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Grok Imagine Image xAI LongCat-Image Meituan

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

Grok Imagine Image

23.4 arena score

#27 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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent depiction of the plant through the glass cube
  • + High photorealism in texture and natural lighting
  • + Accurate cube geometry with realistic refractions
  • The blue sphere is levitating rather than resting on the bottom
  • The sphere appears more like a marble than a simple sphere

LongCat-Image

  • + Perfect adherence to object placement with the sphere on the base
  • + Clean and vibrant colors for all requested elements
  • + Correct utilization of soft lighting from the window side
  • The 'cube' is taller than it is wide, appearing more like a rectangular prism
  • The plant behind the glass shows almost no refraction or distortion

Verdict: Both models followed the prompt accurately, but LongCat-Image is the preferred winner because it correctly placed the sphere on the base of the cube, whereas Grok Imagine Image depicted it levitating. While Grok Imagine Image had superior glass refraction and more realistic plant visibility through the cube, the structural proportions of LongCat-Image felt more natural to the scene despite the slight vertical stretch of 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.”

Grok Imagine Image
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent adherence to the 'candid' and 'imperfect framing' requirements
  • + Convincing motion blur on the background vehicle
  • + Highly realistic textures that bypass the 'AI look'
  • The subject's face is largely obscured
  • Bicycle anatomy is slightly messy in the gearing area

LongCat-Image

  • + Beautiful reflections and atmospheric lighting
  • + Clear depiction of the elderly man and his activity
  • + Higher dynamic range and vibrant colors
  • Failed the motion blur request as cars appear static
  • The bicycle has major structural anomalies including a phantom third wheel
  • Rain appears as digital streaks rather than natural droplets

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image followed the technical prompts much more accurately, successfully capturing the 'motion blur from passing cars' and the 'imperfect framing' of a true candid street photo. LongCat-Image produced a more traditionally beautiful and cinematic scene, but it failed the motion blur requirement and contains significant anatomical errors with the bicycle.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent high-frequency detail on the engraved plate armor
  • + More effective use of bokeh sparks and torchlight reflection
  • + Superior rendering of the skin texture and faint scars
  • The braiding of the hair is slightly muddled with the background strands
  • Symmetry of the armor engravings feels a bit digital

LongCat-Image

  • + Clearer representation of beads in the braids
  • + Good depiction of a worn, dirty armor look with blood spatters
  • + Stronger presentation of layered materials (chainmail, cloth, leather)
  • The scar/wound on the cheek looks a bit like a hole or stamp rather than natural skin texture
  • Visual quality is slightly lower with less realistic facial lighting

Verdict: Grok Imagine provides a more cinematic and high-fidelity close portrait with incredibly detailed engraving and realistic eye lighting. LongCat-Image does a better job of including all prompt elements, such as the multicolored beads and the variety of material layers like chainmail, but the overall image sharpness and skin rendering are not as refined as Grok.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent adherence to the three specific category sections requested
  • + Highly professional typography with clear hierarchy
  • + Clean, minimalist aesthetic that looks like a real-world design
  • Numerous duplicate entries in the text (e.g., three instances of Grilled Salmon)
  • Text contains gibberish under the headings

LongCat-Image

  • + Dynamic use of bold color blocks and vibrant accents
  • + Diverse range of food photos
  • + Creative layout that feels modern and casual
  • Failed to include the requested specific sections (Appetizers, Pizza, Mains)
  • The fonts are distorted and the text is completely illegible gibberish
  • The layout feels cluttered rather than minimalist

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image is significantly more successful because it followed the structural instructions for specific menu categories and maintained a clean, minimalist layout. While LongCat-Image has better color vibrancy, it failed to categorize the content as requested and the text rendering is poorly executed compared to the professional look of Grok's output.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent adherence to the 'exploded' concept with all ingredients clearly separated.
  • + Accurate text rendering for all requested elements with a high-quality fire effect.
  • + Dynamic composition with splashes of sauce and floating lettuce that create motion.
  • The starburst graphical element is a bit flat compared to the realism of the burger.

