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Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI LongCat-Image Meituan

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

Grok Imagine Image Pro

24.5 arena score

#17 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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LongCat-Image

12.9 arena score

#61 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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the glass cube geometry with sharp, realistic edges.
  • + Very high-quality texture on the wooden table and the plant's fern leaves.
  • + Clever and relevant text on the book spine that aligns with the visual theme.
  • The plant pot is visible through the cube but with some minor perspective inconsistencies in the reflection.
  • The cube lacks a bottom pane, looking more like an enclosure than a solid cube object.

LongCat-Image

  • + Strong adherence to the lighting prompt with clear window silhouettes and soft light from the left.
  • + The sphere has a nice translucency and realistic caustic reflections on the base.
  • + Solid material representation with thick, beveled glass edges.
  • The plant is mostly to the side and slightly blurry, making it less 'behind the cube' than requested.
  • The book appears to be floating slightly or lacks a convincing contact shadow on the glass surface.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro produced a more detailed and compositionally tight image, with impressive textures on the wood and plant. LongCat-Image handled the lighting and the materiality of the glass and sphere very well, but Grok Imagine Image Pro followed the spatial arrangement of the plant 'behind the cube' more accurately. Grok's addition of thematic text on the book spine gives it a slight edge in overall quality.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent handling of wet pavement texture and reflections
  • + Very realistic skin and clothing textures for the subject
  • + Subtle and believable motion blur and depth of field
  • The bike anatomy is slightly off where the wrench meets the rear hub

LongCat-Image

  • + Stronger sense of 'light rain' visual effects
  • + More dynamic use of color with the background storefronts
  • Severe anatomical issues with the bicycle having multiple wheels or overlapping frame parts
  • Motion blur on the cars looks frozen and lacks directionality
  • Lighting on the subject feels slightly artificial compared to the environment

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro produced a much more coherent and realistic image, particularly in its rendering of the human subject and the mechanical details of the bike. LongCat-Image struggled with the bicycle's geometry, creating an impossible overlapping wheel structure, and failed to achieve the specified natural, non-stylized look. Grok Imagine Image Pro better captured the 50mm lens aesthetic and the specific 'candid' feel requested.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent execution of the engraved plate armor with legible Latin text.
  • + Superior facial detail with lifelike skin texture and realistic dirt buildup.
  • + Strong framing that emphasizes a 'close portrait' feel.
  • The sparks look a bit like static dots rather than glowing particles.

LongCat-Image

  • + Beautiful warm lighting and dynamic bokeh sparks.
  • + Good interpretation of the braided hair with colorful beads.
  • + Detailed depiction of the cloth underlayer and leather straps.
  • The 'close portrait' requirement is less satisfied compared to Model A.
  • Facial features look slightly soft and less 'battle-worn' despite the singular large scar.
  • Armor engraving is less intricate and appears flatter.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro wins by providing a significantly more detailed and intimate portrait, featuring exceptional engraving work on the armor and a more convincing 'battle-worn' appearance. While LongCat-Image excels at atmospheric lighting and spark effects, its composition is wider than requested and the character's facial textures are less lifelike.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect adherence to the requested grid layout and sections.
  • + Highly legible text for both headings and individual item descriptions.
  • + Extremely high-quality food photography that looks appetizing and consistent.
  • The placeholder text for descriptions is repeated across different items (e.g., Pizza descriptions under Appetizers).

