HiDream E1 HiDream AI Wan 2.7 Pro Alibaba

Settled by community votes across 4 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

HiDream E1

0.7 arena score

#33 of 32 in Image Editing

Skill signature · Image Editing

Wan 2.7 Pro

20.7 arena score

#38 of 62 in Text-to-Image

Vote tally

Where the votes landed

HiDream E1

win rate

Ties

Wan 2.7 Pro

win rate

Shared challenges 4

Challenge by challenge

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

Bald man challenge

Image Editing

Edit instruction

“Give the person a full, thick head of natural hair with realistic texture, density, and a natural hairline. Preserve facial features and lighting.”

HiDream E1

Wan 2.7 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

HiDream E1

+ Fulfilled the request for a voluminous, thick head of hair.

− Severely degraded the background, changing the entire environment.
− The hair texture looks artificial and painterly compared to the source.
− Significantly altered skin texture and facial lighting, failing the source preservation requirement.

Wan 2.7 Pro

+ Perfect preservation of the original facial features, skin texture, and lighting.
+ The added hair looks highly realistic and matches the existing beard texture.
+ Maintained the integrity of the original background and clothing without artifacts.

− The hair is somewhat thin at the temples given the request for 'thick' hair.

Verdict: Wan 2.7 Pro is the clear winner as it successfully integrated realistic hair while keeping every other part of the original image identical. HiDream E1 failed as an editing model, regenerating the entire scene in a different style, altering the background environment, and creating hair that looks like a digital painting rather than a photograph.

Over-the-top cartoon caricature

Editing

Edit instruction

“Create a caricature of me and my job. Make it exaggerated and humorous, incorporating my profession as a tv show anchor and my love for dogs and hockey.”

Source

HiDream E1

Wan 2.7 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

HiDream E1

+ Expertly captures the caricature art style with highly exaggerated features.
+ Creatively integrates the hockey theme into the background setting.
+ The dog is rendered with high detail and a fun expression.

− The character's hands are mangled and poorly rendered.
− Loss of hair color and texture similarity to the source image.

Wan 2.7 Pro

+ Excellent preservation of the subject's hair color and facial likeness while stylizing into a caricature.
+ Cleverly merges a hockey stick with a vintage microphone to represent the dual interests.
+ Incorporates text and multiple dogs to fulfill all parts of the prompt.

− The layout is a bit cluttered with the speech bubbles and multiple background elements.
− The drawing style is more of a comic book illustration than a classic exaggerated caricature.

Verdict: Wan 2.7 Pro is the clear winner for its superior ability to maintain the subject's likeness and hair color while innovatively combining the prompt's themes, such as the hockey stick microphone. While HiDream E1 achieves a more 'classic' caricature look with exaggerated features, it suffers from significant anatomical errors in the hands and fails to preserve the subject's original physical characteristics.

Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Editing

Edit instruction

“Transform this photo into a Studio Ghibli–inspired illustration. Use soft pastel colors, hand-painted textures, gentle lighting, dreamy backgrounds, and a warm, nostalgic mood”

Source

HiDream E1

Wan 2.7 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

HiDream E1

+ Strongly evokes a modern anime / Ghibli-lite digital art style
+ Applies soft pastel colors consistently across the frame
+ Maintains clear character recognition through simple line work

− Changes significant clothing details such as the man's plaid shirt to solid pink
− The composition feels a bit more generic and less grounded in the original photo's lighting
− Simplifies the faces too much, losing the specific 'distracted' and 'offended' expressions

Wan 2.7 Pro

+ Excellent preservation of the source image's composition and clothing patterns
+ Successfully captures the 'hand-painted' watercolor texture requested
+ Retains the precise facial expressions that make the original meme iconic

− The colors are slightly more desaturated than typical vivid Ghibli backgrounds
− The background is less 'dreamy' and more literal to the original scene

Verdict: Wan 2.7 Pro is the superior choice because it manages to transform the image into a beautiful watercolor illustration while perfectly preserving the details of the original photo, such as the man's plaid shirt and the characters' expressions. HiDream E1 creates a generic anime look but fails to preserve the specific visual elements and the intensity of the expressions that define the source image.

Golden Hour Stroll

Image Editing

Edit instruction

“Add dynamic motion to this photo: make hair blow in the wind, add leaves flying, energetic and lively feel.”

HiDream E1

Wan 2.7 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

HiDream E1

+ Successfully added large, stylized falling leaves
+ Effectively modified the hair to flow prominently in one direction

− Severely degraded the fine textures of the dog's fur and the greenery compared to the original
− The leaves appear very artificial and lack realistic lighting/integration
− Noticeable loss of facial detail on the person

Wan 2.7 Pro

+ Excellent preservation of the original image's texture, lighting, and detail
+ Leaves are integrated realistically with appropriate size and motion blur
+ Hair flow looks natural and maintains the original hair quality

− The 'energetic' feel is quite subtle compared to the more dramatic changes in the competitor

Verdict: Wan 2.7 Pro is the clear winner as it successfully applies the requested edits while maintaining the high resolution and details of the source image. HiDream E1, while more aggressive with the hair motion, suffers from significant quality degradation, making the entire image look lower resolution and more 'AI-processed' than the original.