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GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs MAI-Image-2.6

GPT Image 2.5 Flare wins 62% of 85 direct comparisons against MAI-Image-2.6.

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.

GPT Image 2.5 Flare
OpenAI
1236 Elo ±49
Rank #8 of 42 · median 65s per image · 4 refused
45–16–24
wins – ties – losses for GPT Image 2.5 Flare
85 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: GPT Image 2.5 Flare wins 63%
MAI-Image-2.6
Microsoft
1145 Elo ±59
Rank #10 of 42 · median 69s per image · 15 refused

By category

CategoryGPT Image 2.5 FlareMAI-Image-2.6Direct record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1012 1297 1–1–4
Architecture & Interiors 1432 1138 7–1–1
Complex Scenes 1285 1122 5–3–1
Ghibli style 1346 1490 0–0–1
Graphic Design 1296 1048 8–2–0
Hands & Anatomy 1168 1115 4–3–3
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1118 1115 3–3–4
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1311 1289 3–3–4
Text in Images 1251 1090 8–0–2
Ultra Hard 1344 1273 6–0–4

By criterion

CriterionGPT Image 2.5 FlareMAI-Image-2.6
Prompt adherence 1219 1110
Technical quality 1171 1102
Artistic merit 1130 1157
Detail execution 1204 1125
Realism & coherence 1180 1115

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Anime & Cartoon Style An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style).
An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style). - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 6 / 10 This delivers the requested scene clearly but lacks the rendering consistency and character subtlety of the stronger entries. It ranks 7th of 13, leading the middle group primarily because its eating mechanics remain understandable.
An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style). - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 This is the strongest combination of expressive characterization, believable daily-life surroundings, and clearly resolved eating action. It ranks 1st of 13, with only small rendering regularities keeping it below a flawless score.
Architecture & Interiors A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting.
A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 9 / 10 Ranks first for the best balance of prompt coverage, architectural clarity, and convincing colored illumination. Small simplifications in distant ornament keep it just below a flawless score.
A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Visually arresting, but less architecturally and optically convincing than the higher-ranked interiors. The ambiguous central opening and uncertain correspondence between the sun and colored projections are substantial weaknesses.
Complex Scenes An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine.
An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 9 / 10 Ranked 2nd of 13, this is an excellent and highly faithful realization of the prompt. It falls just behind the leading image in the precision and richness of its smaller details.
An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 5 / 10 Ranked 10th of 13, this is polished at the object level but substantially compromised by its setting contradiction. Strong material rendering does not resolve the image's central environmental inconsistency.
Ghibli style A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations.
A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 8 / 10 Ranked 3rd of 13: this is one of the most convincing stylistic interpretations, with exceptional environmental immersion. Partially concealed working gestures keep it just below the two clearest and most consistently resolved scenes.
A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13: this offers the best balance of faithful character design, convincing gardening gestures, and richly differentiated botany. Its consistency across anatomy, materials, composition, and emotional tone makes it the strongest complete interpretation.
Graphic Design The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design.
The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 9 / 10 Ranked 2nd of 13 for its highly convincing vine construction and rich botanical rendering. It trails the winner primarily in spacing refinement and control of foliage density.
The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 5 / 10 This is visually clean but weakened by a consequential letterform problem. The ambiguous W prevents its otherwise appropriate styling from becoming a fully successful response.
Hands & Anatomy A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys.
A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 9 / 10 Ranked 2nd of 13, this image combines excellent hand coordination with exceptionally complete object detail. It narrowly trails the leading close-up because its typing gesture is slightly more posed, but it remains highly convincing.
A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 3 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13, this is the weakest result because of its critical extra-hand problem. Attractive lighting and respectable textures cannot rescue the anatomical incoherence and distorted laptop.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A studio headshot of a young man with one blue eye and one green eye (heterochromia).
A studio headshot of a young man with one blue eye and one green eye (heterochromia). - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 10 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13, this is the strongest combination of exact prompt fulfillment, convincing physical detail, and professional portrait presentation. No conspicuous artifact or artificial eye treatment detracts from the requested trait.
A studio headshot of a young man with one blue eye and one green eye (heterochromia). - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 8 / 10 Ranked 4th, this is a polished studio portrait that communicates heterochromia without letting it overwhelm the face. Its wider framing and modestly intensified green iris place it just below the most convincing close-ups.
Surreal & Creative Prompts A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors.
A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13 for the strongest combination of conceptual fusion, graphic clarity, and dramatic color. The separate lower skyline is a minor limitation rather than a fundamental failure.
A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked 6th of 13, this is an attractive and technically polished musical city poster. The central requirement that the skyline itself form the notes is missing, substantially lowering its overall score.
Text in Images A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting.
A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting. - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 8 / 10 Ranked 3rd of 13, this is a strong match with particularly convincing garment construction and wrinkling. Slightly flat illumination and less nuanced subtitle integration prevent it from leading the set.
A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 4 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13, this has competent photographic qualities but fails the central wording requirement. Because clear and accurate text is a primary purpose of the test, the missing 'Diem' outweighs the otherwise believable fabric.
Ultra Hard Photorealistic close-up portrait of a person clearly performing the American Sign Language gesture for "thank you," hand positioned visibly in front of the chest, clear expression on face, neutral background
Photorealistic close-up portrait of a person clearly performing the American Sign Language gesture for "thank you," hand positioned visibly in front of the chest, clear expression on face, neutral background - GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare 4 / 10 The wrong sign combines with softer execution to limit this image's success. It ranks ninth because it retains an appreciative context but lacks both gesture accuracy and stronger photographic detail.
Photorealistic close-up portrait of a person clearly performing the American Sign Language gesture for "thank you," hand positioned visibly in front of the chest, clear expression on face, neutral background - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 8 / 10 Rank 2 of 12: a believable, expressive portrait with one of the most relevant signing configurations. Slightly ambiguous fingertip placement and softer detail keep it below the clearest chin-contact example.

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