LongCat-Image

  • + High resolution details on the burger patty and the glowing charcoal base.
  • + Strong lighting on the metallic-styled lettering.
  • Failed the 'exploded burger' prompt as the ingredients are mostly stacked normally.
  • The secondary text is cramped and awkwardly placed inside the starburst.
  • The starburst element has a lower-quality, clip-art appearance.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image followed the prompt significantly better by successfully creating the 'exploded' view of the burger, whereas LongCat-Image presented a mostly static, stacked burger. Grok Imagine Image also handled the typography instructions more accurately, keeping the components separate and legible with the requested fiery effects.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Perfect text rendering with no spelling errors.
  • + Authentic chalk texture and smudging on the blackboard surface.
  • + Consistent handwriting style that looks genuinely human-made.
  • The 'Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies' item is slightly cut off at the end, though it follows the prompt's truncated text.

LongCat-Image

  • + Good background depth and cafe atmosphere.
  • Severe spelling hallucinations across all text lines.
  • The chalk style looks more like a digital brush than actual hand-drawn chalk.
  • Layout is cluttered and fails to follow the specific order of the prompt.

Verdict: Grok Imagine produced a near-perfect image with flawless text adherence and a highly realistic chalkboard texture. In contrast, LongCat-Image struggled significantly with text legibility, producing garbled words and failing to maintain the requested elegant handwriting style.

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

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

Grok Imagine Image
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent adherence to the 'horse on top' spatial instruction.
  • + Highly cinematic lighting with vibrant nebula colors.
  • + Anatomically coherent horse and detailed spacesuit.
  • The 'riding' aspect is a bit abstract, appearing more like a touch than a seat.

LongCat-Image

  • + Natural horse riding pose.
  • + Clearer rendering of planets and background elements.
  • Failed the negative constraint to have the horse on top of the astronaut.
  • Lower artistic quality with noticeable artifacts around the small aircraft.
  • The horse's front-right leg has an anatomical issue where the hoof is missing or distorted.

Verdict: Grok Imagine followed the complex spatial instruction to place the horse on top of the astronaut, resulting in a truly surreal and cinematic image. LongCat-Image ignored the specific positioning requested ('horse on top, not vice versa') and produced a standard interpretation with several anatomical and background artifacts.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent photorealism and cinematic lighting.
  • + Perfectly captures the 'bored' expression requested for the passenger.
  • + Clear and consistent character design with both paws on the steering wheel.
  • The passenger is seated in the front passenger seat rather than the back seat.
  • The car's layout is slightly ambiguous, looking like a wide front bench seat.

LongCat-Image

  • + Correctly places the passenger in the back seat as requested.
  • + The capybara's uniform is more detailed and professional.
  • + Captures the New York night atmosphere effectively through the side window.
  • The passenger's hand/phone area is distorted with extra fingers and fused shapes.
  • The capybara's paw looks more like a small primate hand than a webbed capybara foot.
  • Included two women in the back instead of one.

Verdict: Both models captured the surreal humor of the prompt well, but Grok Imagine takes the lead due to significantly higher visual quality and realistic textures. While LongCat-Image followed the spatial instruction of placing passengers in the back seat, it suffered from severe anatomical distortions in the hands and included extra characters not requested in the prompt.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent typography with perfect spelling in all requested text fields.
  • + Superb atmospheric lighting and professional layout.
  • + The thorn and spiderweb border is intricately detailed and surrounds the piece well.
  • The parchment texture is a bit repetitive in the corners.

LongCat-Image

  • + Strong gothic font choice for the main heading.
  • + Good use of color contrast between the parchment and the night sky window.
  • Significant text errors in the bottom section including 'The Armiees' and 'Time: 7mm'.
  • The scroll banner text is slightly uneven.
  • The composition feels a bit fragmented with the 'window' effect rather than a cohesive poster.