LongCat-Image

  • + Uses vibrant color blocks as requested in the 'vibrant accents' prompt.
  • + Good variety of food dish presentations.
  • Text is nonsensical gibberish and poorly rendered.
  • Layout is cluttered and fails to follow the logical sectioning requested.
  • The grid is inconsistent and visually messy.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro produced a professional, usable design that perfectly followed the structural requirements of the prompt, featuring clean typography and beautiful food photos. LongCat-Image failed to provide legible text or a coherent layout, resulting in a cluttered design that looks like a rough sketch rather than a finished product. Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner for its functional and aesthetic superiority.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent exploded view with highly realistic food textures
  • + Dynamic motion with splashing sauce and flying embers
  • + Perfect adherence to the starburst and pricing request
  • The comma in the price is slightly large compared to the numbers

LongCat-Image

  • + Clean, vibrant graphic design for the logo
  • + Great use of embers and charcoal at the base of the frame
  • + Clear, legible text rendering
  • Failed the 'exploded' instruction as the burger is mostly assembled
  • Less realistic food textures compared to the competitor
  • The starburst graphic is a bit simplistic and cartoonish

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro successfully captured the 'exploded' burger concept with incredible photorealistic detail in the ingredients and a strong sense of motion. LongCat-Image produced a high-quality ad image, but it failed the primary core instruction of having the burger components suspended and separated in mid-air.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent text rendering with perfect spelling and realistic chalk texture.
  • + All handwritten elements requested in the prompt are present and legible.
  • + Strong adherence to the requested aesthetic of a cozy café with realistic lighting and board residue.
  • The 'Today's Specials' title is in a clean sans-serif/print hybrid rather than the 'elegant cursive' requested.

LongCat-Image

  • + Successfully captured a more stylized chalk handwriting look with variations in size.
  • + Good depth of field in the background café environment.
  • Severe spelling errors throughout the entire board (e.g., 'ToayS', 'ARLIL').
  • Failed to render the actual menu items requested, substituting them with garbled text.
  • Formatting is cluttered and inconsistent compared to the prompt's layout.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it flawlessly rendered all the complex text requested, including specific prices and menu items, with high legibility and realistic chalk textures. LongCat-Image struggled significantly with text generation, producing numerous spelling errors and failing to follow the specific menu content provided in the prompt.

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

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

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the 'horse on top' instruction
  • + High visual quality with vibrant, cinematic lighting and colors
  • + Good anatomical rendering of the horse and suit details

LongCat-Image

  • + Sharp rendering of technical equipment and planetary surfaces
  • Completely failed the negative constraint to have the horse on top
  • Anatomical errors including the horse having five visible legs
  • Cluttered composition with nonsensical aircraft in space

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro successfully interpreted the surreal prompt, placing the horse on top of the astronaut as requested. In contrast, LongCat-Image ignored the primary spatial instruction, providing a standard astronaut-on-horse image with significant anatomical errors such as extra 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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent photorealism and depth of field in the city background.
  • + The text on the cap is highly coherent, reading 'NYC TLC Medallion'.
  • + Perfectly captures the passenger's bored, indifferent expression as requested.
  • The capybara's hands look more like animal paws but the grip on the steering wheel is slightly awkward.

LongCat-Image

  • + Dynamic side-profile angle that shows the taxi exterior and lit roof sign.
  • + Good texture on the capybara fur and jacket fabric.
  • + Successfully includes multiple passengers which adds to the busy city feel.
  • The capybara is not looking at the road, creating a less professional impression than requested.
  • The lighting on the passengers looks somewhat flat and digitally inserted compared to the driver.
  • Garbled text on the taxi roof sign.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro produced a much more convincing and coherent image, with superior text rendering on the hat and a lighting scheme that feels unified across the interior and exterior. While LongCat-Image offered a creative perspective from outside the window, the lack of focus on the road by the driver and the graphical artifacts in the text made it less effective than Grok Imagine Image Pro.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent text rendering with perfect accuracy for all requested fields.
  • + Beautiful composition that integrates the background scene into the parchment.
  • + Polished, cinematic lighting that creates a professional graphic design feel.
  • The 'webs and thorns' border is a bit repetitive in pattern.

