AI Image Generator Leaderboard: Prompt Adherence

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 Meta Muse Image Meta 1267 Elo±41
2 OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI 1249 Elo±43
3 Takumi 1 Takumi 1243 Elo±53
4 Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs 1230 Elo±38
5 OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI 1219 Elo±39
6 OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI 1219 Elo±38
7 XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI 1213 Elo±46
8 Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google 1190 Elo±40
9 Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba 1157 Elo±45
10 OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI 1135 Elo±46
11 Google Nano Banana 2 Google 1112 Elo±36
12 Google Nano Banana Pro Google 1110 Elo±42
13 Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft 1110 Elo±42
14 XAI Grok Imagine XAI 1093 Elo±42
15 XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI 1090 Elo±45
16 Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google 1081 Elo±42
17 Reve 2.1 Reve 1077 Elo±37
18 Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs 1056 Elo±48
19 Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance 1052 Elo±52
20 Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google 1038 Elo±44
21 Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google 1032 Elo±40
22 OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI 1020 Elo±46
23 Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance 985 Elo±41
24 Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 983 Elo±44
25 Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs 983 Elo±44
26 Recraft V4.1 Recraft 976 Elo±45
27 Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance 961 Elo±43
28 Google Imagen 3.0 Google 909 Elo±52
29 Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance 898 Elo±39
30 Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs 888 Elo±43
31 Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs 852 Elo±43
32 Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve 850 Elo±45
33 Ideogram V2 Ideogram 840 Elo±47
34 Recraft V3 Recraft 840 Elo±47
35 Krea 2 Large Krea 818 Elo±43
36 Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 812 Elo±35
37 OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI 800 Elo±46
38 MiniMax Image-01 Minimax 774 Elo±48
39 Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney 732 Elo±43
40 Midjourney v7 Midjourney 714 Elo±50
41 Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba 705 Elo±52
42 XAI Grok 2 Image XAI 687 Elo±50

Meta

Muse Image

OpenAI

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

Grok Imagine (Quality)

Nano Banana (2.5 Flash)

Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Reve Image (Halfmoon)

Ideogram 3.0 (Quality)

Prompt Adherence

(100 examples)

1 1267 Elo

±41

2 1249 Elo

±43

Refusals: 2

3 1243 Elo

±53

1230 Elo

±38

Refusals: 10

1219 Elo

±39

Refusals: 12

1219 Elo

±38

Refusals: 4

1213 Elo

±46

Refusals: 1

1190 Elo

±40

Refusals: 1

1157 Elo

±45

1135 Elo

±46

Refusals: 11

1112 Elo

±36

1110 Elo

±42

1110 Elo

±42

Refusals: 15

1093 Elo

±42

1090 Elo

±45

Refusals: 2

1081 Elo

±42

Refusals: 1

1077 Elo

±37

1056 Elo

±48

Refusals: 10

1052 Elo

±52

Refusals: 13

1038 Elo

±44

1032 Elo

±40

1020 Elo

±46

Refusals: 11

985 Elo

±41

983 Elo

±44

983 Elo

±44

Refusals: 1

976 Elo

±45

961 Elo

±43

909 Elo

±52

Refusals: 3

898 Elo

±39

888 Elo

±43

Refusals: 6

852 Elo

±43

Refusals: 1

850 Elo

±45

840 Elo

±47

840 Elo

±47

818 Elo

±43

812 Elo

±35

800 Elo

±46

774 Elo

±48

732 Elo

±43

Refusals: 2

714 Elo

±50

Refusals: 2

705 Elo

±52

687 Elo

±50

Refusals: 1

Anime & Cartoon Style

Best for Anime & Cartoon Style →

(10 examples)

1 1330

1242

Refusals: 1

2 1249

1123

Refusals: 2

1204

Refusals: 3

1154

Refusals: 3

1160

3 1247

Refusals: 1

1105

1209

Refusals: 2

1186

1169

1183

Refusals: 4

1022

1064

Refusals: 1

1199

Refusals: 1

963

1113

Refusals: 3

1184

Refusals: 3

1078

1102

940

Refusals: 2

875

999

1057

928

907

971

915

836

893

775

838

701

805

843

931

633

693

788

737

649

Architecture & Interiors

Best for Architecture & Interiors →

(10 examples)

