Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI vs Qwen Image Edit 2509 Alibaba

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Excellent preservation of the original car's geometry and details
• + Realistic integration of the car into a winding coastal road
• + High visual quality with natural lighting and shadows

• − Completely loses the identity of the man from the source image, replacing him with a different person

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Successfully preserves the identity of the man, including his distinctive hairstyle
• + Dynamic composition with a strong sense of motion
• + Good interpretation of the California coastline theme

• − Noticeable warping of the car's front grille and side proportions
• − The man is positioned oddly high and offset from the driver's seat
• − Motion blur on the wheels is slightly inconsistent with the car's body

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Excellent source preservation of the background and pose.
• + Maintains the high resolution and texture of the original Image 1.

• − Completely failed to use the character from Image 2, essentially returning the source Image 1 with minor face smoothing.
• − Failed to incorporate any clothing, hair, or facial features of the man in Image 2.

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Preserved the geometry and layout of Image 1 reasonably well.
• + Attempted a slight modification to the face shape, although still unsuccessful in capturing the character reference.

• − Completely failed to use the character from Image 2.
• − Significant degradation in image quality, introducing posterization, crushed blacks, and loss of fine hair detail.
• − The color grade is overly saturated and lacks the professional lighting of the source.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Successfully preserved the exact face and hair of the subject from Image 1.
• + Maintained high image resolution and background consistency.
• + Followed the instruction to adapt clothing to the exact pose of the source person.

• − Completely failed to use the outfit from Image 2, generating an unrelated royal costume instead.
• − The hands are poorly rendered with multiple extra fingers.

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Correctly identified and applied the specific outfit from Image 2, including the coat, scarf, glasses, and jeans.
• + Successfully adapted the pose of the subject to match the lean and leg position of the person in Image 2.

• − Significantly altered the facial features and head shape of the base person, failing the preservation requirement.
• − The skin texture on the face is muddy and loses the detail of the vitiligo/sand from Image 1.
• − Lower overall image quality with visible sharpening artifacts.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Perfectly preserves facial features and glasses position
• + Highly realistic hairline and hair texture
• + Matches the lighting and grain of the original image seamlessly

• − The hair choice is quite conservative compared to the 'thick head of hair' request

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Successfully added a very thick head of hair
• + Maintains original facial features and environment accurately

• − The hair texture looks slightly stylized or wavy in a way that feels less natural
• − The integration between the forehead and the hair feels less polished than Model A

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Excellent adherence to all prompt elements including technical profession details, hockey equipment, and many dogs.
• + High-quality rendering with readable, clever text like 'Pups & Pucks'.
• + Strong caricature style that maintains a recognizable likeness to the source subject.

• − Slightly cluttered composition with many overlapping elements.

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Preserved the blue denim jacket and the selfie-arm pose from the source image accurately.
• + Good capture of the exaggerated caricature facial features.
• + Includes the hockey and news elements in a cohesive studio/rink setting.

• − The dog element is very small and poorly integrated compared to the other requests.
• − Text in the speech bubbles and backgrounds is garbled and nonsensical.
• − The overall image quality and detail are lower than the competitor.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Excellent preservation of the source image's composition and character poses.
• + Authentic watercolor texture that perfectly captures the Studio Ghibli 'hand-painted' aesthetic.
• + Maintains the specific facial expressions from the original meme while translating them into anime style.

• − The woman's dress color is slightly less vibrant than the original red, though it fits the soft theme.

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Successful transition to a clean anime art style.
• + Adheres well to the request for soft pastel colors, especially in the pinker dress.

• − The halftone/dotted digital texture looks more like a modern manga or comic than a hand-painted Ghibli film.
• − The man's facial expression is less accurate to the original 'distracted' look compared to Model A.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

• + Excellent source preservation for the person, dog, and background.
• + The flying leaves feel more integrated with the scene's lighting and atmosphere.
• + Subtle and natural hair movement that matches the breeze direction.

Qwen Image Edit 2509

• + Highly dynamic hair motion that feels more wind-swept.
• + The dog's tail is edited to show motion, adding to the 'energetic' feel.
• + Leaves have a nice variety of shapes and colors.

• − The hair rendering is slightly more 'painted' and stylized compared to the original photorealistic texture.
• − Floating leaves are sparse and less naturally integrated into the foreground.