Summary
Based on the extensive evaluation of 23 models across 10 diverse categories, Nano Banana Pro has emerged as the undisputed champion 🏆 with an impressive overall score of 8.74. It demonstrates a consistency rarely seen in generative AI, excelling in everything from photorealism to complex text rendering.
Key Takeaways:
- Top Tier Dominance: Nano Banana Pro leads the pack, followed by GPT Image 1.5 (8.02) and Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) (7.93). These models have largely solved the "text generation" problem.
- The "Midjourney" Surprise: Surprisingly, the highly acclaimed Midjourney v7 scored lower than expected (6.22). While artistically stunning, it was frequently penalized for prompt adherence failures—prioritizing aesthetics over specific user instructions (e.g., incorrectly rendering specific text or failing logic puzzles like the Astronaut and Horse).
- Realism vs. Style: Older models like DALL-E 3 are showing their age, struggling significantly with the "plastic skin" look in the Photorealistic People & Portraits category, scoring an average of 5.7.
- Text is No Longer a Blocker: The Text in Images category saw remarkably high scores from top models, proving that correct spelling in AI images is now a baseline expectation for state-of-the-art models.
🚨 Notable Trend
There is a massive performance gap in Ultra Hard prompts. While top models maintain ~8.0 scores, mid-tier models plummet to ~4.0, exposing who truly understands complex logic versus who just renders pretty pixels.
General Analysis & Useful Insights
1. The "Waxy" Skin Problem is Fading 🕯️
For a long time, AI portraits looked like plastic dolls. This dataset shows a shift. Models like Nano Banana Pro and Grok Imagine are achieving skin texture scores near 9/10 in Photorealistic People & Portraits. Conversely, DALL-E 3 and Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra still struggle here, often receiving feedback about "synthetic" appearances.
2. Anatomy is Still the Final Boss ✋
Despite improvements, Hands & Anatomy remains the lowest-scoring category on average (6.83). Even top models occasionally produce "sausage fingers" or extra limbs in complex interactions like the Yoga Pose.
- Winner: Nano Banana Pro (8.6 score) handles complex grips best.
- Struggler: Recraft V3 (6.6 score) often produces visually pleasing but anatomically incorrect limbs.
3. Text Accuracy vs. Aesthetic 🔡
In the Graphic Design category, we see a divergence.
- Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) and Nano Banana Pro excel at integrating text naturally into logos and posters.
- Midjourney V6.1 often generates beautiful graphics but filled with "gibberish" alien text, making it less useful for commercial design work without heavy editing.
4. Style Stubbornness 🎨
Some models are "stubborn"—they have a default style they refuse to break.
5. The "Logic" Gap 🧠
The Ultra Hard category exposed logical reasoning flaws. In the Astronaut being ridden by a horse prompt, many models (including DALL-E 3) reversed the roles because their training data overwhelmingly contains humans riding horses, not the inverse. Nano Banana Pro was one of the few to correctly process the semantic logic over the statistical probability.
Best Model Analysis by Use Case
📸 Best for Photorealism
Winner: Nano Banana Pro
- Why: It consistently delivers the most believable skin textures, lighting, and environmental details. It avoids the "AI sheen" better than any competitor.
- Runner Up: Grok Imagine offers excellent sharpness and lighting, great for product shots or high-gloss editorial looks.
🎨 Best for Art & Style Mimicry
Winner: Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) & Seedream 4.5
- Why: These models showed the highest versatility in the Ghibli style and Anime & Cartoon Style categories. They respect medium constraints (e.g., watercolor, pixel art, 2D cel shading) rather than forcing everything into a 3D render.
✒️ Best for Graphic Design & Typography
Winner: Nano Banana Pro
- Why: It scored a massive 9.3 in Graphic Design and 9.5 in Text in Images. If you need a logo, a poster with a specific quote, or a UI element, this is the safest choice.
- Runner Up: GPT Image 1.5 is also highly reliable for text accuracy, rarely misspelling words.
🏗️ Best for Architecture & Interiors
Winner: Nano Banana Pro
- Why: It scored 8.9 in Architecture & Interiors. It handles straight lines, perspective, and lighting distribution in rooms better than competitors, making it ideal for visualization.
- Honorable Mention: Seedream 4.0 (8.8 score) is surprisingly strong here, creating very moody and atmospheric interior shots.
🧩 Best for Complex Logic & Composition
Winner: Nano Banana Pro
- Why: In the Complex Scenes and Ultra Hard categories, it was the only model to consistently maintain coherence across multiple subjects (crowds, multiple specific actions). Other models tended to blur faces or distort bodies when more than 2-3 subjects were present.
