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AI Image Generator Leaderboard: Realism & Coherence

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.

Filter models (10 of 42)
  1. 1 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI 1282 Elo±35
  2. 2 Sample image by Takumi 1 Takumi 1 Takumi 1242 Elo±46
  3. 3 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI 1239 Elo±45
  4. 4 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs 1234 Elo±52
  5. 5 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI 1229 Elo±55
  6. 6 Sample image by Meta Muse Image Meta Muse Image Meta 1212 Elo±52
  7. 7 Sample image by Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba 1185 Elo±47
  8. 8 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI 1180 Elo±41
  9. 9 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google 1170 Elo±46
  10. 10 Sample image by Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft 1115 Elo±50
  11. 11 Sample image by Google Nano Banana Pro Google Nano Banana Pro Google 1114 Elo±41
  12. 12 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance 1099 Elo±47
  13. 13 Sample image by Reve 2.1 Reve 2.1 Reve 1078 Elo±40
  14. 14 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Google Nano Banana 2 Google 1074 Elo±38
  15. 15 Sample image by Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 1058 Elo±45
  16. 16 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google 1040 Elo±43
  17. 17 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI 1006 Elo±44
  18. 18 Sample image by OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI 995 Elo±44
  19. 19 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs 992 Elo±43
  20. 20 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine XAI Grok Imagine XAI 990 Elo±39
  21. 21 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI 980 Elo±44
  22. 22 Sample image by Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google 972 Elo±39
  23. 23 Sample image by Google Imagen 3.0 Google Imagen 3.0 Google 971 Elo±43
  24. 24 Sample image by Recraft V3 Recraft V3 Recraft 961 Elo±42
  25. 25 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance 959 Elo±35
  26. 26 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance 952 Elo±36
  27. 27 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs 949 Elo±47
  28. 28 Sample image by Recraft V4.1 Recraft V4.1 Recraft 932 Elo±42
  29. 29 Sample image by Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google 928 Elo±35
  30. 30 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs 910 Elo±37
  31. 31 Sample image by Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve 892 Elo±46
  32. 32 Sample image by Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 872 Elo±37
  33. 33 Sample image by Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba 864 Elo±44
  34. 34 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs 852 Elo±47
  35. 35 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance 852 Elo±35
  36. 36 Sample image by Ideogram V2 Ideogram V2 Ideogram 845 Elo±50
  37. 37 Sample image by Krea 2 Large Krea 2 Large Krea 844 Elo±48
  38. 38 Sample image by MiniMax Image-01 MiniMax Image-01 Minimax 838 Elo±42
  39. 39 Sample image by Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney 805 Elo±38
  40. 40 Sample image by Midjourney v7 Midjourney v7 Midjourney 779 Elo±53
  41. 41 Sample image by OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI 768 Elo±50
  42. 42 Sample image by XAI Grok 2 Image XAI Grok 2 Image XAI 741 Elo±53
Category
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Takumi
Takumi 1
OpenAI
GPT Image 2
Black Forest Labs
FLUX 3 Image
XAI
Grok Imagine 2.0
Meta
Muse Image
Alibaba
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Google
Nano Banana 2.1
Microsoft
MAI-Image-2.6
Google
Nano Banana Pro
Bytedance
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Reve
Reve 2.1
Google
Nano Banana 2
Ideogram
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)
Google
Nano Banana 2 Lite
OpenAI
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI
ChatGPT 4o
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.2 Max
XAI
Grok Imagine
XAI
Grok Imagine (Quality)
Google
Nano Banana (2.5 Flash)
Google
Imagen 3.0
Recraft
Recraft V3
Bytedance
Seedream 4.0
Bytedance
Seedream 4.5
Black Forest Labs
Flux 2 Pro
Recraft
Recraft V4.1
