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Nano Banana Pro Google Qwen Image Alibaba

Settled by community votes across 13 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

Nano Banana Pro

28.2 arena score

#2 of 62 in Text-to-Image

Best Image Editing right now Top 2 in Text-to-Image
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Qwen Image

21.2 arena score

#36 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Shared challenges 13

Challenge by challenge

The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.

Geometric Composition

Text-to-Image

“A glass cube on a wooden table. Inside the cube is a small blue sphere. On top of the cube sits a red book. A green plant is behind the cube, partially visible through the glass. Soft window light from the left.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent photographic realism with natural textures and lighting
  • + Accurately places the plant behind the glass with realistic refraction
  • + High level of detail in the book texture and wood grain
  • The glass box looks more like a small aquarium than a solid cube

Qwen Image

  • + Aesthetically clean and minimalist composition
  • + Perfectly followed the spatial arrangement of all components
  • + Vibrant colors and clear object definitions
  • The cube has a reflective mirror base that was not requested
  • The lighting on the table surface lacks the detailed shadow work found in the other image
  • The plant is less visible 'through' the glass due to reflection

Verdict: Both models followed the prompt instructions perfectly regarding object placement. Nano Banana Pro stands out for its superior photographic realism and the way it handled the light passing through the glass to illuminate the plant, whereas Qwen Image produced a cleaner, more digital-looking image with an unprompted mirrored floor inside the cube.

Candid Street Photography

Text-to-Image

“A candid street photo of an elderly Japanese man repairing a red bicycle in light rain, reflections on wet pavement, shallow depth of field, 50mm lens, natural skin texture, imperfect framing, motion blur from passing cars, cinematic but realistic, no stylization.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Exceptional photographic realism with authentic-looking film grain and 50mm lens compression.
  • + Excellent adherence to the 'imperfect framing' prompt with the pole on the right and cut-off bicycle.
  • + Highly realistic skin textures and wet weather effects like raindrops on the jacket.
  • The motion blur on the passing cars is subtle, bordering on static.

Qwen Image

  • + Stronger sense of motion blur in the background car compared to the other model.
  • + Good adherence to the color cues for the red bicycle.
  • + Clear reflection on the wet pavement.
  • Obvious anatomical issues with the man's hands merging into the bicycle seat.
  • The overall image quality has a plastic, AI-generated sheen that lacks the requested 'no stylization' realism.
  • The bicycle kickstand and pedals are geometrically nonsensical.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro significantly outperforms Qwen Image by delivering a truly cinematic and realistic photograph that looks like it was shot on film. While Qwen Image captures the basic elements of the prompt, it suffers from severe anatomical distortions in the hands and a generic AI aesthetic. Nano Banana Pro successfully captures the 'imperfect framing' and 'natural skin texture' requested, making it the clear winner.

Fantasy Warrior

Text-to-Image

“Close portrait of a battle-worn paladin in ornate engraved plate armor, hair braided with small beads, faint scars and dirt on the skin, warm torchlight reflecting off metal, shallow depth of field, bokeh sparks, lifelike eyes, highly detailed texture on leather straps and cloth underlayer.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent photorealistic skin texture with subtle scarring and dirt.
  • + Ornate engraving on the armor is intricate and realistic with beautiful lighting reflections.
  • + Highly accurate interpretation of the 'small beads' in the hair braids.
  • The torch in the foreground is slightly out of focus in a way that feels a bit distracting.

Qwen Image

  • + Strong composition with a clear, heroic facial expression.
  • + Captures the chainmail and cloth underlayers with high clarity.
  • + Good use of bokeh and sparks to create atmosphere.
  • The beads in the hair are primary-colored and look somewhat plastic and modern.
  • The scarring and blood look a bit like digital paint rather than integrated textures.
  • The sparks are rendered as distinct star-shapes which feels less natural.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro produces a much more realistic and gritty portrait, with skin textures and lighting that feel truly battle-worn. While Qwen Image captures the layout and armor details well, the beads in the hair look out of place and the facial details lack the lifelike depth found in Nano Banana Pro.

