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AI Image Generator Leaderboard: Artistic Merit

Every model gets the same 100 prompts in 10 categories. Images are judged side by side and turned into an Elo rating: 100 points ahead means winning about 64% of direct comparisons. Looking for one use case? See the best AI image generator for each category.

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  1. 1 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI 1250 Elo±36
  2. 2 Sample image by Takumi 1 Takumi 1 Takumi 1225 Elo±42
  3. 3 Sample image by Meta Muse Image Meta Muse Image Meta 1225 Elo±36
  4. 4 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google 1222 Elo±40
  5. 5 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI 1213 Elo±42
  6. 6 Sample image by Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba 1197 Elo±44
  7. 7 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI 1191 Elo±48
  8. 8 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs 1175 Elo±47
  9. 9 Sample image by Google Nano Banana Pro Google Nano Banana Pro Google 1162 Elo±45
  10. 10 Sample image by Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft 1157 Elo±35
  11. 11 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance 1144 Elo±49
  12. 12 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI 1130 Elo±38
  13. 13 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Google Nano Banana 2 Google 1093 Elo±36
  14. 14 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google 1081 Elo±38
  15. 15 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI 1079 Elo±46
  16. 16 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine XAI Grok Imagine XAI 1065 Elo±44
  17. 17 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI 1027 Elo±41
  18. 18 Sample image by OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI 1021 Elo±47
  19. 19 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs 1015 Elo±42
  20. 20 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance 1013 Elo±46
  21. 21 Sample image by Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google 1006 Elo±39
  22. 22 Sample image by Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 1000 Elo±44
  23. 23 Sample image by Recraft V4.1 Recraft V4.1 Recraft 992 Elo±45
  24. 24 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance 991 Elo±39
  25. 25 Sample image by Reve 2.1 Reve 2.1 Reve 982 Elo±42
  26. 26 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs 980 Elo±46
  27. 27 Sample image by Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google 959 Elo±36
  28. 28 Sample image by Recraft V3 Recraft V3 Recraft 946 Elo±36
  29. 29 Sample image by MiniMax Image-01 MiniMax Image-01 Minimax 935 Elo±39
  30. 30 Sample image by Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney 933 Elo±39
  31. 31 Sample image by Midjourney v7 Midjourney v7 Midjourney 912 Elo±46
  32. 32 Sample image by OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI 901 Elo±46
  33. 33 Sample image by Google Imagen 3.0 Google Imagen 3.0 Google 898 Elo±47
  34. 34 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs 880 Elo±41
  35. 35 Sample image by Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 880 Elo±46
  36. 36 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance 834 Elo±39
  37. 37 Sample image by Ideogram V2 Ideogram V2 Ideogram 790 Elo±50
  38. 38 Sample image by Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve 784 Elo±44
  39. 39 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs 782 Elo±50
  40. 40 Sample image by Krea 2 Large Krea 2 Large Krea 774 Elo±51
  41. 41 Sample image by Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba 600 Elo±52
  42. 42 Sample image by XAI Grok 2 Image XAI Grok 2 Image XAI 552 Elo±57
Category
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Takumi
Takumi 1
Meta
Muse Image
Google
Nano Banana 2.1
OpenAI
GPT Image 2
Alibaba
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
XAI
Grok Imagine 2.0
Black Forest Labs
FLUX 3 Image
Google
Nano Banana Pro
Microsoft
MAI-Image-2.6
Bytedance
Seedream 5.0 Pro
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Google
Nano Banana 2
Google
Nano Banana 2 Lite
OpenAI
GPT Image 1.5
XAI
Grok Imagine
XAI
Grok Imagine (Quality)
OpenAI
DALL-E 3
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.2 Max
Bytedance
Seedream 4.0
Google
Nano Banana (2.5 Flash)
Ideogram
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)
Recraft
Recraft V4.1
Bytedance
