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Prompt Adherence · Image Editing

Elo rankings from blind votes across 3 challenges in this category.

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Every ranked model plotted by price against its Elo. The upper-left frontier is the best value: top quality at the lowest cost.

Best Image Editing Models by Price

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Best AI Models for Prompt Adherence

29 models ranked · Last update: November 13, 2026 12:58 AM

OpenAI dominates prompt adherence with GPT Image 1.5 leading at 1267 Elo, despite its successor GPT Image 2 maintaining a significantly higher 84.2% win rate. Google’s Nano Banana Pro follows closely at 1254 Elo, showing that premium-priced models generally outperform the mid-tier FLUX.2 and Seedream series in following complex edit instructions.

Highlighted challenges

Best
GPT Image 1.5
Mid
Qwen Image Edit 2509
Worst
GPT Image 1 Mini
Image Editing Photorealism Adding & Editing Objects

Man and Car in California

Combines two references (a person and a car) into one believable driving scene. It checks whether the model keeps the man’s identity and the car’s appearance while placing them convincingly on the coastline with matched lighting and perspective.

Edited result
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Best
Nano Banana
Edited result
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Mid
Seedream 4.5
Edited result
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Worst
Bria FIBO
Image Editing Photorealism Face & Identity

Bald man challenge

A targeted edit test. Adding a realistic head of hair requires a believable hairline and texture while keeping the face, expression, and lighting unchanged. Common failures are wig-like or pasted-on hair and subtle changes to the underlying face.

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