What Is ERNIE Image Turbo?
ERNIE Image Turbo is Baidu’s eight-step speed tier for multilingual text-to-image work. It accepts English, Chinese and Japanese prompts, offers an optional expansion pass and costs less per output pixel than the full ERNIE Image route.
ERNIE Image Model Versions
ERNIE Image Turbo
8 steps · 2K
From 1 Credits
ERNIE Image Turbo
Baidu’s faster ERNIE image tier for English, Chinese and Japanese prompts with optional expansion.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
ERNIE Image
Baidu’s multilingual generator for Chinese, English and Japanese prompts with classic diffusion controls.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Balanced
What Is ERNIE Image Turbo Best For?
- Fast Chinese-language concepts
- Japanese and English prompts
- CJK poster exploration
- Low-cost 2K drafts
How to Use ERNIE Image Turbo
- Write in the most natural prompt language.
- Quote exact text.
- Disable expansion for strict copy.
- Use 2K only after selecting a direction.
ERNIE Image Turbo Settings Explained
Prompt Expansion
Useful for short exploratory prompts; turn it off for exact headlines.
Steps
Eight is the documented Turbo target and should remain the default.
The panel above shows only the parameters ERNIE Image Turbo actually supports. Switch versions and unsupported controls disappear rather than sitting there doing nothing.
ERNIE Image Turbo Prompt Examples
Chinese campaign
现代咖啡节海报，准确标题“城市醒来”，清晨街角咖啡店，暖橙与深蓝配色，简洁排版
Japanese concept
小さな未来の書店、看板「星の本棚」、雨上がりの夜、柔らかなネオン、映画的な写真
ERNIE Image Turbo Test Results
Testing in progress
Every model runs the same eight-category prompt set — portrait, product, poster text, anime character, interior, multi-reference, image editing and character consistency — recording generation time, success rate, text accuracy and identity retention. That run has not finished for ERNIE Image Turbo, so this page shows no scores. We do not publish numbers we have not measured.
ERNIE Image Turbo Limitations
- Text-to-image only
- The expansion pass may rephrase exact copy
- Use the full ERNIE model when more sampling control matters
ERNIE Image Turbo Pricing and Credits
Credits scale with resolution and image count. The Generate button always shows what this run costs.
1K
1 credits / image
2K
2 credits / image
Failed generations cost 0 credits.
Commercial Use and Image Rights
Commercial use is governed by Baidu’s model terms and the selected service terms.
- Model used: ERNIE Image Turbo
- Model developer: Baidu
- The inference route is managed internally and may change without changing the selected model
- Uploads are sent only to the configured inference service needed to complete the generation
- You can delete any generation from your history at any time
Frequently Asked Questions
Which languages does it support?+
The documented route explicitly supports English, Chinese and Japanese prompts.
Is Turbo just fewer steps?+
It is a separate speed-optimised ERNIE endpoint whose documented default is eight steps.
Model Updates and Changelog
- 2026-08-25 —— Added the exact Turbo endpoint with its eight-step contract.
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