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GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst vs Grok Imagine

By Elo rating, GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is expected to win 90% of comparisons against Grok Imagine.

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 Sunburst
OpenAI
1439 Elo ±70
Rank #1 of 43 · median 157s per image · 5 refused
Not judged in the same call yet
Elo expectation: GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst wins 90%
Grok Imagine
XAI
1065 Elo ±37
Rank #16 of 43 · median 14s per image

By category

CategoryGPT Image 2.6 SunburstGrok ImagineDirect record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1359 1052 —
Architecture & Interiors 1730 1109 —
Complex Scenes 1738 1019 —
Ghibli style 1626 1129 —
Graphic Design 1025 1101 —
Hands & Anatomy 1454 1065 —
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1523 1078 —
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1711 989 —
Text in Images 1259 1026 —
Ultra Hard 1524 1142 —

By criterion

CriterionGPT Image 2.6 SunburstGrok Imagine
Prompt adherence 1342 1076
Technical quality 1347 1052
Artistic merit 1342 1039
Detail execution 1411 1025
Realism & coherence 1340 978

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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. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 2nd of 12, this has the strongest explicitly cel-anime character design and one of the most memorable color schemes. Minor sword-placement ambiguities keep it just behind the more structurally assured leading image.
An anime-style portrait of a samurai standing under pink cherry blossoms. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked seventh for solid figure construction and an unmistakable cherry-blossom setting. Its stylistic departure and conspicuous visual effects prevent it from matching the stronger anime portraits.
Architecture & Interiors Cutaway architectural drawing of a traditional Japanese machiya townhouse showing all rooms and structural elements. Include accurate proportions, traditional joinery, and typical spatial organization.
Cutaway architectural drawing of a traditional Japanese machiya townhouse showing all rooms and structural elements. Include accurate proportions, traditional joinery, and typical spatial organization. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 1/12, this provides the strongest combination of machiya knowledge, spatial organization, and structural explanation. Small coordination issues remain, but it most convincingly fulfills the technical architectural intent.
Cutaway architectural drawing of a traditional Japanese machiya townhouse showing all rooms and structural elements. Include accurate proportions, traditional joinery, and typical spatial organization. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 6th of 13, this is visually accomplished but architecturally misclassified. Its strong drafting cannot compensate fully for the missing machiya spatial organization and uncertain joint depiction.
Complex Scenes A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods.
A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanks second of 12, offering the strongest combination of visual appeal and varied market storytelling. Slightly less convincing contact details keep it behind the more documentary-looking first-place image.
A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteThe prompt is fulfilled strongly, but the crowded interactions reveal significant weaknesses in facial and hand-contact execution. It succeeds as a market overview more than as a convincing study of many interacting people.
Ghibli style A girl and a giant fluffy creature napping in a wildflower meadow. Reproduce the art style of 'My Neighbor Totoro' by Studio Ghibli, with Miyazaki's soft character designs.
A girl and a giant fluffy creature napping in a wildflower meadow. Reproduce the art style of 'My Neighbor Totoro' by Studio Ghibli, with Miyazaki's soft character designs. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 10 / 10
Judge's noteFirst overall: the most complete integration of emotional storytelling, stylistic fidelity, lighting, and anatomical clarity. It reaches the standard of a finished professional illustration without a noticeable weakness at this viewing scale.
A girl and a giant fluffy creature napping in a wildflower meadow. Reproduce the art style of 'My Neighbor Totoro' by Studio Ghibli, with Miyazaki's soft character designs. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 7 / 10
Judge's noteA good, faithful image with a convincing relationship and largely sound anatomy. Its flatter rendering and patterned flower field distinguish it from the more nuanced, atmospheric entries.
Graphic Design Minimalist logo for a sustainable coffee brand 'Evergreen Brew', single leaf motif, clean lines, vector style, white background. 'Evergreen Brew' contained as text in logo
Minimalist logo for a sustainable coffee brand 'Evergreen Brew', single leaf motif, clean lines, vector style, white background. 'Evergreen Brew' contained as text in logo - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 2 / 10
Judge's noteRanked twelfth of 12, this combines severe rendering defects with substantial prompt deviations. The recognizable coffee imagery does not compensate for its unusably noisy finish.
Minimalist logo for a sustainable coffee brand 'Evergreen Brew', single leaf motif, clean lines, vector style, white background. 'Evergreen Brew' contained as text in logo - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 8 / 10
Judge's noteRanked second, this combines excellent execution with the strongest brand-specific concept. Slightly crowded line junctions keep it just below the cleanest literal interpretation of the prompt.
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 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 7 / 10
Judge's noteThis is one of the better dancer-pose variants because of its clear silhouette and refined rendering. The bent knee and slightly uneven raised-leg proportions still prevent it from matching the best fully extended poses.
A yoga practitioner in a complex pose, arms and legs fully extended (full-body view). - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 3 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 13th: the extra leg and third foot are the clearest critical failure in the set. Attractive lighting cannot compensate for an anatomically impossible primary subject.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes.
A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 10 / 10
Judge's noteThis is the strongest image in the set for the requested combination of emotional expression and facial realism. It convincingly resembles a professionally captured, genuinely tearful wedding moment.
A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteThis ranks seventh because its strong bridal presentation and explicit tears are offset by an important realism problem in the tear rendering. It is aesthetically appealing, but less emotionally credible than the more natural leading portraits.
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. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 9 / 10
Judge's noteA close second, this image offers especially strong avocado identity and excellent surface execution. It is marginally less restrained photographically than the leading image, but equally successful as an imaginative product concept.
An armchair designed in the shape of an avocado, presented in a contemporary product photography style with professional studio lighting against a minimalist background. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanked 11th of 13, this is excellent generic furniture visualization but a weak response to the avocado-design brief. Its photographic polish is outweighed by the insufficiently specific shape interpretation.
Text in Images A book cover showing the title "Journey to Mars" along with an astronaut illustration, contemporary sci-fi design style.
A book cover showing the title "Journey to Mars" along with an astronaut illustration, contemporary sci-fi design style. - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 8 / 10
Judge's noteThis is a richly executed, professional-looking cover with especially strong environmental storytelling. It sits just below the leaders because its additional effects make the composition less effortless and restrained.
A book cover showing the title "Journey to Mars" along with an astronaut illustration, contemporary sci-fi design style. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10
Judge's noteRanks seventh of thirteen. Strong scene rendering is limited by generic typography and uneven environmental integration, placing it just below the more cohesive cover designs.
Ultra Hard Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic
Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst 9 / 10
Judge's noteRanked first for the clearest cleaning narrative and the most complete combination of realism, low-angle photography and nighttime atmosphere. Minor highlight clipping keeps it short of a flawless result.
Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 7 / 10
Judge's noteRank 6 of 13: this is an artistic standout with excellent loneliness and reflective composition. Its uncertain cleaning gesture and less convincing small structural details prevent it from joining the most faithful images.

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