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GPT Image 2.6 Flare vs Grok Imagine 2.0

GPT Image 2.6 Flare wins 54% of 93 direct comparisons against Grok Imagine 2.0.

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 2.6 Flare
OpenAI
1268 Elo ±47
Rank #5 of 44 · median 43s per image · 6 refused
42–16–35
wins – ties – losses for GPT Image 2.6 Flare
93 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: GPT Image 2.6 Flare wins 52%
Grok Imagine 2.0
XAI
1256 Elo ±36
Rank #6 of 44 · median 25s per image · 1 refused

By category

CategoryGPT Image 2.6 FlareGrok Imagine 2.0Direct record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1070 1254 1–1–5
Architecture & Interiors 1490 1332 6–2–2
Complex Scenes 1481 1347 6–1–3
Ghibli style 1390 1191 4–2–1
Graphic Design 974 1308 1–0–9
Hands & Anatomy 1158 1145 4–2–4
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1268 1303 3–4–3
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1425 1261 7–1–2
Text in Images 1276 1195 6–2–2
Ultra Hard 1365 1385 4–1–4

By criterion

CriterionGPT Image 2.6 FlareGrok Imagine 2.0
Prompt adherence 1234 1184
Technical quality 1207 1209
Artistic merit 1192 1161
Detail execution 1263 1228
Realism & coherence 1185 1214