1295

2 1342

1 1379

1253

1327

3 1334

1282

1307

1266

1178

1141

1094

1122

Refusals: 1

1064

1208

1117

1112

1119

1041

Refusals: 1

984

914

965

Refusals: 3

908

999

1011

869

944

845

835

862

856

714

701

778

757

774

776

770

772

646

709

631

Complex Scenes

Best for Complex Scenes →

(10 examples)

1 1297

2 1293

1188

1231

3 1287

1160

1252

1239

1094

1130

Refusals: 1

1196

1148

1112

Refusals: 1

1153

1062

1153

1226

1106

1221

Refusals: 1

1110

1111

1077

Refusals: 1

1042

1024

1017

Refusals: 1

937

996

940

Refusals: 2

851

775

Refusals: 1

747

Refusals: 1

732

900

558

753

807

700

771

661

711

490

742

Refusals: 1

Ghibli style

Best for Ghibli style →

(10 examples)

3 1376

1332

Refusals: 1

2 1412

1264

Refusals: 5

1236

Refusals: 9

1350

Refusals: 1

1080

1276

1144

1201

Refusals: 7

1174

1177

1 1568

Refusals: 9

1142

1196

1274

1025

1155

Refusals: 5

1140

Refusals: 3

986

1124

948

Refusals: 3

976

861

1033

906

1059

966

999

808

Refusals: 2

758

842

653

814

705

772

562

707

726

Refusals: 2

487

Refusals: 2

448

340

Graphic Design

Best for Graphic Design →

(10 examples)

2 1277

1129

1 1318

3 1258

1164

1175

1216

1104

1222

926

1019

1112

959

1153

1016

1018

1158

1056

905

1164

1109

1110

1111

1065

887

1052

971

887

874

888

956

887

920

854

902

873

798

650

702

540

732

Hands & Anatomy

Best for Hands & Anatomy →

(10 examples)

1 1348

1171

1150

2 1306

1141

1147

1208

3 1272

1189

1134

Refusals: 1

1076

1061

1079

1081

993

933

974

1051

890

1081

1003

984

947

1013

905

1120

894

938

806

1039

875

940

1004

943

818

780

741

749

706

848

930

732

Photorealistic People & Portraits

Best for Photorealistic People & Portraits →

(10 examples)

1 1240

1152

1093

3 1220

1166

1164

1147

1044

1038

2 1230

1038

1054

1084

1101

1112

976

1036

1041

1054

1019

1049

1079

Refusals: 1

1037

861

1025

1047

990

963

Refusals: 1

997

828

764

877

838

1030

871

800

914

802

750

912

802

757

Surreal & Creative Prompts

Best for Surreal & Creative Prompts →

(10 examples)

3 1348

1 1419

2 1354

1246

1298

1253

1203

1220

1152

1227

1163

1059

1204

1027

1114

1043

1125

1004

1174

Refusals: 2

948

952

1009

948

997

943

841

948

896

979

974

832

728

814

623

760

754

893

690

760

654

708

713

Text in Images

Best for Text in Images →

(10 examples)

1266

2 1294

1165

1232

1200

3 1274

1 1298

1069

1207

1010

1152

1147

1074

1087

1085

1065

1120

1008

1034

Refusals: 1

1055

1008

981

988

1035

1018

944

988

826

854

843

991

930

958

866

912

840

647

852

762

528

698

688

Ultra Hard

Best for Ultra Hard →

(10 examples)

1115

3 1374

1 1430

1241

Refusals: 3

1345

1364

2 1416

Refusals: 1

1330

1300

1312

1102

1174

1283

1162

1164

Refusals: 1

1184

1094

1000

Refusals: 2

1055

Refusals: 2

913

975

1064

Refusals: 1

976

913

947

1034

922

800

821

910

Refusals: 3

691

910

588

836

796

695

654

812

666

483

567

582