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Generation highlights

Nano Banana 2 1281
Geometric Composition
Nano Banana Pro 1249
Man and Car in California
Seedance 2.0 1232
The Rubik's Gauntlet
Crystal Upscaler 1288
Feather Fidelity Challenge
Seedance 2.0 1242
Celebrity Arrival
Recraft V4.1 Pro SVG 1255
Cat drinking milk
Nano Banana 2 1281
Candid Street Photography
Edited result
Original image
Before After
Nano Banana Pro 1249
Bald man challenge
P-Video 1180
The Soul Gauntlet
Crystal Upscaler 1288
Freckle Fortress Challenge
Wan 2.6 1072
Celebrity Arrival
Recraft V4 SVG 1306
Capybara Construction Worker
Nano Banana 2 1281
Fantasy Warrior
Nano Banana Pro 1249
Over-the-top cartoon caricature
Seedance 2.0 1232
Neon Rain Reverie
Crystal Upscaler 1288
Tokaji Text Trials
Grok Imagine Video 1032
Celebrity Arrival
Nano Banana 2 1281
Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow
Nano Banana Pro 1249
Studio Ghibli Anime Style
Wan 2.6 1191
The Will Smith Spaghetti Challenge
Crystal Upscaler 1288
Weave Warfare
Nano Banana 2 1281
Modern Clean Menu
Edited result
Original image
Before After
Nano Banana Pro 1249
Golden Hour Stroll
Sora 2 Pro 1171
The Rubik's Gauntlet
Recraft Crisp Upscale 1179
Feather Fidelity Challenge
GPT Image 2 1289
Vintage Cafe Logo
GPT Image 1.5 1229
Pose & Character Mashup
Sora 2 Pro 1171
The Soul Gauntlet
Recraft Crisp Upscale 1179
Freckle Fortress Challenge
Price · Performance

Best models, by

Every ranked model plotted by cost against its Elo. The upper-left frontier is the best value: top quality at the lowest price.

Best Text-to-Image Models by Price

Skill leaders

Best Models by Skill

Each skill's reigning champion, grouped by what it generates. The same skill can be contested in more than one mode.

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The Showdown

How models compare to each other

Hand-picked challenges describing how models performed on real briefs, and one-to-one comparison pages pitting two models head to head across the arena.

Showdown spotlight

Man and Car in California

Combines two references (a person and a car) into one believable driving scene. It checks whether the model keeps the man’s identity and the car’s appearance while placing them convincingly on the coastline with matched lighting and perspective.

13 models ranked Leader GPT Image 1.5
#1 GPT Image 1.5
#2 Nano Banana Pro
+11more on the board

Nano Banana Pro vs GPT Image 2

Nano Banana Pro:
Winner 1,282 ELO
Google Nano Banana Pro
VS
GPT Image 2:
Runner-up 1,286 ELO
OpenAI GPT Image 2
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Blooper reel

Outtakes

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Even top models have off days. The funny, the failed and the gloriously weird, straight from the arena.

DALL-E 2 Creepy

Straight from the nightmares

Sora 2 Pro Uncanny

Looks like Sora was very reluctant to create any resemblance to Will Smith at all.

FLUX.2 [max] Weirdly magical

One hand extra is always useful

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Lately in the arena
  1. Text-to-Image GPT Image 2 overtook Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview
  2. Text-to-Image Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview overtook Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
  3. Image-to-Video Seedance 2.0 overtook model #3DhtH6
The archive

Travel back in time

See how the leaderboard looked, what the community was generating, and how every model's reign rose and fell.

Highlights from the Archive

Full history

How each lab's lineup evolved

Community

The people behind the rankings

Every score on this page comes from blind votes. Cast yours in the arena to climb the board. The top three voters each week earn Lumenfall wallet credit.

This week's reward

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  • 2nd $2
  • 3rd $1