Verdict: Grok Imagine produced a superior invitation that followed all text instructions with 100% accuracy and professional design. LongCat-Image struggled with the specific event details at the bottom, introducing spelling errors and awkward formatting.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent 3D miniature styling with realistic wood and food textures.
  • + Perfect font rendering and placement for the requested text.
  • + High clarity and beautiful lighting that adheres to the 'soft refined textures' prompt.
  • The flag icon is slightly generic but still accurate.

LongCat-Image

  • + Successfully includes the requested plate and leafy garnish on the diorama.
  • + Good 3D cartoon style with nice clay-like textures.
  • + Centered composition and accurate text rendering.
  • The text 'SUSHI' is slightly misaligned with the flag icon.
  • The fish textures look a bit more plastic and less realistic than model_a.

Verdict: Both models followed the prompt exceptionally well, but Grok Imagine takes the lead due to superior lighting and material rendering that feels more like a high-end 3D render. LongCat-Image's addition of the plate and ginger was a nice detail, but the overall crispness and professional layout of the text and graphics in Grok Imagine make it more visually appealing.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Successfully included all four requested animals: puppy, kitten, bunny, and fox.
  • + Features dynamic movement that aligns well with the 'tumbling' and 'chasing' prompt.
  • + Strong atmosphere with beautiful, vibrant golden lighting and bokeh effect.
  • The fur texture is a bit oily/swirly, leaning more toward digital art than 'hyper-photorealistic'.
  • Missed the butterfly element explicitly mentioned in the prompt.

LongCat-Image

  • + Excellent fur texture and photographic realism on the puppy and fox.
  • + Includes the specific 'butterflies' element mentioned in the prompt.
  • + High clarity and sharp focus in the center of the image.
  • Failed to render a distinct bunny and kitten; instead, it created a 'cat-bunny' hybrid with elongated ears.
  • The composition feels slightly static compared to the requested 'tumbling' and 'chasing' action.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image followed the complex prompt more accurately by including all four distinct animal types in a dynamic, playful pose, though its style is more painterly. LongCat-Image achieved higher individual realism for the puppy and fox but failed significantly on anatomy by merging the kitten and bunny into a single hybrid creature. Grok Imagine Image is preferred for overall prompt adherence and capturing the requested energy of the scene.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Excellent typography with correct French accents and spelling.
  • + Clean vector emblem style that looks professional and modern-retro.
  • + Accurate fulfillment of the banner and cloche ensemble.
  • Redundant 'Est. 1720' text appearing twice.
  • The handle on the right of the cloche is slightly ambiguous in form.

LongCat-Image

  • + Strong vintage woodcut/hand-drawn texture.
  • + Dynamic composition with radiating rays.
  • Repetitive and cluttered text with 'Caffè' appearing twice.
  • The typography is messy and lacks the 'minimalist' quality requested.
  • Background texture is a bit distracting with dark flecks that look like dirt.

Verdict: Grok Imagine produced a far superior logo that adheres to the minimalist vector style requested, featuring professional-grade typography and a clean layout. LongCat-Image's output is cluttered, suffers from text repetition, and has a much noisier aesthetic that misses the 'minimalist' requirement.

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
LongCat-Image

AI Judge Analysis

Grok Imagine Image

  • + Successfully included all six requested steps in a logical sequence.
  • + Text rendering is reasonably legible, including names like 'Armstrong' and 'Aldrin'.
  • + Adhered well to the flat-vector style with consistent iconography for the Earth and Lunar Module.
  • Step 3 contains nonsensical garbled text under the icons.
  • The Moon in Step 4 incorrectly has a ring like Saturn.

LongCat-Image

  • + Follows the specified color palette accurately.
  • + Clean, professional-looking illustration of the lunar module landing on the surface.
  • Failed to provide all six requested steps, stopping after three vague sections.
  • Text rendering is largely illegible and nonsensical ('Aaco 11', 'Trauquilty').
  • Did not follow the specific iconography requests for the Saturn V or the orbit rings.

Verdict: Grok Imagine is the superior output because it successfully followed the complex, multi-step structure of the prompt, including all six distinct stages of the mission. While LongCat-Image has a nice illustrative style, it failed to fulfill the core infographic requirements and suffered from poor text generation.

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