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OmniGen v2 VectorSpaceLab Recraft V4.1 Recraft AI

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

OmniGen v2

16.9 arena score

#57 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Recraft V4.1

17.6 arena score

#53 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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OmniGen v2

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Recraft V4.1

100.0%

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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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Excellent adherence to lighting and composition instructions.
  • + The blue sphere is realistically grounded on the bottom of the cube.
  • + High clarity and vibrant colors with clean edges.
  • The glass cube lacks a top face, causing the book to appear as if it is floating slightly above the side walls.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Realistic texture on the red book cover.
  • + Sophisticated refraction and reflections within the glass cube.
  • + Nice bokeh effect on the background plant.
  • The blue sphere is inexplicably floating in the center of the cube, defying gravity.
  • The cube geometry is slightly inconsistent near the top right corner.

Verdict: OmniGen v2 followed the spatial prompt more literally, grounding the sphere and capturing the 'light from the left' accurately, though it failed to render a top surface for the cube. Recraft V4.1 produced a more photographically textured image with better glass physics (refractions), but the floating sphere makes the scene feel accidental rather than intentional.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Strong reflections on the wet pavement
  • + Clean visual quality with a high resolution look
  • + Excellent rendering of the red bicycle
  • Lacks motion blur from passing cars as requested
  • Composition feels too clean and staged for a 'candid' prompt
  • Raindrops appear as static lines rather than a natural mist or splash

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfectly captures the 'candid' street photography aesthetic
  • + Accurately depicts the 'imperfect framing' and 'motion blur' requested
  • + Realistic skin textures and natural interaction with the bike
  • The red color of the bicycle is a bit muted compared to Model A
  • The subject is hunched over, making the face less visible

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 followed the prompt's stylistic instructions much more effectively, capturing the gritty atmosphere of a candid street photo with motion blur and imperfect framing. OmniGen v2 produced a very clean, high-quality image, but it failed to include the requested motion blur and felt too staged to be considered a 'candid' shot.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Excellent warm lighting and color vibrance.
  • + Very clean, high-resolution textures on the armor engravings.
  • + Accurate interpretation of the hair beads and braids.
  • The character looks too clean and polished for a 'battle-worn' paladin.
  • The dirt on the skin looks like artificial spots or makeup rather than real grime.
  • Lacks the requested 'faint scars'.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfectly captures the 'battle-worn' aesthetic with realistic scars, grit, and sweat.
  • + Incredible detail on the leather straps and padded underlayer textures.
  • + Highly lifelike and expressive eyes that convey emotion.
  • The lighting is slightly more muted compared to the requested 'warm torchlight'.
  • The engraving on the armor is less sharp in some peripheral areas.

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner for its superior interpretation of the prompt's tone, specifically the 'battle-worn' aspect and realistic skin textures including scars. OmniGen v2 produced a beautiful image, but the character looks like a pristine model wearing armor rather than a veteran warrior.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Excellent grid-based composition for a two-page spread
  • + Vibrant and high-quality food photography imagery
  • + Effective use of colorful backgrounds to differentiate sections
  • Nonsensical text and poor spelling in headliners
  • Menu item text is represented by illegible lines
  • Text is not well-aligned with columns

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfect text rendering with realistic and legible menu items
  • + Strict adherence to all requested sections: Appetizers, Pizza, and Mains
  • + Extremely professional, clean, and minimalist layout
  • The grid of photos is slightly disorganized compared to the text alignment
  • One food photo has a harsh crop on the far right edge

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner as it produces a fully functional and legible menu with perfect spelling and realistic typography. While OmniGen v2 creates a visually striking artistic layout, it fails significantly on text rendering and actual utility, whereas Recraft V4.1 delivers a professional design ready for a casual dining environment.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Excellent graphic design layout for a commercial ad
  • + Clear and bold typography
  • + Vibrant colors and high-quality illustration style
  • Failed to follow the 'exploded burger' instruction
  • Missing the Euro symbol in the price starburst
  • Lacks the sense of motion requested in the prompt