Side by side

Anime & Cartoon Style A magical girl character in a frilly dress, casting a spell (classic anime trope).
A magical girl character in a frilly dress, casting a spell (classic anime trope). - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 4 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 12th of 12, this meets the subject requirements but fails at its most prominent anatomical feature. The extra digit, combined with the hand's overwhelming visual dominance, substantially undermines the otherwise polished anime rendering.
A magical girl character in a frilly dress, casting a spell (classic anime trope). - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 8 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 3rd of 12, this combines excellent adherence with expressive staging and attractive costume design. Slightly obscured hand construction and crowded luminous detail leave it just below the two strongest images.
Architecture & Interiors A photorealistic interior of a modern Scandinavian-style living room with natural light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows. Show detailed wood textures, fabric materials, and proper light reflections.
A photorealistic interior of a modern Scandinavian-style living room with natural light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows. Show detailed wood textures, fabric materials, and proper light reflections. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked ninth, this image is decorative and richly textured but less photographically restrained. Its main weakness is the artificial emphasis of materials rather than missing subject matter.
A photorealistic interior of a modern Scandinavian-style living room with natural light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows. Show detailed wood textures, fabric materials, and proper light reflections. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked second, this is one of the most convincing and stylistically disciplined interiors. It falls just behind the leader in the natural variation of its surfaces and fine environmental detail.
Complex Scenes A busy city intersection with cars, pedestrians, and street performers all in one frame.
A busy city intersection with cars, pedestrians, and street performers all in one frame. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanks second, with especially strong anatomical credibility and subject clarity. It narrowly trails the hoop-performance image in compositional energy and storytelling.
A busy city intersection with cars, pedestrians, and street performers all in one frame. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanks seventh, with excellent prompt coverage but weaker traffic logic and crowd coherence. Those shortcomings matter substantially for a task centered on realism in dense urban scenes.
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 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 8th, this image delivers attractive characters and abundant, well-textured produce. Overcrowding and less clearly established object interactions reduce its effectiveness as a coherent scene of shared gardening.
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. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 2nd, this image combines outstanding environmental detail with clear gardening activity and excellent stylistic adherence. The first-ranked image edges ahead through a more distinctive, immediately readable shared task.
Graphic Design Set of 5 consistent flat design icons for a mobile banking app: 'Home', 'Transfer', 'Account', 'Scan QR', 'Settings'. Monochrome dark blue.
Set of 5 consistent flat design icons for a mobile banking app: 'Home', 'Transfer', 'Account', 'Scan QR', 'Settings'. Monochrome dark blue. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 4 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 10th of 12 because its larger layout is more legible than the other noisy black-field rendering. It remains substantially below the clean-background sets due to artifacts, poor contrast, and non-flat surface effects.
Set of 5 consistent flat design icons for a mobile banking app: 'Home', 'Transfer', 'Account', 'Scan QR', 'Settings'. Monochrome dark blue. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 10 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 1st of 12 for professional-grade execution and complete fulfillment of the brief. Its clean flat rendering and exceptionally consistent construction show no material defects for this task.
Hands & Anatomy A yoga practitioner in a complex pose, arms and legs fully extended (full-body view).
A yoga practitioner in a complex pose, arms and legs fully extended (full-body view). - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 6 / 10
Judge's noteThis is a clean but relatively conventional yoga portrait that misses the explicit straight-leg requirement. Lifted-leg proportion concerns also limit its value as a demonstration of accurate complex anatomy.
A yoga practitioner in a complex pose, arms and legs fully extended (full-body view). - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 8 / 10
Judge's noteThis is a strong, largely prompt-faithful image with readable anatomy and convincing support points. It lacks the exceptional lighting and more demanding construction of the highest-ranked side plank.
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. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 10 / 10
Judge's noteThis is the strongest all-round result for natural diversity, believable phone-camera framing, and detailed faces. No visible issue materially compromises the brief or the photographic illusion at this resolution.
A group selfie of three friends of different ethnic backgrounds smiling at the camera. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 7 / 10
Judge's noteIt satisfies the brief clearly, but its static arrangement and retouched facial finish keep it in the good rather than exceptional tier. The higher-ranked images combine similar diversity with more convincing texture or stronger interaction.
Surreal & Creative Prompts A waterfall that pours out stars and galaxies instead of water, illustrated in a cosmic fantasy style with vibrant space colors and dramatic lighting effects.
A waterfall that pours out stars and galaxies instead of water, illustrated in a cosmic fantasy style with vibrant space colors and dramatic lighting effects. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 1st of 12, this offers the best combination of fluid celestial material, dramatic composition, and integrated lighting. Minor highlight bloom keeps it just below a flawless overall result.
A waterfall that pours out stars and galaxies instead of water, illustrated in a cosmic fantasy style with vibrant space colors and dramatic lighting effects. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 11th of 12, this is an attractive cosmic composition but a comparatively ambiguous realization of the requested waterfall. Its static celestial arrangement and weakly defined terminal basin limit the central illusion.
Text in Images A storefront sign that says "Open 24/7" in neon lights, nighttime urban photography.
A storefront sign that says "Open 24/7" in neon lights, nighttime urban photography. - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked first for its combination of exceptionally clear text, convincing sign construction, and strong urban atmosphere. Small background simplifications keep it just short of a flawless result.
A storefront sign that says "Open 24/7" in neon lights, nighttime urban photography. - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked eleventh despite excellent phrase accuracy. Extensive underexposure limits environmental detail and lighting nuance compared with the stronger nighttime photographs.
Ultra Hard A realistic astronaut being ridden by a horse, photorealistic depiction in outer space with accurate lighting and proportions
A realistic astronaut being ridden by a horse, photorealistic depiction in outer space with accurate lighting and proportions - GPT Image 2.6 Flare
GPT Image 2.6 Flare 9 / 10
Judge's noteThe strongest image in the set combines an unmistakable horse-on-astronaut pose with convincing materials and spatial integration. The cropped foreground glove is a minor remaining blemish rather than a substantial coherence problem.
A realistic astronaut being ridden by a horse, photorealistic depiction in outer space with accurate lighting and proportions - Grok Imagine 2.0
Grok Imagine 2.0 5 / 10
Judge's noteExcellent surface work and credible anatomy make this visually stronger than the straightforward conventional-riding misses. Nevertheless, a suspended astronaut below a horse is not a horse riding an astronaut, which substantially limits its success.

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