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DALL-E 3 vs MiniMax Image-01

By Elo rating, DALL-E 3 is expected to win 51% of comparisons against MiniMax Image-01.

Both models received the same prompts. Wins and losses count only images judged together in the same call, the same comparisons the leaderboard Elo is fitted from.

DALL-E 3
OpenAI
780 Elo ±50
Rank #36 of 42 · median 19s per image
Not judged in the same call yet
Elo expectation: DALL-E 3 wins 51%
MiniMax Image-01
Minimax
773 Elo ±52
Rank #37 of 42 · median 36s per image

By category

CategoryDALL-E 3MiniMax Image-01Direct record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1089 695 —
Architecture & Interiors 704 758 —
Complex Scenes 594 699 —
Ghibli style 761 702 —
Graphic Design 955 776 —
Hands & Anatomy 720 804 —
Photorealistic People & Portraits 501 739 —
Surreal & Creative Prompts 916 685 —
Text in Images 652 845 —
Ultra Hard 615 885 —

By criterion

CriterionDALL-E 3MiniMax Image-01
Prompt adherence 800 774
Technical quality 892 867
Artistic merit 1021 935
Detail execution 856 814
Realism & coherence 768 838

Side by side

Anime & Cartoon Style An anime-style portrait of a samurai standing under pink cherry blossoms.
An anime-style portrait of a samurai standing under pink cherry blossoms. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 9 / 10 Ranked 3rd of 13, this is an excellent and visually distinctive interpretation with especially strong color use. Its slightly busier weapon arrangement makes it less cleanly resolved than the two leading portraits.
An anime-style portrait of a samurai standing under pink cherry blossoms. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 5 / 10 Ranked tenth because its style drifts furthest toward painted fantasy concept art. Unclear ornamental construction further reduces the effectiveness of an otherwise polished character illustration.
Architecture & Interiors Aerial view of a modernist desert home, in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater but adapted to desert conditions. Show integration with rocky landscape and water features.
Aerial view of a modernist desert home, in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater but adapted to desert conditions. Show integration with rocky landscape and water features. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 5 / 10 Ranked 12th of 12, this has sculptural appeal but the least convincing combination of environmental scale, fine detail, and architectural-water integration. Repetitive terrain and distorted furnishings substantially reduce its otherwise competent presentation.
Aerial view of a modernist desert home, in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater but adapted to desert conditions. Show integration with rocky landscape and water features. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 7 / 10 Ranks 6th of 11 for strong architectural clarity and dramatic presentation. The less convincing connection between its pools, spillways, and cliff lowers it beneath the more integrated designs.
Complex Scenes A misty dawn at an African savanna watering hole where elephants, lions, and zebras coexist in tense harmony, with a crocodile partially submerged in the foreground and flamingos taking flight in the background, golden hour lighting.
A misty dawn at an African savanna watering hole where elephants, lions, and zebras coexist in tense harmony, with a crocodile partially submerged in the foreground and flamingos taking flight in the background, golden hour lighting. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 4 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13. Attractive atmosphere cannot compensate for the confused animal staging, weak reptile anatomy, and insufficiently recognizable flying flamingos.
A misty dawn at an African savanna watering hole where elephants, lions, and zebras coexist in tense harmony, with a crocodile partially submerged in the foreground and flamingos taking flight in the background, golden hour lighting. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 6 / 10 Ranks seventh, supported by one of the set's strongest atmospheric treatments. Noticeable zebra anatomy and ambiguous lion overlaps keep its overall quality below its aesthetic appeal.
Ghibli style A countryside train station with a cat waiting on a bench. Rendered in Studio Ghibli animation style with Miyazaki's watercolor backgrounds and hand-drawn quality.
A countryside train station with a cat waiting on a bench. Rendered in Studio Ghibli animation style with Miyazaki's watercolor backgrounds and hand-drawn quality. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 7 / 10 Ranks eighth for its striking watercolor handling and complete subject depiction. Structural ambiguities and a more decorative, less animation-specific treatment limit its comparative standing.
A countryside train station with a cat waiting on a bench. Rendered in Studio Ghibli animation style with Miyazaki's watercolor backgrounds and hand-drawn quality. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 6 / 10 This ranks ninth: it is visually appealing and clearly depicts the requested situation, but the stylistic deviation is substantial. Its polished fantasy-pet aesthetic outweighs otherwise competent rendering when judged against the specific watercolor-animation request.
Graphic Design Instagram post graphic: 'SPRING SALE 30% OFF'. Floral background, pastel colors, elegant serif font style visually integrated.