Seedream 4.5
Reve
Reve 2.1
Black Forest Labs
Flux 2 Pro
Google
Imagen 4.0 Ultra
Recraft
Recraft V3
Minimax
MiniMax Image-01
Midjourney
Midjourney V6.1
Midjourney
Midjourney v7
OpenAI
ChatGPT 4o
Google
Imagen 3.0
Black Forest Labs
Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra
Ideogram
Ideogram 3.0 (Quality)
Bytedance
Seedream 3.0
Ideogram
Ideogram V2
Reve
Reve Image (Halfmoon)
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.1 Kontext Max
Krea
Krea 2 Large
Alibaba
Z-Image Turbo
XAI
Grok 2 Image
Artistic Merit
(100 examples)
1 1250 Elo
±36
Refusals: 2
2 1225 Elo
±42
3 1225 Elo
±36
1222 Elo
±40
Refusals: 1
1213 Elo
±42
Refusals: 12
1197 Elo
±44
1191 Elo
±48
Refusals: 1
1175 Elo
±47
Refusals: 10
1162 Elo
±45
1157 Elo
±35
Refusals: 15
1144 Elo
±49
Refusals: 13
1130 Elo
±38
Refusals: 4
1093 Elo
±36
1081 Elo
±38
Refusals: 1
1079 Elo
±46
Refusals: 11
1065 Elo
±44
1027 Elo
±41
Refusals: 2
1021 Elo
±47
1015 Elo
±42
Refusals: 10
1013 Elo
±46
1006 Elo
±39
1000 Elo
±44
992 Elo
±45
991 Elo
±39
982 Elo
±42
980 Elo
±46
Refusals: 1
959 Elo
±36
946 Elo
±36
935 Elo
±39
933 Elo
±39
Refusals: 2
912 Elo
±46
Refusals: 2
901 Elo
±46
Refusals: 11
898 Elo
±47
Refusals: 3
880 Elo
±41
Refusals: 1
880 Elo
±46
834 Elo
±38
790 Elo
±50
784 Elo
±44
782 Elo
±50
Refusals: 6
774 Elo
±51
600 Elo
±52
552 Elo
±57
Refusals: 1
Anime & Cartoon Style
Best for Anime & Cartoon Style →
(10 examples)
1242
Refusals: 1
1138
2 1301
1 1373
Refusals: 1
1234
Refusals: 3
1209
1255
1178
Refusals: 2
1156
1246
Refusals: 4
3 1288
Refusals: 3
994
Refusals: 3
1158
1212
Refusals: 1
1090
Refusals: 2
1057
949
Refusals: 1
1159
1095
Refusals: 3
1057
1144
1014
910
1077
983
1042
975
753
877
1080
878
707
Refusals: 2
832
951
696
886
652
701
734
588
668
464
Architecture & Interiors
Best for Architecture & Interiors →
(10 examples)
1337
1272
1193
2 1374
1 1394
1194
1273
1166
1113
1221
Refusals: 1
3 1350
Refusals: 1
1191
1020
1050
1251
1107
1098
1083
985
1048
849
985
899
921
942
899
899
844
982
853
875
863
Refusals: 3
807
942
816
794
701
789
715
816
704
389
Complex Scenes
Best for Complex Scenes →
(10 examples)
3 1284
1236
1194
1198
1 1320
2 1305
1252
1150
1150
1116
Refusals: 1
1173
Refusals: 1
1173
1159
929
1151
Refusals: 1
1066
996
873
1026
1058
1112
1022
885
1203
1067
1101
Refusals: 1
982
792
944
1058
910
1122
Refusals: 1
857
Refusals: 2
862
Refusals: 1
798
872
658
654
756
Refusals: 1
796
408
329
Refusals: 1
Ghibli style
Best for Ghibli style →
(10 examples)
3 1323
Refusals: 1
2 1362
1 1422
1196
1086
Refusals: 9
1286
1074
1317
Refusals: 5
1256
1291
Refusals: 9
1232
Refusals: 3
1274
Refusals: 1
1086
1276
1202
Refusals: 7
1104
1172
946
1136
Refusals: 5
913
991
981
797
1033
973
1131
1020
842
849
897
Refusals: 2
725
Refusals: 2
941
Refusals: 3
850
924
652
936
419
735
904
Refusals: 2
515
659
271
Graphic Design
Best for Graphic Design →
(10 examples)
1270
1 1425
1194
3 1286
1213
1097
3 1286
1186
1126
1148
1120
2 1300
1043
1167
907
1032
995
1063
1019
905
1007
984
942
923
1120
882
1076
966
802
854
815
1021
894
877
976
774
833
812
725
717
564
658
Hands & Anatomy
Best for Hands & Anatomy →
(10 examples)
1146
1140
3 1206
2 1290
1048
1 1293
1033
1165
1178
1115
1037
1002
1145
1041
1040
Refusals: 1
1100
905
1005
1033
986
1072
1051
1181
997
783
844
888
1032
1002
932
1063
718
960
731
1125
722
1024
895
870
841
597
765
Photorealistic People & Portraits
Best for Photorealistic People & Portraits →
(10 examples)
1161
1113
1 1271
3 1215
1206
1140
2 1220
1195
1161
1099
1142
1022
1080
1054
1110
1130
977
916
966
1110
945
950
1146
983
950
965
916
1142
1070
990
1098
834
Refusals: 1
977
Refusals: 1
657
887
870
893
806
690
825
545
570
Surreal & Creative Prompts
Best for Surreal & Creative Prompts →
(10 examples)
1 1492
3 1344
1295
1195
2 1370
1190
1195
1242
1121
1299
1210
Refusals: 2
1170
1128
1239
1081
940
1102
1104
1064
1070
996
991
884
938
948
1077
928
888
806
910
800
849
888
964
699
849
706
647
797
708
424
452
Text in Images
Best for Text in Images →
(10 examples)
1 1359
3 1313
1249
1111
1254
1236
1230
1159
2 1335
1136
1144
Refusals: 1
1199
1119
953
1009
1057
981
1016
905
922
1027
973
982
884
1015
920
942
1000
885
876
960
915
905
912
1042
782
877
822
697
836
594
471
Ultra Hard
Best for Ultra Hard →
(10 examples)
1188
1194
1157
1157
1118
2 1212
1 1242
Refusals: 1
1189
Refusals: 3
1167
3 1200
1006
Refusals: 2
1117
1088
1070
1137
1097
1178
Refusals: 1
1080
1091
Refusals: 2
1080
914
1061
1125
1008
1017
1006
950
1039
982
839
818
924
Refusals: 1
908
886
790
746
716
751
827
Refusals: 3
798
537
593