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Grok Imagine vs MAI-Image-2.6

MAI-Image-2.6 wins 62% of 85 direct 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.

Grok Imagine
XAI
1094 Elo ±46
Rank #14 of 42 · median 14s per image
23–18–44
wins – ties – losses for Grok Imagine
85 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: Grok Imagine wins 43%
MAI-Image-2.6
Microsoft
1145 Elo ±59
Rank #10 of 42 · median 69s per image · 15 refused

By category

CategoryGrok ImagineMAI-Image-2.6Direct record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1121 1297 0–2–4
Architecture & Interiors 1152 1138 2–3–4
Complex Scenes 1066 1122 3–1–5
Ghibli style 1130 1490 0–0–1
Graphic Design 1083 1048 5–1–4
Hands & Anatomy 1079 1115 4–1–5
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1120 1115 3–2–5
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1023 1289 1–2–7
Text in Images 1070 1090 3–2–5
Ultra Hard 1171 1273 2–4–4

By criterion

CriterionGrok ImagineMAI-Image-2.6
Prompt adherence 1093 1110
Technical quality 1070 1102
Artistic merit 1065 1157
Detail execution 1047 1125
Realism & coherence 990 1115

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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. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10 Ranked 11th of 13, this is a competent full-body showcase with attractive color contrast. Its weaker anime specificity, rigid characterization, and visually dominant petals reduce its success as the requested portrait.
An anime-style portrait of a samurai standing under pink cherry blossoms. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Rank 1 of 13: the strongest combination of anime styling, sophisticated color, and controlled composition. Minor simplification in distant details keeps it below a flawless overall 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. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 8 / 10 Ranked 5th of 13, this is a well-balanced interpretation with strong architecture and effective stained-glass illumination. Slightly generalized projections and subdued column coloration distinguish it from the top tier.
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 A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods.
A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10 The 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.
A bustling market scene with dozens of people buying and selling goods. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranks second, closely matching the leading image in prompt coverage and environmental execution. Slightly less precise foreground hand contacts are the main reason it falls behind the first-ranked scene.
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. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10 Ranks eighth despite its appealing characters and abundant detail. The conspicuously unsupported carrot is a major coherence problem that lowers the overall result.
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 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. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10 Ranked 7th of 13, this has richer botanical variety than several lower-ranked entries. Its crowded discount line is a noticeable functional weakness that keeps it below the clearer top-tier layouts.
Instagram post graphic: 'SPRING SALE 30% OFF'. Floral background, pastel colors, elegant serif font style visually integrated. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 A near-professional watercolor advertisement with correct wording, excellent spacing, and a cohesive palette. It ranks just behind the leading designs because the offer and call to action are slightly less visually forceful.
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). - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 3 / 10 Ranked 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.
A yoga practitioner in a complex pose, arms and legs fully extended (full-body view). - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranked 1st: this is the strongest combination of prompt adherence, anatomical clarity, and polished visual presentation. Minor grip-detail softness keeps it just short of a flawless score.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A portrait of a person with elaborate facial tattoos and piercings, shown in sharp detail.
A portrait of a person with elaborate facial tattoos and piercings, shown in sharp detail. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 9 / 10 Rank 3 of 13: This is an excellent combination of intricate design, sharp execution, and compositional discipline. It sits just below the leading portraits because its immaculate symmetry and uniform finish retain a faintly synthetic quality.
A portrait of a person with elaborate facial tattoos and piercings, shown in sharp detail. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked twelfth for compelling mood but comparatively inconsistent precision. The gritty treatment competes with, rather than consistently supports, the requested sharp facial detail.
Surreal & Creative Prompts The Mona Lisa reimagined as a futuristic android, rendered in a digital art style that preserves Da Vinci's composition while incorporating sleek cyberpunk aesthetics and technological elements.
The Mona Lisa reimagined as a futuristic android, rendered in a digital art style that preserves Da Vinci's composition while incorporating sleek cyberpunk aesthetics and technological elements. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 6 / 10 Ranks seventh: this interpretation preserves the source more faithfully than many competitors and clearly establishes the futuristic context. Uneven surface resolution and weak integration of some technological layers prevent a higher placement.
The Mona Lisa reimagined as a futuristic android, rendered in a digital art style that preserves Da Vinci's composition while incorporating sleek cyberpunk aesthetics and technological elements. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranks first for its exceptionally cohesive balance of recognizable composition, inventive android design, and sophisticated environmental storytelling. It avoids the generic armor treatment and disconnected technological overlays seen in weaker entries.
Text in Images A digital clock display showing the time "10:45" in LED-style numerals, photorealistic render.
A digital clock display showing the time "10:45" in LED-style numerals, photorealistic render. - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 7 / 10 This ranks 6th of 13 with reliable numeral accuracy and solid construction. Its comparatively generic materials and utilitarian composition keep it below the more convincing photographic examples.
A digital clock display showing the time "10:45" in LED-style numerals, photorealistic render. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 4 / 10 This ranks 12th of 13 because the minute glyphs fail the exact-time requirement despite an appealing scene. The central numerical defect outweighs its competent lighting and composition.
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 - Grok Imagine
Grok Imagine 4 / 10 Eighth overall: it establishes space and energetic movement, but keeps the astronaut above the horse rather than reversing their roles. Ambiguous rider contact and softer planetary detail place it below the cleaner conventional compositions.
A realistic astronaut being ridden by a horse, photorealistic depiction in outer space with accurate lighting and proportions - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 First overall: this is the clearest free-floating realization of the requested horse-on-astronaut reversal, with excellent lighting and material separation. Minor compression in the horse's tucked legs prevents a flawless score.

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