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AI Image Generator Leaderboard: Technical Quality

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 1289 Elo±34
  2. 2 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs 1259 Elo±49
  3. 3 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI GPT Image 2 OpenAI 1235 Elo±45
  4. 4 Sample image by Meta Muse Image Meta Muse Image Meta 1234 Elo±48
  5. 5 Sample image by Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba 1228 Elo±46
  6. 6 Sample image by Takumi 1 Takumi 1 Takumi 1220 Elo±49
  7. 7 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI Grok Imagine 2.0 XAI 1219 Elo±51
  8. 8 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google Nano Banana 2.1 Google 1199 Elo±38
  9. 9 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI 1171 Elo±49
  10. 10 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance Seedream 5.0 Pro Bytedance 1119 Elo±44
  11. 11 Sample image by Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft 1102 Elo±41
  12. 12 Sample image by Google Nano Banana Pro Google Nano Banana Pro Google 1094 Elo±40
  13. 13 Sample image by Reve 2.1 Reve 2.1 Reve 1082 Elo±40
  14. 14 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Google Nano Banana 2 Google 1080 Elo±36
  15. 15 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine XAI Grok Imagine XAI 1070 Elo±45
  16. 16 Sample image by OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI 1034 Elo±47
  17. 17 Sample image by Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Google 1028 Elo±38
  18. 18 Sample image by Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram 1022 Elo±42
  19. 19 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance Seedream 4.0 Bytedance 1009 Elo±39
  20. 20 Sample image by XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI Grok Imagine (Quality) XAI 1000 Elo±45
  21. 21 Sample image by Recraft V3 Recraft V3 Recraft 988 Elo±42
  22. 22 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Max Black Forest Labs 987 Elo±46
  23. 23 Sample image by Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google Nano Banana (2.5 Flash) Google 984 Elo±37
  24. 24 Sample image by Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google Imagen 4.0 Ultra Google 976 Elo±40
  25. 25 Sample image by OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI ChatGPT 4o OpenAI 964 Elo±49
  26. 26 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs Flux 2 Pro Black Forest Labs 960 Elo±49
  27. 27 Sample image by Google Imagen 3.0 Google Imagen 3.0 Google 952 Elo±43
  28. 28 Sample image by Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs 949 Elo±37
  29. 29 Sample image by Recraft V4.1 Recraft V4.1 Recraft 925 Elo±46
  30. 30 Sample image by Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 3.0 (Quality) Ideogram 924 Elo±34
  31. 31 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance Seedream 4.5 Bytedance 919 Elo±40
  32. 32 Sample image by Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve Image (Halfmoon) Reve 903 Elo±44
  33. 33 Sample image by OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI DALL-E 3 OpenAI 892 Elo±49
  34. 34 Sample image by MiniMax Image-01 MiniMax Image-01 Minimax 867 Elo±39
  35. 35 Sample image by Ideogram V2 Ideogram V2 Ideogram 845 Elo±53
  36. 36 Sample image by Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney 834 Elo±45
  37. 37 Sample image by Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext Max Black Forest Labs 830 Elo±46
  38. 38 Sample image by Midjourney v7 Midjourney v7 Midjourney 797 Elo±57
  39. 39 Sample image by Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance Seedream 3.0 Bytedance 793 Elo±48
  40. 40 Sample image by Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba Z-Image Turbo Alibaba 786 Elo±58
  41. 41 Sample image by Krea 2 Large Krea 2 Large Krea 747 Elo±53
  42. 42 Sample image by XAI Grok 2 Image XAI Grok 2 Image XAI 481 Elo±61
Category
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Black Forest Labs
FLUX 3 Image
OpenAI
GPT Image 2
Meta
Muse Image
Alibaba
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Takumi
Takumi 1
XAI
Grok Imagine 2.0
Google
Nano Banana 2.1
OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Bytedance
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Microsoft
MAI-Image-2.6
Google
Nano Banana Pro
Reve
Reve 2.1
Google
Nano Banana 2
XAI
Grok Imagine
OpenAI
GPT Image 1.5
Google
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Ideogram
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)
Bytedance
Seedream 4.0
XAI