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfect adherence to the 'exploded burger' layout
  • + Accurate photorealistic textures for ingredients and sauce splatters
  • + Highly creative and accurate fiery typography
  • Price starburst looks slightly like a clip-art sticker compared to the rest of the image
  • Composition is a bit bottom-heavy

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 followed the complex prompt instructions much more accurately than OmniGen v2, successfully rendering the exploded burger view, the specific fiery text effect, and the correct currency symbol. While OmniGen v2 produced a polished static ad, it ignored the core conceptual requirement of ingredients suspended 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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Successfully renders a wooden frame around the chalkboard.
  • + Includes most of the requested text elements.
  • Numerous spelling errors including 'SPECALS', 'Lemont', and 'glite free'.
  • The handwriting style is inconsistent and messy, with overlapping text and incoherent words like 'Musonhom'.
  • Fails to render 'elegant cursive' for the title as requested.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfect text rendering with zero spelling errors across all menu items.
  • + Excellent chalk texture and natural handwriting variation that looks authentic.
  • + Higher visual quality with realistic smudging and chalkboard wear.
  • The title is in a neat print rather than the 'elegant cursive' specifically requested.
  • The environment/background is slightly less defined compared to a clean frame.

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner due to its superior text legibility and adherence to the specific menu items provided. OmniGen v2 struggles significantly with spelling, word coherence, and layout, resulting in a cluttered and unprofessional look, whereas Recraft V4.1 produces a highly realistic and accurate chalkboard menu.

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

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

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Clean, illustrative style with smooth lighting
  • + High-contrast colors make the subject stand out
  • Completely failed the reversal prompt (astronaut is riding the horse)
  • Anatomy of the horse's front legs is distorted
  • Composition is very static and lacks cinematic quality

Recraft V4.1

  • + Excellent cinematic lighting and atmosphere
  • + Includes detailed environmental elements like asteroids and nebulae
  • + Dynamic pose conveying motion in space
  • Failed the primary logic reversal prompt (astronaut is riding the horse instead of horse riding astronaut)

Verdict: Both OmniGen v2 and Recraft V4.1 failed to adhere to the core 'surreal' instruction of having the horse on top of the astronaut (horse riding astronaut). Recraft V4.1 is the significantly better image overall due to its superior lighting, cinematic detail, and realistic textures, whereas OmniGen v2 appears more like a flat digital illustration with anatomical errors.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Clean, vibrant colors and sharp resolution.
  • + Features a capybara head that is very well-rendered and photorealistic.
  • Major anatomical failure: human hands are emerging from the capybara's sleeves to grip the steering wheel.
  • The passenger is sitting in the front passenger seat next to the driver instead of the back seat.
  • The image has a 'collage' feel where the capybara head is pasted on a human body.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfect adherence to the spatial requirements, with the capybara in the front and the passenger in the back.
  • + Uses capybara paws on the steering wheel as requested.
  • + Realistic cinematic lighting and film grain that feels more like a raw photograph.
  • The capybara is not wearing the requested dark jacket.
  • Small artifact on the passenger's hand holding the phone.

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner because it correctly follows the complex spatial layout of the prompt, placing the passenger in the back seat and ensuring the capybara uses its own paws to drive. OmniGen v2 fails significantly by giving the capybara human hands and placing the passenger in the front seat, which misses the intended narrative of a 'normal' taxi ride.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Clean graphic design layout with a clear focal point
  • + Readable primary title text
  • + Good use of parchment-style border and corners
  • Significant spelling and grammar errors in the secondary text fields
  • Illustration style is more cartoony than 'cinematic' and 'gothic'
  • Failed to place the specific invite message on the actual scroll banner

Recraft V4.1

  • + Exceptional text rendering with perfect spelling across all fields
  • + Highly detailed, moody, and atmospheric 'cinematic' visual style
  • + Stronger adherence to the gothic aesthetic with complex textures and lighting
  • The 'thorns' in the border are slightly less distinct than the webs
  • The title text has a very aggressive arch that slightly overlaps the moon

