Gen-4 Image Turbo
Runway's fast image generation model. Gen-4 Image Turbo delivers the cinematic visual quality of Gen-4 at higher throughput — built for rapid iteration, concept exploration, and volume image workflows.
What is Gen-4 Image Turbo?
Gen-4 Image Turbo is Runway's speed-optimized image generation model. It's part of the Gen-4 family but tuned for faster output — delivering Runway's cinematic aesthetic at higher throughput than Gen-4 Image standard, making it the right choice when generation speed is a priority.
The "Turbo" designation means this model is specifically designed for workflows that need many images quickly: rapid concept iteration during pre-production, generating multiple variations to select from, filling content pipelines that require consistent daily image volume, or any workflow where waiting for slower models would create a production bottleneck.
Quality remains high — Gen-4 Image Turbo produces cinematic, visually rich images. The trade-off compared to Gen-4 Image standard is a modest reduction in maximum detail quality at the expense of significantly faster generation times. For most iterative and production workflows, this trade-off is favorable.
Fast generation
Higher throughput vs. standard
Cinematic quality
Gen-4 visual language
Iteration-ready
Volume and rapid concept work
Runway aesthetic
Filmic, photorealistic output
How to generate images with Gen-4 Image Turbo on project.video
Open the composer
Go to your project.video dashboard. Gen-4 Image Turbo is available under Runway image models in the model selector.
Select Gen-4 Image Turbo
Choose Gen-4 Image Turbo for fast cinematic image generation. Best when you need multiple images quickly or want to explore many prompt variations in a session.
Write your prompt
Enter your image prompt. Gen-4 Image Turbo handles both simple and complex prompts well. The speed advantage is most valuable when you're generating many variations to compare.
Iterate quickly
Generate and review quickly. Turbo's speed makes it practical to generate 5–10 variations of a prompt, compare them, and select the best one — a faster exploration loop than standard models.
Technical specs
Best use cases
Rapid concept iteration
Generate multiple visual directions quickly during ideation. Gen-4 Image Turbo lets teams explore many options in a short session and select the strongest concept before committing to final production.
Content volume pipelines
For content teams that need a consistent daily or weekly image output — social, editorial, blog, marketing — Turbo's speed allows higher throughput without sacrificing Runway's cinematic quality.
Storyboard and animatic pre-production
Generate all the storyboard frames for a video project quickly. Speed matters in pre-production ideation; Gen-4 Image Turbo lets you move through a full sequence of frames in a single session.
A/B variant generation
Generate multiple versions of the same concept for A/B testing — different compositions, lighting treatments, color directions — quickly and at volume. Compare across variants before selecting for production.