Golden Hour Stroll
Vote
Image Editing
Photorealism
13 models were given the same image and edit instruction, and the community voted blind on which outputs looked best. How it works
#1 — Wan 2.6
Edit instruction
“Add dynamic motion to this photo: make hair blow in the wind, add leaves flying, energetic and lively feel.”
Challenge Rankings
| # | Model | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wan 2.6
Alibaba
|
1269 |
| 2 |
Seedream 4.5
ByteDance
|
1267 |
| 3 |
Nano Banana Pro
Google
|
1221 |
| 4 |
Nano Banana
Google
|
1205 |
| 5 |
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI
|
1200 |
| 6 |
FLUX.2 [max]
Black Forest Labs
|
1194 |
| 7 |
Grok Imagine Image Pro
xAI
|
1191 |
| 8 |
Qwen Image Edit 2511
Alibaba
|
1184 |
| 9 |
Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance
|
1178 |
| 10 |
Grok Imagine Image
xAI
|
1168 |
| 11 |
Seedream 4.0
ByteDance
|
1147 |
| 12 |
Reve Image 1.0
Reve AI
|
1142 |
| 13 |
FLUX.2 [pro]
Black Forest Labs
|
1140 |
Wan 2.6 leads the photorealistic editing ranking with a 1269 Elo, narrowly edging out Seedream 4.5 by just 2 points while delivering results nearly four times faster. Despite a 48% higher price point, the premium Nano Banana Pro (1221 Elo) remains 48 Elo points behind the top-performing Wan 2.6.
Elo vs Cost
Elo vs Speed
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Competitors
13 models, ranked by Elo
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Highlighted Battles
The most competitive head-to-head matchups, selected by closeness and vote count.
