Summary for Seedream 4.0
Seedream 4.0 establishes itself as a highly capable, design-oriented model with a solid Overall Score of 7.66. It ranks comfortably in the upper-middle tier of the leaderboard, showing exceptional prowess in structured tasks like Architecture and Graphic Design while maintaining a 0% refusal rate, making it a very compliant tool.
🚀 Key Findings:
- Top Tier Performance: It dominates in Architecture & Interiors (8.8 average) and Graphic Design (8.6 average), showing precision in geometry and layout.
- Text Capabilities: Surprisingly strong text rendering, scoring 8.4 in Text in Images.
- The "Plastic" Trap: While generally good at photorealism, it suffers from smoothing artifacts (plastic skin) in human portraits.
- Logic Struggles: Like many models, it struggles significantly with the complex logical reversals found in the Ultra Hard category (6.2 average).
📊 Patterns, Strengths, and Weaknesses
Upon analyzing the 100 generations, Seedream 4.0 reveals a distinct personality: it is a precision engine. It excels where rules are clear (geometry, font rendering, vector art) but falters slightly where organic chaos or complex logic is required.
🎯 Major Strengths
- Structural Integrity: The model has an incredible grasp of perspective and material rendering. The Glass Skybridge and Snail City both received perfect 10/10 scores, showcasing its ability to handle complex refractions, lighting, and rigid structures flawlessly.
- Commercial Viability: With high scores in Graphic Design (8.6) and Text (8.4), this model is production-ready. It nailed the Weather App Icon and Digital Clock, producing crisp, artifact-free assets.
- Stylization: It handles clear stylistic instructions well. The Chibi Dragon demonstrates its ability to render high-fidelity textures in a stylized context.
⚠️ Notable Weaknesses
- Semantic Logic Failures: In the Ultra Hard category, the model struggled to separate complex concepts. For the Astronaut Horse prompt, it completely failed the logical reversal (an astronaut being ridden by a horse), scoring a low 3/10.
- Anatomical Smoothing: In Photorealistic People & Portraits, while the scores were decent (7.2 avg), evaluators frequently penalized the model for "plastic skin" or "airbrushed" textures, as seen in the Neon Man generation.
- Complex Interaction: When asked to manage multiple subjects, such as in Market Scene, performance dipped (Score: 5) due to degradation of background details and hand anatomy.
🛠️ Best Model Analysis by Use Case
Based on the performance data, here is where Seedream 4.0 should be utilized:
🏛️ Highly Recommended: Architecture & Design
This is the model's "Home Turf." If you need crisp lines, accurate lighting, or commercial assets, look no further.
- Architecture: Scored 8.8/10. Use it for interior design mockups and exterior renders. The Modernist Desert Home demonstrates accurate environmental integration.
- Graphic Design & Text: Scored 8.6/10 and 8.4/10 respectively. It is excellent for logos, icons, and social media graphics. It successfully rendered clear text in the Neon Sign and Magazine Cover.
✅ Recommended: Creative & Stylized Art
Seedream 4.0 is a strong choice for artistic styles, though it may occasionally lack the "soul" of more specialized artistic models.
- Surrealism: Scored 7.7/10. It handles creative prompts well, provided they don't break basic physics too hard. The Futuristic Mona Lisa was a standout success.
- Anime/Ghibli: Scored 7.8/10 across these categories. It effectively captures specific styles like My Neighbor Totoro, though it sometimes defaults to a generic "toy-like" 3D look rather than 2D animation styles.
⚠️ Use with Caution: Complex Logic & Hyper-Realism
- Complex Scenes: With a score of 6.8/10, the model struggles to keep large crowds or multiple distinct actions coherent. Avoid using it for prompts requiring intricate interactions between more than two subjects.
- Ultra Hard Logic: Scored 6.2/10. Do not rely on this model for prompts that require understanding complex physical interactions (like the ASL Gesture, which scored a 4 due to incorrect finger positioning).
