Candid Street Photography
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Text-to-Image
Photorealism
24 models were given the same prompt, and the community voted blind on which outputs looked best. How it works
#1 — GPT Image 1 Mini
Prompt
“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.”
Challenge Rankings
| # | Model | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1264 | |
| 2 | 1235 | |
| 3 | 1229 | |
| 4 | 1222 | |
| 5 | 1221 | |
| 6 | 1215 | |
| 7 | 1210 | |
| 8 | 1209 | |
| 9 | 1209 | |
| 10 | 1205 | |
| 11 | 1193 | |
| 12 | 1188 | |
| 13 | 1185 | |
| 14 | 1179 | |
| 15 | 1170 | |
| 16 | 1168 | |
| 17 | 1166 | |
| 18 | 1164 | |
| 19 | 1160 | |
| 20 | 1157 | |
| 21 | 1153 | |
| 22 | 1151 | |
| 23 | 1133 | |
| 24 | 1127 |
OpenAI
ByteDance
xAI
Recraft AI
Google
Black Forest Labs
Alibaba
OpenAI dominates the photorealistic street photography category, with the budget-tier GPT Image 1 Mini (1264 Elo) and GPT Image 1.5 (1235 Elo) leading the field despite lower price points than premium competitors. GPT Image 1.5 maintains a significant 78.3% win rate, while the most expensive model in the set, Recraft V4 Pro ($0.250/img), underperforms with a 1127 Elo and a low 20.6% win rate.
Elo vs Cost
Elo vs Speed
11 models waiting for enough speed data
Competitors
24 models, ranked by Elo
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Highlighted Battles
The most competitive head-to-head matchups, selected by closeness and vote count.
