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Best AI Models for Portrait
Ranking the best AI text to image models for portrait, 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 Portrait
| # | Model | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI
|
1262 |
| 2 |
Nano Banana Pro
Google
|
1241 |
| 3 |
GPT Image 1 Mini
OpenAI
|
1231 |
| 4 |
Nano Banana 2
Google
|
1228 |
| 5 | FLUX.2 [dev] Flash fal | 1216 |
| 6 | ImagineArt 1.5 (Preview) Vyro AI | 1213 |
| 7 |
Z-Image Turbo
Alibaba
|
1210 |
| 8 | FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo fal | 1202 |
| 9 |
FLUX.2 [pro]
Black Forest Labs
|
1199 |
| 10 | Lucid Origin Leonardo AI | 1189 |
| 11 |
FLUX.2 [dev]
Black Forest Labs
|
1182 |
| 12 |
Grok Imagine Image
xAI
|
1160 |
| 13 |
Reve Image 1.0
Reve AI
|
1158 |
| 14 |
Grok Imagine Image Pro
xAI
|
1151 |
| 15 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI | 1144 |
| 16 | HiDream I1 Fast HiDream AI | 1118 |
| 17 |
Nano Banana
Google
|
1103 |
| 18 |
Imagen 4.0 Fast Generate 001
Google
|
1094 |
| 19 |
Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance
|
1091 |
Elo vs Cost
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Challenges
Fantasy Warrior Portrait
“Close portrait of a battle-worn paladin in ornate engraved plate armor, hair braided with small beads, faint scars and dirt on the skin, warm torchlight reflecting off metal, shallow depth of field, bokeh sparks, lifelike eyes, highly detailed texture on leather straps and cloth underlayer.”
Top 3
1
Lucid Origin
2
GPT Image 1.5
3
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
Bottom 3
Imagen 4.0 Fast Generate 001
Seedream 5.0 Lite
Nano Banana
19 models competed
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