Grok Imagine (Quality)
Recraft
Recraft V3
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.2 Max
Google
Nano Banana (2.5 Flash)
Google
Imagen 4.0 Ultra
OpenAI
ChatGPT 4o
Black Forest Labs
Flux 2 Pro
Google
Imagen 3.0
Black Forest Labs
Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra
Recraft
Recraft V4.1
Ideogram
Ideogram 3.0 (Quality)
Bytedance
Seedream 4.5
Reve
Reve Image (Halfmoon)
OpenAI
DALL-E 3
Minimax
MiniMax Image-01
Ideogram
Ideogram V2
Midjourney
Midjourney V6.1
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.1 Kontext Max
Midjourney
Midjourney v7
Bytedance
Seedream 3.0
Alibaba
Z-Image Turbo
Krea
Krea 2 Large
XAI
Grok 2 Image
Technical Quality
(100 examples)
1 1289 Elo
±34
Refusals: 2
2 1259 Elo
±49
Refusals: 10
3 1235 Elo
±45
Refusals: 12
1234 Elo
±48
1228 Elo
±46
1220 Elo
±49
1219 Elo
±51
Refusals: 1
1199 Elo
±38
Refusals: 1
1171 Elo
±49
Refusals: 4
1119 Elo
±44
Refusals: 13
1102 Elo
±41
Refusals: 15
1094 Elo
±40
1082 Elo
±40
1080 Elo
±36
1070 Elo
±44
1034 Elo
±47
Refusals: 11
1028 Elo
±38
Refusals: 1
1022 Elo
±42
1009 Elo
±39
1000 Elo
±45
Refusals: 2
988 Elo
±42
987 Elo
±46
Refusals: 10
984 Elo
±37
976 Elo
±40
964 Elo
±49
Refusals: 11
960 Elo
±49
Refusals: 1
952 Elo
±43
Refusals: 3
949 Elo
±37
Refusals: 1
925 Elo
±46
924 Elo
±34
919 Elo
±40
903 Elo
±44
892 Elo
±49
867 Elo
±38
845 Elo
±53
834 Elo
±45
Refusals: 2
830 Elo
±46
Refusals: 6
797 Elo
±57
Refusals: 2
793 Elo
±48
786 Elo
±58
747 Elo
±53
481 Elo
±61
Refusals: 1
Anime & Cartoon Style
Best for Anime & Cartoon Style →
(10 examples)
1268
Refusals: 1
1174
Refusals: 2
2 1280
Refusals: 3
1248
1244
1141
1194
1 1359
Refusals: 1
990
Refusals: 3
3 1272
Refusals: 3
1211
Refusals: 4
971
1092
1152
1096
1041
Refusals: 2
1124
Refusals: 1
1004
1120
908
Refusals: 1
793
989
Refusals: 3
1082
955
878
Refusals: 2
1010
877
926
883
926
989
974
1065
936
680
875
912
675
881
782
590
433
Architecture & Interiors
Best for Architecture & Interiors →
(10 examples)
1 1441
1353
3 1404
1209
1344
1265
1257
1310
2 1421
1257
Refusals: 1
1110
Refusals: 1
1017
1020
994
1175
1080
868
1068
1018
1153
922
1006
937
864
921
Refusals: 3
986
814
833
856
943
818
911
843
860
786
809
753
659
700
914
682
422
Complex Scenes
Best for Complex Scenes →
(10 examples)
2 1367
1256
1 1445
3 1343
1308
1278
1318
1240
1234
1207
Refusals: 1
1116
Refusals: 1
1100
1157
1086
1018
1008
Refusals: 1
906
1162
1048
937
820
963
960
914
993
Refusals: 1
930
Refusals: 1
954
Refusals: 2
990
Refusals: 1
865
894
1059
750
758
769
782
744
894
Refusals: 1
692
860
877
750
250
Refusals: 1
Ghibli style
Best for Ghibli style →
(10 examples)
1313
Refusals: 1
1274
Refusals: 5
1145
Refusals: 9
2 1351
1231
3 1331
1077
1196
1189
Refusals: 1
1308
Refusals: 3
1 1386
Refusals: 9
1083
938
1028
1077
960
Refusals: 7
1228
964
990
951
822
1037
Refusals: 5
979
1067
554
Refusals: 3
1000
934
1097
841
853
938
1063
945
1017
517
861
Refusals: 2
859
Refusals: 2
815
Refusals: 2
883
843
573
482
Graphic Design
Best for Graphic Design →
(10 examples)
3 1211
1182
1157
1132
1137
1 1315
1203
1181
2 1238
1058
1077
1136
1186
1069
1048
878
1086
1073
957
984
1011
1013
1032
1061
1131
909
994
953
997
1000
930
944
974
852
897
916
692
762
796
522
841
467
Hands & Anatomy
Best for Hands & Anatomy →
(10 examples)
1257
1 1303
1140
1240
2 1264
1196
1177
3 1263
1111
943
1054
1148
973
1101
1031
1147
Refusals: 1
1045
1049
946
999
995
1068
988
1035
992
926
998
832
1051
919
888
970
754
807
1055
798
892
969
707
718
707
545
Photorealistic People & Portraits
Best for Photorealistic People & Portraits →
(10 examples)
1216
3 1348
1230
1 1371
1118
1108
2 1362
1180
1031
1039
977
1214
1096
1086
1116
1083
940
1029
1035
962
1141
927
1062
958
1002
Refusals: 1
882
1104
Refusals: 1
857
879
892
906
854
715
757
1013
892
806
980
738
860
698
536
Surreal & Creative Prompts
Best for Surreal & Creative Prompts →
(10 examples)
1 1439
1293
1187
1185
2 1339
1217
1198
1162
1262
3 1315
Refusals: 2
1240
1010
1010
1084
1021
964
1146
974
1002
985
1091
959
975
937
774
1037
911
1093
848
980
858
830
1038
857
689
877
826
747
800
708
709
425
Text in Images
Best for Text in Images →
(10 examples)
1 1342
1232
3 1307
1252
1289
2 1322
1269
1035
1225
1052
Refusals: 1
1106
1158
1225
1101
1074
1052
954
905
970
978
992
935
921
1048
1111
982
955
935
892
954
908
857
878
900
942
778
735
801
616
687
841
483
Ultra Hard
Best for Ultra Hard →
(10 examples)
2 1255
1 1296
Refusals: 3
1170
1214
1189
1194
3 1251
Refusals: 1
1192
1130
1028
Refusals: 2
1126
1116
1102
1108
1102
1111
1038
999
1044
1121
Refusals: 1
1159
1021
Refusals: 2
917
918
963
Refusals: 1
971
915
980
1062
819
860
858
899
907
774
755
905
Refusals: 3
675
724
803
840
489