LongCat-Image

  • + Strong 'vintage' feel on the parchment texture.
  • + Interesting thorn border design that breaks the frame.
  • Significant text errors and gibberish in the event details section.
  • The layout is cluttered with the pumpkin scene appearing as a cutout rather than part of the poster.
  • Missed the specific location 'The Arches', rendering it as 'The Armiees'.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it flawlessly rendered all requested text, including the specific date and location. LongCat-Image struggled with the typography and layout, resulting in text hallucinations and a less cohesive visual design.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent typography with clean drop shadows and correct flag placement
  • + High detail in the sushi models, including realistic rice grain texture and fish translucency
  • + Strong adherence to the diorama base and minimal garnish prompt requirements
  • The perspective is slightly lower than a true 45-degree top-down view

LongCat-Image

  • + Successfully captures the 3D toy/cartoon aesthetic with plastic-like textures
  • + Accurate 45-degree isometric camera angle
  • + Clean text rendering with a stylized flag icon
  • Texture on the fish looks a bit like painted plastic rather than the requested refined PBR materials
  • Slightly less variety in the sushi types compared to the other model

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro provided a much more polished and detailed image with superior material textures that truly felt like a high-end 3D render. While LongCat-Image captured the isometric perspective and cartoon style well, it lacked the refinement and variety found in the sushi pieces of its competitor. Grok's text placement and overall composition felt more like a finished graphic design product.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Strictly follows the prompt by including all four requested animal types without anatomical errors.
  • + Dynamic and expert composition that shows the animals interacting and playing.
  • + Excellent rendering of 'god rays' and dew sparkles on the flowers.
  • Included two kittens instead of one, though this adds to the scene.
  • Micro-details on the butterfly wings are slightly repetitive.

LongCat-Image

  • + Very cute, expressive eyes that align with the requested 'wholesome' vibe.
  • + Soft, warm lighting that emphasizes the golden sunrise theme.
  • Significant anatomical failure resulting in a 'bunny-cat' hybrid with two sets of ears.
  • Failed to include a distinct fourth animal (missing the separate baby bunny).
  • Visible artifacts in the 'dew drops' which look like floating gelatinous blobs.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it successfully rendered all four distinct animals in a coherent, playful scene. LongCat-Image suffered from a major anatomical hallucination, merging the kitten and bunny into a single creature with four ears, and failed the prompt's count requirement. Grok Imagine Image Pro also better captured the atmospheric effects like dew and god rays requested in the prompt.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent typography with correct spelling and accents.
  • + Clean, minimalist vector design that functions perfectly as a logo.
  • + Professional layout with balanced elements and a clear emblem structure.
  • The 'subtle texture' on the background is very faint, appearing almost flat.

LongCat-Image

  • + Great use of vintage texture and hand-drawn line art style.
  • + Creative integration of the cloche and banner elements.
  • + Dynamic composition with sunburst effects.
  • Major text errors, including a doubled 'Caffé' and merged lettering at the top.
  • Layout is overly cluttered and lacks the requested minimalism.
  • The cloche dome is visually obscured by the excessive typography.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro produced a high-quality, professional logo that perfectly followed the prompt's request for a minimalist vector emblem. In contrast, while LongCat-Image had great textures and a charming vintage feel, it failed significantly on text accuracy and clarity, creating a cluttered composition that would not work well as a functional logo.

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.”

Grok Imagine Image Pro
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the requested 6-step mission timeline.
  • + Professional, legible typography and clean vector iconography.
  • + Accurate NASA-inspired color palette and balanced layout.
  • The landing site map on the right is a bit small compared to other elements.
  • Minimal use of the light gray requested for the background.

LongCat-Image

  • + Successfully captures a flat-vector aesthetic.
  • + Uses a bold, stylized NASA-inspired color scheme.
  • Fails to include all 6 requested steps, showing only a few jumbled icons.
  • Text is mostly gibberish or nonsensical character strings.
  • The rocket icon looks more like a modern Space Shuttle than a Saturn V.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro followed the complex prompt precisely, delivering a logically sequenced, readable, and aesthetically pleasing infographic with all 6 steps. LongCat-Image failed significantly on prompt adherence, providing gibberish text and only a partial representation of the requested mission timeline.

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