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ERNIE Image API — EU image generation

Image generation through the OpenAI-compatible /v1/images/generations endpoint, served from hardware AxForge owns in Sweden. Dense, legible in-image text — posters, infographics and UI-style layouts that actually read — with zero prompt retention.

eu-se-1 · Stockholm api.axforge.ai/v1 €0.02 / image
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Specifications

What is served

ModelERNIE Image Turbo — 8B diffusion transformer, 8-step turbo
API model nameernie-image-turbo
EndpointPOST /v1/images/generations
Signature capabilityDense, long-form, layout-sensitive text inside the image — posters, infographics, UI-style images, multi-panel layouts
LicenseApache 2.0 (open weights)
Quantizationfp8
HardwareNVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10, 128 GB unified memory) — owned and operated by AxForge
Regioneu-se-1 · Stockholm, Sweden — pinned with x-axforge-region, echoed on the response
Price€0.02 / image

Picked in a seed-matched bake-off on our own hardware: ERNIE won the structured and text-heavy cases decisively. Image editing runs on FLUX.2 Klein 4B.

Performance

Measured, not quoted

MetricValueCondition
Generation time~32 sper 1024×1024 image, 8-step turbo + prompt enhancement

Measured on our production DGX Spark node, single-stream, 2026-08. For quality benchmarks, see the official model card — we publish only numbers we measured ourselves.

Quickstart

OpenAI-compatible — one POST per image

curl
$ export OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.axforge.ai/v1
$ curl -sS "$OPENAI_BASE_URL/images/generations" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
    -H "x-axforge-region: eu-se-1" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"model":"ernie-image-turbo","size":"1024x1024",
         "prompt":"Minimal concert poster, bold type reading OPEN MODELS / EU HARDWARE"}'

Data & privacy

Zero prompt retention

Prompts and completions are processed in memory in Sweden — not written to disk, not logged, not retained, and never used to train anything. We keep only request metadata (token counts, timestamps, status) for billing and operations. The full policy is at axforge.ai/privacy.

FAQ

ERNIE Image API — common questions

What does the image generation API cost?

€0.02 per image. No subscription, no minimum.

How fast is ERNIE Image on your hardware?

We measured roughly 32 seconds per 1024×1024 image (8-step turbo with prompt enhancement) on our production DGX Spark node, single-stream, 2026-08. We publish measured numbers only.

Is the image API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. It is the standard /v1/images/generations shape at https://api.axforge.ai/v1, with the model name ernie-image-turbo.

Can ERNIE Image render legible text inside images?

Yes — dense, long-form, layout-sensitive text is the model's signature capability: posters, infographics, UI-style images and multi-panel layouts where every word has to read.

Why did AxForge pick ERNIE Image as its generation model?

We benchmarked candidates on our own hardware with identical prompts and seeds. ERNIE Image Turbo won the structured and text-heavy cases decisively, under the Apache 2.0 license, at a third of the memory of the previous model. Editing runs on FLUX.2 Klein 4B.

Are my prompts or generated content used for training?

No. Prompts and completions are processed in memory in Sweden, never persisted or used for training — see the privacy policy. This makes the API a fit for GDPR-sensitive workloads.

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