Modern Clean Menu

Text-to-Image

“Modern minimalist restaurant menu design, white background with colorful food photos in grid, sections for appetizers/pizza/mains, bold sans-serif fonts, vibrant accents, clean professional layout for casual dining.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the logical structure of a menu with clear headings and pricing.
  • + High legibility of main category titles and food item names.
  • + Professional layout that balances text and imagery effectively while following a grid.
  • Presence of slight gibberish in the smaller descriptive body text.
  • One image labeled 'Chicken Pizza' appears to be a pasta dish.

Qwen Image

  • + Strong use of vibrant, pop-art style colors that fit the modern minimalist aesthetic.
  • + Artistic approach to the 3x4 grid layout for a visual-first menu.
  • Text rendering is poor with significant spelling errors and structural artifacts.
  • Failed to separate Appetizers, Pizza, and Mains into logical, distinct sections as requested.
  • The alignment of text elements in the right column is inconsistent.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro produced a vastly superior result that functions as an actual menu design, with clear headers for Appetizers, Pizza, and Mains and logical item pricing. Qwen Image followed the grid requirement more literally but failed on text legibility and structural logic, resulting in a design that feels messy and non-functional.

Magic Burger Explosion: Fiery Photorealism Challenge

Text-to-Image

“Ad for 'Magic Burger'. Dynamic, exploded burger with all components (bun, patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sauce) suspended in mid-air. Emphasize photorealistic detail and a sense of motion. Dark, fiery background with glowing embers. Integrate text: 'MAGIC BURGER' as a prominent title, 'LIMITED TIME ONLY' as a secondary message, and '€6.99' in a starburst, all rendered with a fiery, glowing effect.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent photorealistic texture on the meat and buns
  • + Perfectly followed the 'exploded burger' layout requested
  • + Consistent fiery glowing effect across all text and the starburst
  • The 'LIMITED TIME ONLY' text is slightly thinner and harder to read against the dark background

Qwen Image

  • + Dynamic background with clear fire and ember elements
  • + Strong, vibrant lighting and color palette
  • Failed the 'exploded burger' layout by showing a mostly intact burger
  • Missing the glowing fiery effect on the price starburst and secondary text
  • The burger bun and ingredients look slightly more illustrative compared to the requested realism

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro successfully captured the 'exploded burger' aesthetic, displaying all ingredients suspended individually in air as requested, whereas Qwen Image rendered a mostly assembled burger. Nano Banana Pro also better adhered to the styling of the text, applying the fiery glow to all elements including the starburst, resulting in a more professional and accurate advertisement.

Chalkboard Menu

Text-to-Image

“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board. Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’. Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’. At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’. Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent text rendering with no spelling errors.
  • + The chalkboard and chalk smudges look highly realistic.
  • + The handwriting looks authentic and consistently styled across the board.
  • The text is a bit too uniform, leaning slightly toward a digital font appearance despite the chalk texture.
  • Failed to use 'elegant cursive' for the title as requested.

Qwen Image

  • + Features more varied and expressive handwriting that feels human-drawn.
  • + Successfully followed the intent of having a separate style for the title.
  • Significant error in the date, rendering it as the year '20026'.
  • The chalk texture looks more like a digital brush stroke than real chalk powder.
  • Minor spelling error with 'Risoto' missing a 't'.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro produced a much more professional and error-free image with perfect spelling and a highly realistic setting. Qwen Image captured the character of handwriting better but failed significantly on the specific text requirements, including a glaring error in the year and a spelling mistake in the menu items.

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

“Horse riding astronaut in space — horse on top, not vice versa. Surreal, highly detailed, cinematic.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Perfectly follows the specific instruction of 'horse on top'
  • + Creative interpretation with a cosmic cape and floating debris
  • + High visual quality with detailed textures on the spacesuit and horse
  • The horse’s rear hoof is merging strangely with the astronaut’s shoulder

Qwen Image

  • + Clean, high-resolution rendering of the astronaut and saddle
  • + Good lighting and atmospheric perspective over the planet
  • Completely failed the negative constraint/instruction 'horse on top'
  • Anatomical issues with the horse's legs
  • Traditional interpretation lacks the surrealism requested

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro successfully followed the complex spatial instruction to place the horse on top of the astronaut, resulting in a truly surreal and cinematic image. Qwen Image ignored the specific positioning requirement and produced a standard 'astronaut riding a horse' image with several anatomical glitches in the horse's legs.