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 followed every instruction perfectly, including rendering every line of requested text with 100% accuracy. OmniGen v2 struggled significantly with the text at the bottom, producing garbled words like 'ARCTSOIED' and 'FRIGTS'. Recraft V4.1 also provided a much more sophisticated, gothic atmosphere that better matched the 'cinematic' requirement.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Excellent typography with clean drop shadows
  • + High-clarity isometric perspective aligned with the professional 3D cartoon prompt
  • The flag icon is inaccurate and does not represent Japan
  • The sushi anatomy is slightly nonsensical with salmon-patterned shrimp tails

Recraft V4.1

  • + Accurate Japanese flag icon integrated into text
  • + Higher material realism for the sushi toppings and ceramic textures
  • + Sophisticated diorama base with realistic soft shadows
  • Typography is smaller and lacks the 'bold' impact requested compared to Model A
  • The text alignment is slightly less centered relative to the flag

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner for its adherence to details like the correct national flag and superior PBR material rendering. While OmniGen v2 produced very clean typography, the incorrect flag and odd sushi anatomy make it less effective as a thematic graphic.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Successfully includes the warm golden sunrise lighting and god rays.
  • + Clean, vibrant colors that evoke a wholesome vibe.
  • Failed to include all four requested animals, missing the bunny entirely.
  • Stylistically looks like a 3D digital illustration rather than the requested hyper-photorealistic scene.
  • Static, posed composition fails to capture the 'playfully chasing' and 'tumbling' action.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Exceptional adherence to the photorealistic requirement with realistic fur textures and cinematic lighting.
  • + Included all four requested animals (dog, cat, bunny, fox) in a dynamic, playful arrangement.
  • + Beautifully rendered dew sparkles and atmospheric god rays that feel natural.
  • The fox's front paw anatomy is slightly confused where it meets the grass.
  • The butterfly is a bit small and less central compared to the animals' focus.

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner as it perfectly captured the action and realism requested in the prompt, including all four specific animals in a dynamic scene. OmniGen v2 failed to provide the 'photorealistic' style, instead producing a cartoonish 3D render, and omitted the bunny from the group.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1

AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Strong minimalist vector aesthetic
  • + Excellent use of the background texture as requested
  • + Clean and balanced emblem layout
  • Significant spelling error in the primary text (CAFFFLORIN)
  • The steam icon is overly simplistic

Recraft V4.1

  • + Perfect text rendering including the accent on CAFFÈ
  • + High-quality vector cloche illustration with better steam detail
  • + Accurate banner placement for the date
  • Composition feels slightly top-heavy with the large bottom text
  • Minimal subtle texture visible compared to Image A

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner as it correctly followed the spelling of the name and rendered all typography perfectly, whereas OmniGen v2 failed on the basic spelling of 'Caffè'. While OmniGen v2 captured the requested background texture better, Recraft V4.1 provided a much more professional and usable logo design.

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.”

OmniGen v2
Recraft V4.1
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AI Judge Analysis

OmniGen v2

  • + Follows the NASA-inspired color palette effectively.
  • + Maintains a clean decorative layout with consistent geometric styles.
  • Fails significantly on text rendering, displaying 'APOLO 17' and 'NSA' instead of Apollo 11 and NASA.
  • The icons do not clearly represent the specific requested stages like a Saturn V rocket.
  • Numerous spelling errors in the subtext make it illegible.

Recraft V4.1

  • + Excellent text rendering and spelling for all labels and mission names.
  • + High adherence to the requested icons, including the Saturn V, trajectory arc, and lunar module.
  • + Perfectly captures the modern flat-vector infographic style.
  • Numbered steps have a minor sequencing error (two steps labeled '04').

Verdict: Recraft V4.1 is the clear winner as it accurately followed the complex multi-step prompt, delivering legible text and specific icons for each phase of the Apollo 11 mission. OmniGen v2 failed on basic spelling (Apollo 17 instead of 11) and produced mostly nonsensical text and generic icons.

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