Qwen Image Edit 2511 Alibaba vs Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Excellent preservation of the man's facial features and clothing details.
• + High-quality, realistic interior detailing of the car.
• + Beautifully rendered California coastline background.

• − Changes the car's interior from the plain white shown in the source to one with wood trim.
• − Crops most of the car exterior out of the frame.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Perfect preservation of the original car's exterior design and light-colored interior.
• + Accurately places the subjects into the requested environmental context.
• + Good preservation of the man's appearance and distinctive hairstyle.

• − The man's face loses some resolution and detail compared to Model A.
• − The scarf and coat textures are slightly simplified.

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Successfully used the background from Image 2.

• − Completely failed the instruction by just overlaying elements of both images rather than performing a character swap.
• − Includes two different people, which was not requested.
• − Did not transfer the character's clothing or identity to the pose.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Accurately transferred the character, clothing, scarf, and sunglasses from Image 2 onto the pose from Image 1.
• + Maintained the exact environment and stool from Image 1 as requested.
• + Handled the complex limb positioning and clothing interaction reasonably well.

• − The transition between the neck and the sweatshirt is slightly awkward.
• − The left foot (on the viewer's right) has anatomical issues with toe count/merging.

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Successfully applied the full outfit, including the lower body and shoes.
• + Maintained the overall scene composition and lighting.

• − Completely failed to preserve the person’s face and hair, replacing the subject with the man from Image 2.
• − Source preservation was very poor as it changed the identity of the person.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Excellent source preservation, keeping the original person's face, hair, and unique skin features intact.
• + Accurately replicated the clothing and accessories from Image 2 onto the subject's torso.
• + Good integration of the glasses from Image 2 onto the original face.

• − Cropped the image significantly, losing the lower body and shoes requested.
• − The hand integration near the bottom of the frame looks slightly unnatural.

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Successfully added a very full head of hair as requested.
• + Preserved the original background and clothing perfectly.

• − The hair has a plastic, 'AI-generated' look with strange swirling patterns.
• − The hairline looks unnatural and the hair appears to be sitting on top of the head rather than growing from it.
• − Mismatched textures between the new hair and the existing beard.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Excellent source preservation of the face, glasses, and background.
• + Provides a very realistic hair texture and a convincingly natural hairline.
• + Maintains the lighting and shadows of the original image.

• − The hair is perhaps less 'full and thick' compared to the volume in model_a, but much more realistic.

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Expertly captures the 'exaggerated' and 'humorous' caricature style requested
• + Successfully incorporates a TV studio set and a dog
• + Preserves the likeness and facial structure of the original woman well for a caricature style

• − Fails to include any clear hockey-related elements
• − Contains nonsensical text in the speech bubble

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Includes all three requested thematic elements: TV anchor, dog, and hockey (stick and puck)
• + Maintains the outfit from the source image (denim jacket over black top)
• + Clean, modern cartoon aesthetic

• − Lacks the 'exaggerated caricature' style, appearing more like a standard 2D avatar
• − The hand holding the hockey stick is poorly rendered with merging fingers

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Excellent preservation of the original subjects' faces and expressions.
• + Maintains the lighting and shadows of the source image perfectly.
• + Clean, high-resolution line work and coloring.

• − Lean more toward a generic webtoon or modern manhwa style than Studio Ghibli.
• − Does not effectively simplify the background elements into the hand-painted Ghibli aesthetic.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Successfully captures the iconic Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli character design (large eyes, simplified noses).
• + Applied a hand-painted texture to the background that feels atmospheric and nostalgic.
• + Excellent balance between the prompt's stylistic request and the original composition.

• − The transition from the foreground character to the background is a bit sharp.
• − Loses some of the nuance in the man's 'pursed lips' expression compared to the original.

Qwen Image Edit 2511

• + Excellent hair motion that fans out naturally and looks dynamic.
• + Added numerous colorful leaves that match the palette of the scene.
• + High source preservation with almost no changes to the person, dog, or background.

• − The hair effect looks slightly illustrative rather than purely photographic.

Seedream 5.0 Lite

• + Good integration of blowing hair that looks more photographic and less stylized than Model A.
• + Successful addition of leaves with varied orientations.
• + Maintains the identity of the original image well.

• − The hair motion is less 'dynamic' and energetic compared to Model A.
• − Some leaves look like flat stickers over the image rather than interacting with the 3D space.