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Best AI Models for Photorealism
Ranking the best AI text to image models for photorealism, based on 1 blind community-voted challenge.
Highlights
5 imagesHighlighted Battles
The most competitive head-to-head matchups, selected by closeness and vote count.
Best AI Models for Photorealism
| # | Model | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Seedream 4.5
ByteDance
|
1250 |
| 2 |
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI
|
1246 |
| 3 |
FLUX.2 [max]
Black Forest Labs
|
1245 |
| 4 |
Nano Banana Pro
Google
|
1232 |
| 5 | ImagineArt 1.5 (Preview) Vyro AI | 1212 |
| 6 |
Nano Banana
Google
|
1209 |
| 7 |
Seedream 4.0
ByteDance
|
1200 |
| 8 |
FLUX.2 [pro]
Black Forest Labs
|
1197 |
| 9 |
GPT Image 1 Mini
OpenAI
|
1189 |
| 10 |
Grok Imagine Image Pro
xAI
|
1189 |
| 11 |
Imagen 4.0 Fast Generate 001
Google
|
1185 |
| 12 |
Z-Image Turbo
Alibaba
|
1184 |
| 13 |
Qwen Image 2512
Alibaba
|
1179 |
| 14 |
Nano Banana 2
Google
|
1175 |
| 15 |
FLUX.2 [dev]
Black Forest Labs
|
1172 |
| 16 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI | 1168 |
| 17 |
FLUX.2 [flex]
Black Forest Labs
|
1165 |
| 18 |
Grok Imagine Image
xAI
|
1165 |
| 19 |
Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance
|
1155 |
| 20 | FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo fal | 1125 |
| 21 | FLUX.2 [dev] Flash fal | 1120 |
| 22 |
Imagen 4.0 Ultra Generate 001
Google
|
1056 |
Elo vs Cost
Elo vs Speed
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Challenges
Candid Street Photography Photorealism
“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.”
Top 3
1
Nano Banana Pro
2
Grok Imagine Image Pro
3
Seedream 4.5
Bottom 3
FLUX.2 [flex]
FLUX.2 [dev] Flash
Imagen 4.0 Ultra Generate 001
22 models competed
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