogram 1.0 has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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