What is the best AI image editing model?

Based on blind community voting, Nano Banana is currently the #1 ranked AI image editing model with an Elo rating of 1281. Rankings update in real time as new votes come in.

How are AI image editing models ranked on Lumenfall?

Lumenfall Arena ranks AI models through blind community voting. In each matchup, two models generate from the same prompt and voters pick the better result without seeing model names. Votes are processed using TrueSkill, a Bayesian rating algorithm developed by Microsoft Research, that produces a single Elo score reflecting each model's relative quality.

What is an Elo rating for AI models?

An Elo rating is a numerical score representing a model's skill relative to other models. Under the hood, Lumenfall uses TrueSkill, which tracks two values per model: mu (estimated skill) and sigma (uncertainty). The displayed Elo is calculated as 1000 + 10 x (mu - 3*sigma), a conservative lower bound. A model must prove itself consistently across many matchups to earn a high rating.

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Best AI Models for Portrait

Ranking the best AI image editing models for portrait, based on 1 blind community-voted challenge.

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Best AI Models for Portrait

15 models ranked · Last update: June 12, 2026 10:00 AM

#	Model	Price	¢/img	Elo
1	Nano Banana Google	$$	3.9¢	1281
2	Nano Banana 2 Google	$$	2.2¢	1278
3	Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance	$$	3.5¢	1275
4	Nano Banana Pro Google	$$$	6.7¢	1273
5	Grok Imagine Image xAI	$$	2¢	1248
6	FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs	$$	3¢	1245
7	GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI	$	0.9¢	1245
8	Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI	$$$	7¢	1233
9	Seedream 4.5 ByteDance	$$	4¢	1232
10	Qwen Image Edit 2511 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1223

11	FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs	$$	1.5¢	1197
12	Wan 2.6 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1193
13	Seedream 4.0 ByteDance	$$	3¢	1179
14	Reve Image 1.0 Reve AI	$$	4¢	1162
15	Z-Image Turbo Alibaba	$	0.5¢	1149

Google dominates the portrait category with Nano Banana (1281 Elo) and Nano Banana 2 (1278 Elo), the latter of which maintains a category-high 89.7% win rate despite a lower price point than the flagship. While ByteDance’s Seedream 5.0 Lite (1277 Elo) remains highly competitive, the category leader Nano Banana diverges from the overall leaderboard by outperforming traditional top-tier models from xAI and Black Forest Labs.