Instagram post graphic: 'SPRING SALE 30% OFF'. Floral background, pastel colors, elegant serif font style visually integrated. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 8 / 10 Ranked 5th of 13, this combines excellent legibility with unusually rich floral detail. Its heavier typography and crowded ornamentation keep it below the more refined top-ranked designs.
Instagram post graphic: 'SPRING SALE 30% OFF'. Floral background, pastel colors, elegant serif font style visually integrated. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 6 / 10 Ranked 10th of 12, this meets the brief but offers relatively weak visual integration and impact. Its low-contrast gold text and oversized white panel place it behind the more cohesive floral layouts.
Hands & Anatomy Two people high-fiving, with focus on their hands meeting mid-air.
Two people high-fiving, with focus on their hands meeting mid-air. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 3 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13. Its dramatic presentation is outweighed by severe problems with hand scale, contact geometry, and limb continuity—the central requirements of this prompt.
Two people high-fiving, with focus on their hands meeting mid-air. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 7 / 10 The image succeeds aesthetically through its warm, cinematic treatment. Dense finger stacking and the dominant background flare keep it below the cleaner, more anatomically readable examples.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A group selfie of three friends of different ethnic backgrounds smiling at the camera.
A group selfie of three friends of different ethnic backgrounds smiling at the camera. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 5 / 10 Rank 13 of 13: the requested subjects are present, but this is the least convincing natural depiction in the set. Its conspicuously rendered faces and restrictive composition outweigh the sharp fabric and hair detail.
A group selfie of three friends of different ethnic backgrounds smiling at the camera. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 7 / 10 An attractive, competent selfie with strong warmth and clear prompt coverage. Noticeable beauty-style processing and reduced shadow detail prevent it from matching the more naturally photographic candidates.
Surreal & Creative Prompts An armchair designed in the shape of an avocado, presented in a contemporary product photography style with professional studio lighting against a minimalist background.
An armchair designed in the shape of an avocado, presented in a contemporary product photography style with professional studio lighting against a minimalist background. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 7 / 10 Ranked 6th of 13, this is visually striking and technically polished. Its oversized, hard-looking centerpiece substantially weakens the otherwise successful armchair design.
An armchair designed in the shape of an avocado, presented in a contemporary product photography style with professional studio lighting against a minimalist background. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 4 / 10 Rank 11 of 12. The image is visually competent but largely misses the requested avocado design. Its attractive lighting does not resolve the fundamental subject-concept mismatch.
Text in Images A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography.
A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography. - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 4 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13, this is the weakest match to photorealistic street photography. Correct spelling and octagonal geometry cannot compensate for the conspicuously fabricated sign construction and rendered environment.
A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography. - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 8 / 10 This is one of the strongest aesthetic interpretations and has excellent surface detail. Slightly condensed typography and pronounced processing keep it below the most convincing documentary-style results.
Ultra Hard Photorealistic daytime street photograph, clearly showing a man standing still on a busy urban street corner holding a rectangular cardboard sign clearly facing camera, handwritten bold black marker text clearly readable as "AGI has arrived!", background blurred with realistic pedestrians and cityscape
Photorealistic daytime street photograph, clearly showing a man standing still on a busy urban street corner holding a rectangular cardboard sign clearly facing camera, handwritten bold black marker text clearly readable as "AGI has arrived!", background blurred with realistic pedestrians and cityscape - DALL-E 3
DALL-E 3 6 / 10 This ranks 12th of 13 because its clear message and effective composition cannot fully overcome the synthetic finish. It satisfies the basic concept but is less successful at photorealism and corner-specific context.
Photorealistic daytime street photograph, clearly showing a man standing still on a busy urban street corner holding a rectangular cardboard sign clearly facing camera, handwritten bold black marker text clearly readable as "AGI has arrived!", background blurred with realistic pedestrians and cityscape - MiniMax Image-01
MiniMax Image-01 9 / 10 Ranks 2nd of 12. Excellent foreground texture, coherent sunlight, and emphatically readable handwriting make this one of the most photographically convincing results.

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