Image Battle
Compare AI Image Generators for your use-case
Head to head

MAI-Image-2.6 vs Seedream 5.0 Pro

MAI-Image-2.6 wins 58% of 77 direct comparisons against Seedream 5.0 Pro.

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
40–9–28
wins – ties – losses for MAI-Image-2.6
77 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: MAI-Image-2.6 wins 58%
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Bytedance
1089 Elo ±60
Rank #15 of 42 · median 110s per image · 13 refused

By category

CategoryMAI-Image-2.6Seedream 5.0 ProDirect record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1297 1262 2–1–2
Architecture & Interiors 1138 1218 3–1–4
Complex Scenes 1122 1257 2–2–4
Ghibli style 1490 1194 1–0–0
Graphic Design 1048 998 7–1–2
Hands & Anatomy 1115 824 7–0–3
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1115 1074 5–1–4
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1289 1270 3–1–4
Text in Images 1090 1043 5–1–3
Ultra Hard 1273 1074 5–1–2

By criterion

CriterionMAI-Image-2.6Seedream 5.0 Pro
Prompt adherence 1110 1052
Technical quality 1102 1119
Artistic merit 1157 1144
Detail execution 1125 1132
Realism & coherence 1115 1099

Side by side

Anime & Cartoon Style A 90s anime-style space battle scene with giant starships and laser beams.
A 90s anime-style space battle scene with giant starships and laser beams. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranks seventh of twelve, with stronger atmosphere and fleet scale than the lower-ranked scenes. Reduced mechanical clarity and a softer poster-like treatment hold it below the sharper, more explicitly cel-styled battles.
A 90s anime-style space battle scene with giant starships and laser beams. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 8 / 10 Ranks fourth of twelve, distinguished by exceptional visual richness and imaginative spacecraft design. Its more polished fantasy-illustration treatment and congested peripheral effects place it below the most faithful and spatially controlled anime scenes.
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. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 8 / 10 Rank 5 of 13: this is a convincing and well-styled Scandinavian interior with strong material differentiation. Slightly processed-looking upholstery and questionable stove clearance keep it below the best entries.
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. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 6 / 10 Rank 7 of 12: the rendering itself is stronger than this overall score suggests, particularly in its textiles and wood surfaces. The missing floor-to-ceiling glazing is a major task-specific deviation and substantially lowers the holistic assessment.
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. - 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.
An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 8 / 10 Ranked 5th of 12, this is a strong and coherent environmental interpretation. Its wider framing sacrifices some character expression and game detail.
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. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 8 / 10 Ranks fourth, standing out for its natural atmosphere and exceptionally developed setting. Slightly soft working gestures and less direct interaction between the figures keep it below the strongest shared-task compositions.
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. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 9 / 10 Ranked 2nd of 12, this is an excellent realization of plants genuinely forming typography. Its bulkier junctions and greater ornamental density are slightly less controlled than the winner.
Hands & Anatomy A person standing before a mirror, with their front and reflected back both visible.
A person standing before a mirror, with their front and reflected back both visible. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 7 / 10 The anatomy and reflection are notably believable, making this a strong conventional mirror portrait. Its reversed orientation and slightly softer secondary details prevent it from matching the best literal interpretations.
A person standing before a mirror, with their front and reflected back both visible. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 3 / 10 This is the weakest response to the actual prompt because the front is entirely missing and the mirror repeats an incompatible rear view. Its polished setting prevents it from being a complete visual failure, but the central reflection test fails decisively.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A nighttime portrait of a man lit by neon signs on a city street.
A nighttime portrait of a man lit by neon signs on a city street. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranked 3rd of 13 for its expressive composition and strong handling of contrasting neon sources. It is marginally less photographic than the top two because of heightened highlights and somewhat sharpened surface texture.
A nighttime portrait of a man lit by neon signs on a city street. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 6 / 10 Ranked eleventh of 12, this succeeds more strongly as a neon cityscape than as a portrait lighting study. Small subject scale and limited facial visibility outweigh its attractive environmental composition.
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. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 7 / 10 Ranked 6th of 12, it communicates floating cloud-elephant imagery clearly and attractively. Plush-like material cues and weak facial definition limit its success as surrealist photorealism.
Text in Images A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography.
A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Rank 1 of 13: the strongest combination of accurate signage and convincing urban photography. Its coherent street geometry and restrained material rendering distinguish it from the more processed-looking entries.
A red stop sign on a street corner displaying the word "STOP", photorealistic urban photography. - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 5 / 10 This is the weakest result for the task's emphasis on standard typography and sign construction. Although STOP is readable and the setting is recognizable, the prominent three-dimensional lettering is a major subject-level flaw.
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 - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranks 1st of 12 because it combines the clearest prompt fulfillment with excellent photographic execution. Minor staging and highlight issues keep it below a flawless 10.
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 - Seedream 5.0 Pro
Seedream 5.0 Pro 5 / 10 Ranks 11th of 12 because several central narrative requirements are wrong despite competent rendering. Active cooking, background crowds, and insufficiently low framing substantially outweigh the detailed cart.

More comparisons