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MAI-Image-2.6 vs Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro

Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro wins 60% of 86 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.

MAI-Image-2.6
Microsoft
1145 Elo ±59
Rank #10 of 42 · median 69s per image · 15 refused
25–19–42
wins – ties – losses for MAI-Image-2.6
86 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: MAI-Image-2.6 wins 37%
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Alibaba
1236 Elo ±57
Rank #9 of 42 · median 77s per image

By category

CategoryMAI-Image-2.6Qwen-Image-3.0-ProDirect record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1297 1207 3–2–1
Architecture & Interiors 1138 1415 0–2–7
Complex Scenes 1122 1326 3–0–6
Ghibli style 1490 1270 1–0–0
Graphic Design 1048 1180 2–3–5
Hands & Anatomy 1115 1213 3–3–4
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1115 1127 4–3–4
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1289 1234 4–1–5
Text in Images 1090 1318 2–2–6
Ultra Hard 1273 1310 3–3–4

By criterion

CriterionMAI-Image-2.6Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Prompt adherence 1110 1157
Technical quality 1102 1228
Artistic merit 1157 1197
Detail execution 1125 1230
Realism & coherence 1115 1185

Side by side

Anime & Cartoon Style A cartoon of a cat and a dog on an adventure, drawn in a colorful 2D style.
A cartoon of a cat and a dog on an adventure, drawn in a colorful 2D style. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 8 / 10 This is a polished and emotionally engaging interpretation with excellent environmental detail. Its comparatively static staging and small proportional quirks prevent it from matching the most dynamic leading images.
A cartoon of a cat and a dog on an adventure, drawn in a colorful 2D style. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 10 / 10 The strongest image in the set combines inventive worldbuilding, clear adventure storytelling, and fully resolved 2D craftsmanship. Its composition, character construction, prop handling, and environmental detailing reach an exceptional professional illustration standard.
Architecture & Interiors Isometric architectural illustration of an ancient Chinese temple complex showing multiple pavilions, gardens, and ceremonial spaces. Include proper roof structures and traditional ornamentation.
Isometric architectural illustration of an ancient Chinese temple complex showing multiple pavilions, gardens, and ceremonial spaces. Include proper roof structures and traditional ornamentation. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked ninth, this is an appealing temple diagram with a strong ceremonial hierarchy. The projection mismatch and small functional inconsistencies materially weaken its response to the architectural brief.
Isometric architectural illustration of an ancient Chinese temple complex showing multiple pavilions, gardens, and ceremonial spaces. Include proper roof structures and traditional ornamentation. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 9 / 10 Ranks 1st of 13. It offers the best combination of complete framing, coherent roof construction, precise isometric organization, and balanced architectural and garden detail.
Complex Scenes A school classroom of children and a teacher, each student engaged in a different activity.
A school classroom of children and a teacher, each student engaged in a different activity. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked ninth of 13, this has stronger activity variety than the uniform-writing scenes but a conspicuous device-orientation error. That physical-coherence flaw, together with repeated writing poses, outweighs its otherwise polished presentation.
A school classroom of children and a teacher, each student engaged in a different activity. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 9 / 10 Ranked 1 of 13, this provides the strongest combination of activity variety, believable interaction, and spatial organization. Repeated reading activities and a few simplified background details keep it below a flawless score.
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. - 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.
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. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 6 / 10 Ranked 10th of 13: technically accomplished detail and clear gardening activity are offset by a significant stylistic mismatch. The hybrid realistic-and-anime treatment makes it less successful for this particular prompt than more consistently illustrated alternatives.
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. - 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.
The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13 for its combination of exact conceptual adherence, legibility, and refined composition. Only small weaknesses in the finest stem details keep it below a flawless score.
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. - 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.
A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 8 / 10 Ranked 5th of 13, this image combines strong hand placement with excellent atmosphere and composition. Laptop geometry and key-label inaccuracies prevent it from matching the cleaner realism of the leading images.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A black and white close-up portrait of a freckled woman with an intense gaze.
A black and white close-up portrait of a freckled woman with an intense gaze. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked 8th of 12 for a coherent, moody interpretation with noticeable tonal and detail limitations. Its darker, softer rendering is less effective at showcasing facial structure than the higher-ranked portraits.
A black and white close-up portrait of a freckled woman with an intense gaze. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 8 / 10 Ranked 5th of 13, this is among the most naturalistic and technically controlled images in the set. Its calmer expression and wider framing place it below portraits that more forcefully deliver the requested intensity.
Surreal & Creative Prompts An elephant made of clouds floating in a sunset sky, rendered in a surrealist photorealistic style with ethereal golden lighting and atmospheric depth.
An elephant made of clouds floating in a sunset sky, rendered in a surrealist photorealistic style with ethereal golden lighting and atmospheric depth. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranks first for the strongest combination of complete cloud construction, clear suspension, coherent lighting, and environmental depth. Minor texture repetition and slightly solid feet keep it just below flawless.
An elephant made of clouds floating in a sunset sky, rendered in a surrealist photorealistic style with ethereal golden lighting and atmospheric depth. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 5 / 10 Ranks eleventh of 13 despite attractive lighting and detailed rendering. Its predominantly wool-like material, including the fibrous tusks, misses the cloud-texture requirement too substantially for a higher 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. - 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.
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. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13, this offers the strongest combination of accurate typography, visible wrinkles, and coherent mannequin presentation. Slightly uniform print texture keeps it below a flawless 10.
Ultra Hard Vintage Apple II computer with green monochrome CRT screen, displaying 'END OF WORLD PROCEDURES' in green text. Two external floppy drives stacked on the right, labeled disk II with rainbow Apple logos. Beige casing, black background, retro aesthetic.
Vintage Apple II computer with green monochrome CRT screen, displaying 'END OF WORLD PROCEDURES' in green text. Two external floppy drives stacked on the right, labeled disk II with rainbow Apple logos. Beige casing, black background, retro aesthetic. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 5 / 10 Ranks 9th of 13. Strong green console text cannot compensate for generic hardware design, inaccurate drive treatment, and repeated keyboard artifacts.
Vintage Apple II computer with green monochrome CRT screen, displaying 'END OF WORLD PROCEDURES' in green text. Two external floppy drives stacked on the right, labeled disk II with rainbow Apple logos. Beige casing, black background, retro aesthetic. - Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro 8 / 10 Ranks 2nd of 13. Its evocative composition, authentic-looking CRT effects, and aged plastics stand out, but imprecise key legends and nonstandard drive faces keep it below the best image.

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