Google
Imagen 4.0 Ultra
Black Forest Labs
Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra
Reve
Reve Image (Halfmoon)
Ideogram
Ideogram 3.0 (Quality)
Alibaba
Z-Image Turbo
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.1 Kontext Max
Bytedance
Seedream 3.0
Ideogram
Ideogram V2
Krea
Krea 2 Large
Minimax
MiniMax Image-01
Midjourney
Midjourney V6.1
Midjourney
Midjourney v7
OpenAI
DALL-E 3
XAI
Grok 2 Image
Realism & Coherence
(100 examples)
1 1282 Elo
±35
Refusals: 2
2 1242 Elo
±46
3 1239 Elo
±44
Refusals: 12
1234 Elo
±52
Refusals: 10
1229 Elo
±55
Refusals: 1
1212 Elo
±52
1185 Elo
±47
1180 Elo
±41
Refusals: 4
1170 Elo
±46
Refusals: 1
1115 Elo
±50
Refusals: 15
1114 Elo
±41
1099 Elo
±47
Refusals: 13
1078 Elo
±40
1074 Elo
±38
1058 Elo
±45
1040 Elo
±43
Refusals: 1
1006 Elo
±44
Refusals: 11
995 Elo
±44
Refusals: 11
992 Elo
±43
Refusals: 10
990 Elo
±39
980 Elo
±44
Refusals: 2
972 Elo
±39
971 Elo
±43
Refusals: 3
961 Elo
±42
959 Elo
±35
952 Elo
±36
949 Elo
±47
Refusals: 1
932 Elo
±42
928 Elo
±35
910 Elo
±37
Refusals: 1
892 Elo
±46
872 Elo
±37
864 Elo
±44
852 Elo
±47
Refusals: 6
852 Elo
±35
845 Elo
±50
844 Elo
±48
838 Elo
±42
805 Elo
±38
Refusals: 2
779 Elo
±53
Refusals: 2
768 Elo
±50
741 Elo
±53
Refusals: 1
Anime & Cartoon Style
Best for Anime & Cartoon Style →
(10 examples)
3 1302
Refusals: 1
1170
1256
Refusals: 3
1153
Refusals: 2
1250
1 1307
1208
1019
Refusals: 3
1290
Refusals: 1
2 1306
Refusals: 4
1078
1249
Refusals: 3
1048
1139
1071
1150
Refusals: 1
1073
Refusals: 2
912
Refusals: 2
973
Refusals: 3
1053
904
Refusals: 1
1064
991
728
1003
984
973
834
925
875
900
892
788
895
844
725
675
865
820
701
1010
597
Architecture & Interiors
Best for Architecture & Interiors →
(10 examples)
2 1392
1268
1 1458
1302
1192
1264
3 1351
1311
1279
1065
Refusals: 1
987
1180
Refusals: 1
1073
1028
1045
981
1056
1003
Refusals: 3
1019
1042
1105
910
874
850
961
814
999
926
872
825
903
872
954
780
854
832
791
818
805
579
646
735
Complex Scenes
Best for Complex Scenes →
(10 examples)
1 1380
1252
2 1353
1244
1311
3 1315
1220
1212
1208
1026
Refusals: 1
1120
1223
Refusals: 1
1135
1072
1124
926
986
Refusals: 1
990
Refusals: 1
938
901
894
964
963
Refusals: 2
744
990
1098
867
Refusals: 1
950
880
1042
Refusals: 1
819
838
957
960
Refusals: 1
832
861
925
807
764
809
506
597
Refusals: 1
Ghibli style
Best for Ghibli style →
(10 examples)
1264
Refusals: 1
2 1363
1199
Refusals: 9
1256
Refusals: 5
1073
1263
3 1304
1276
Refusals: 1
1216
1 1521
Refusals: 9
1138
1253
Refusals: 3
995
1129
897
1138
968
Refusals: 7
835
Refusals: 3
1025
Refusals: 5
1014
946
954
952
917
868
923
984
836
1055
999
924
797
764
819
Refusals: 2
938
560
700
929
815
Refusals: 2
732
Refusals: 2
815
646
Graphic Design
Best for Graphic Design →
(10 examples)
1203
1 1391
1213
1184
2 1366
1200
1126
3 1256
1134
1117
1108
989
1226
988
1064
1039
875
1120
1021
996
978
1106
897
1077
917
979
888
965
1019
883
888
984
533
796
800
834
878
821
892
668
980
601
Hands & Anatomy
Best for Hands & Anatomy →
(10 examples)
1230
1180
1112
2 1274
1157
1 1277
1126
1136
3 1271
1093
1144
926
950
1126
1098
960
1090
Refusals: 1
935
1070
1013
1039
1052
1008
883
1000
1026
869
1034
939
827
953
843
917
907
925
1030
767
783
757
875
622
775
Photorealistic People & Portraits
Best for Photorealistic People & Portraits →
(10 examples)
3 1226
1143
1201
2 1285
1 1312
1141
1072
1092
1156
1042
1220
1047
1133
1135
1070
1040
919
1046
Refusals: 1
950
949
906
946
1137
Refusals: 1
1127
994
982
914
924
825
816
862
904
1044
694
791
1043
896
738
917
1025
407
928
Surreal & Creative Prompts
Best for Surreal & Creative Prompts →
(10 examples)
1 1405
2 1326
1248
3 1287
1234
1190
1159
1188
1142
1237
1045
1252
Refusals: 2
997
1013
1102
1161
1058
846
952
1029
913
938
976
1049
913
921
1032
820
843
979
834
886
798
866
868
766
801
937
706
699
837
749
Text in Images
Best for Text in Images →
(10 examples)
1 1356
1216
1222
1261
1181
3 1264
2 1312
1208
954
1134
1160
1020
Refusals: 1
1153
1068
1004
994
961
1112
1030
914
1003
881
958
1074
917
879
963
998
952
932
920
853
809
806
856
855
987
824
747
746
720
797
Ultra Hard
Best for Ultra Hard →
(10 examples)
1264
3 1287
2 1300
1150
Refusals: 3
1 1325
Refusals: 1
1086
1164
1195
1188
1144
1163
1119
Refusals: 2
1087
1083
1086
1097
1087
1049
Refusals: 1
956
Refusals: 2
994
1095
Refusals: 1
886
890
1016
1012
865
1028
980
983
883
911
750
879
949
Refusals: 3
701
704
849
860
737
746
727
721