Imagen 2
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
- Google DeepMind
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 13 December 2023
- Authors
- Aäron van den Oord, Ali Razavi, Benigno Uria, Çağlar Ünlü, Charlie Nash, Chris Wolff, Conor Durkan, David Ding, Dawid Górny, Evgeny Gladchenko, Felix Riedel, Hang Qi, Jacob Kelly, Jakob Bauer, Jeff Donahue, Junlin Zhang, Mateusz Malinowski, Mikołaj Bińkowski, Pauline Luc, Robert Riachi, Robin Strudel, Sander Dieleman, Tobenna Peter Igwe, Yaroslav Ganin, Zach Eaton-Rosen
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Image generation
- Task
- Text-to-image, Image generation, Video generation
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
- API access
- Training code
- Unreleased
Accessible through Google's Vertex AI platform. Some features currently limited to whitelisted testers.
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
- Imagen 2
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Imagen 2 was published by Google DeepMind, in the country recorded as United States of America, during December 2023. The category the publisher falls under is industry.
It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as performing the task of text-to-image, Image generation, Video generation.
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
Answers
Imagen 2 — common questions
Imagen 2— who created it?
It was published by Google DeepMind, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.
Imagen 2— when was it released?
It was published in December 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
Imagen 2— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as handling the task of text-to-image, Image generation, Video generation. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.
Imagen 2— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This 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.
Imagen 2— is it open source?
No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
Imagen 2— how many parameters does it have?
No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
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