The Capybara Taxi Driver

Text-to-Image

“Photorealistic scene inside a yellow New York taxi at night. A capybara is driving, wearing a yellow taxi driver cap and a dark jacket. It has a calm, professional expression and both front paws on the steering wheel. In the back seat sits a human businesswoman in a coat, looking at her phone with a completely normal, bored expression (as if this is just another normal ride). Through the windows you can see the streets of Manhattan at night with blurred lights. Realistic taxi interior, photorealistic, detailed fur and fabric, 35mm lens, night lighting with reflections, shallow depth of field.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent photorealism with gritty, cinematic lighting and textures.
  • + Perfect capture of the bored expression on the businesswoman in the back seat.
  • + Authentic New York taxi interior details like the meter and grimy dashboard.
  • The steering wheel and capybara paws are slightly blurred and physically awkward.
  • The capybara's hat is a bit shapeless compared to a standard uniform cap.

Qwen Image

  • + Very clean composition and sharp rendering of the capybara's fur.
  • + Clearer view of the taxi driver uniform and cap with badge details.
  • + Stronger adherence to the prompt regarding both paws clearly on the steering wheel.
  • The hands/paws are anthropomorphized with long, monkey-like fingers which looks uncanny.
  • The taxi sign on top of the car says 'YOXI' instead of 'TAXI'.
  • The overall image feels a bit too clean and digital, losing the 'New York at night' atmosphere.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro is the winner because it achieves a genuine cinematic photorealism that captures the specific mood of a New York taxi at night. While Qwen Image followed details like the capybara's paws more literally, it resulted in uncanny, primate-like hands and a sterile lighting environment, whereas Nano Banana Pro created a much more believable and humorous scene.

The Halloween Invitation

Text-to-Image

“Vintage gothic Halloween party invitation. Dark parchment poster, spooky border with webs and thorns, central glowing jack-o-lantern, bats, twisted trees, moody night sky. Add elegant gothic title text saying "Halloween Party Invitation", a small scroll banner saying "You are invited to a night of frights", and event details at the bottom: Date: 30.10.2026 Time: 7pm Location: The Arches, NYC Spooky but polished, cinematic lighting, square format.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Perfect text rendering for all titles and event details.
  • + Excellent composition with a central illustration balanced by intricate gothic borders and webs.
  • + Sophisticated lighting effects with an inner glow on the text and pumpkin.
  • The spiderwebs in the bottom corners appear slightly repetitive.

Qwen Image

  • + Good use of negative space in the night sky to make the jack-o-lantern pop.
  • + Atmospheric twisted trees that frame the central subject well.
  • Severe spelling errors in the main title text like 'Halle Party Invitation'.
  • Small scroll banner text is disjointed and partially placed above the scroll.
  • Lower event details use a generic sans-serif font that clashes with the gothic theme.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro is the clear winner as it successfully rendered all requested text accurately and with high stylistic polish. In contrast, Qwen Image failed significantly on text legibility, producing typos in the main title and using an unfitting modern font for the event details.

Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes

Text-to-Image

“Create a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of Japan's signature dish: sushi, with soft refined textures, realistic PBR materials, gentle lighting, on a small raised diorama base with minimal garnish and plate. Solid light blue background. At top-center: 'JAPAN' in large bold text, 'SUSHI' below it, small flag icon. Perfectly centered, ultra-clean, high-clarity, square format.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the 'refined textures' and 'PBR materials' instruction with high material fidelity
  • + Perfect text rendering and layout including the requested flag icon at the top
  • + Very detailed sushi variety and realistic dioroma base with moss and cherry blossoms
  • The perspective is slightly more focused on the plate than the overall isometric diorama context

Qwen Image

  • + Strong 'cartoon' aesthetic with bold, simplified shapes
  • + Clean isometric composition on a square diorama base
  • + Accurate text placement and content
  • The flag icon beside the text is incomplete or slightly malformed
  • Texture quality is more 'plastic' than the 'refined PBR' requested
  • Lower level of detail in the food items compared to the competitor

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro significantly outperformed Qwen Image on material quality and detail. While Qwen Image followed the layout instructions well, Nano Banana Pro delivered sophisticated PBR textures and perfect typography that matched the professional '3D miniature' prompt much more effectively.

Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow

Text-to-Image

“Hyper-photorealistic scene of fluffy baby animals—a golden retriever puppy, tabby kitten, baby bunny, and red fox kit—with big expressive eyes and ultra-detailed soft fur, playfully chasing butterflies and tumbling together in a lush wildflower meadow, warm golden sunrise light with god rays and dew sparkles, joyful wholesome vibe, 8K masterpiece.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent fur texture and individual strand detail
  • + Dynamic and joyful expressions with open mouths
  • + Includes all requested animals with clear, distinct features
  • The environment looks slightly more stylized/illustrative than 'hyper-photorealistic'
  • Proportions of the kitten are a bit small compared to the puppy

Qwen Image

  • + Captures a very soft, cinematic sunrise lighting with convincing god rays
  • + High levels of 'dew sparkles' and bokeh in the foreground
  • + Better sense of depth with blurred background elements
  • The fox kit's paws are poorly rendered and look like dark blobs
  • The puppy has a very somber expression which contradicts the 'joyful' prompt
  • Anatomical issues with the rabbit's ears and kittens front paw

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro successfully captured the 'joyful' and 'tumbling' energy of the prompt with much better anatomical accuracy and expressive faces. While Qwen Image nailed the lighting and atmosphere of a golden sunrise, it struggled with structural details like paws and created a static, almost sad-looking puppy that missed the intended vibe.

Vintage Cafe Logo

Text-to-Image

“Vintage minimalist restaurant logo for "Caffè Florian", retro cloche dome with steam and "Est. 1720" banner, classic typography, warm brown and cream tones, subtle texture on light background, vector emblem style.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent typography with perfect spelling and grave accent.
  • + Sophisticated woodcut-style illustration of the cloche and steam.
  • + Elegant composition with a professional vintage emblem feel.
  • The 'Est. 1720' text is slightly off-center within the banner.

Qwen Image

  • + Successfully captures a flat, minimalist vector aesthetic.
  • + Good use of the requested warm brown and cream color palette.
  • + Includes all requested elements like the cloche, steam, and banner.
  • Significant text rendering issues with overlapping and garbled letters in 'Florian'.
  • The steam design is very basic compared to the rest of the logo.
  • Typography lacks the 'classic' elegance requested in the prompt.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro significantly outperformed Qwen Image by delivering perfect spelling and a highly professional, cohesive logo design. While Qwen Image followed the layout instructions, the severe text overlapping and 'hallucinated' characters in the brand name make it unusable, whereas Nano Banana Pro produced a retail-ready vintage emblem.

Apollo 11: Journey to Tranquility

Text-to-Image

“Create a clean, modern vector infographic poster about the Apollo 11 mission. NASA-inspired palette (navy, white, muted red, light gray). Flat-vector style, crisp lines, consistent iconography, subtle gradients only. Steps (stop at landing): 1. Launch (Saturn Vicon) 2. Earth Orbit (Earth + orbit ring icon) 3. Translunar (trajectory arc icon) 4. Lunar Orbit (Moon + orbit ring icon) 5. Descent (lunar module descending icon) 6. Landing (lunar module on the surface icon) Small supporting elements (minimal text): • Crew strip: three silhouette icons with only last names: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins. • Landing site marker: Moon pin labeled "Tranquility" only. Layout constraints: generous margins, large readable labels, clean background with subtle stars. Vector-only, print-poster look, high resolution.”

Nano Banana Pro
Qwen Image

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

  • + Excellent typography and nearly flawless spelling across all text elements.
  • + Strict adherence to the 6-step infographic process with logical flow and icons.
  • + Professional vector aesthetic with consistent line weights and a sophisticated color palette.
  • The transition from step 4 to 5 has a slightly awkward path line crossing over itself.

Qwen Image

  • + Successfully captures the requested NASA-inspired color palette.
  • + Includes an icon of the moon's surface for the landing portion.
  • Poor text rendering with numerous spelling errors and gibberish characters.
  • Completely fails to follow the 6-step structure, combining steps into confusing labels like 'Sarth Orbit Wicon'.
  • Visual elements are clunky and lack the 'clean, modern' vector quality requested.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro produced a high-quality, professional infographic that perfectly followed the complex instructions, maintaining logical flow and excellent text clarity. Qwen Image failed significantly on text rendering and structural logic, misinterpreting the specific 6-step sequence and producing distorted icons.

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