Nano Banana Pro Google Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Alibaba

Settled by community votes across 3 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

Nano Banana Pro

28.2 arena score

#2 of 44 in Text-to-Image

Best Image Editing right now Top 2 in Text-to-Image

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Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

22.3 arena score

#27 of 44 in Text-to-Image

Vote tally

Where the votes landed

Nano Banana Pro

100.0%

win rate

Ties

0.0%

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

0.0%

win rate

100.0% 0.0% ties 0.0%

Shared challenges 3

Challenge by challenge

The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.

Chalkboard Menu

Text-to-Image

“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board. Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’. Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’. At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’. Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”

Nano Banana Pro

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

+ Excellent chalk texture on both the board surface and the lettering
+ Correctly identifies and completes the 'Brown Butter' item prompt
+ Superior composition with a realistic cafe background and depth of field

− The font looks slightly more like a digital brush than hand-lettering in some areas

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

+ Stronger 'handwritten' feel with varying character sizes and baseline shifts
+ Accurate chalk dust and smudging effects around the text

− The composition is a tight crop with no environmental context of the cafe
− Text alignment becomes messy on the bottom lines

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro provides a much better overall image by completing the 'Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies' item and placing it in a realistic café setting. While Qwen Image 2.0 Pro captures the 'messy' nature of real chalk handwriting slightly better, its lack of background and slightly less polished layout make it the weaker choice for this prompt.

The Capybara Taxi Driver

Text-to-Image

“Photorealistic scene inside a yellow New York taxi at night. A capybara is driving, wearing a yellow taxi driver cap and a dark jacket. It has a calm, professional expression and both front paws on the steering wheel. In the back seat sits a human businesswoman in a coat, looking at her phone with a completely normal, bored expression (as if this is just another normal ride). Through the windows you can see the streets of Manhattan at night with blurred lights. Realistic taxi interior, photorealistic, detailed fur and fabric, 35mm lens, night lighting with reflections, shallow depth of field.”

Nano Banana Pro

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

+ Excellent photorealism with realistic bokeh and interior taxi textures.
+ Perfect adherence to the 'bored' expression for the passenger and 'professional' look for the capybara.
+ High level of detail in the taxi meter and the wet windshield reflections.

− The capybara's paws look more like human hands or primate hands than capybara paws.

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

+ Good color saturation and vibrance in the city lights.
+ Accurately places the passenger in the back seat with a focused expression on the phone.

− Perspective issues make the passenger look like she is sitting next to the driver rather than in the back seat.
− The capybara's hand on the steering wheel has anatomy errors.
− Visible seam/glitch on the roof lining above the capybara's head.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro is the winner due to its superior photorealistic quality and professional-grade composition. It correctly handles the spatial depth between the driver and the passenger, whereas Qwen Image 2.0 Pro struggles with the interior perspective, making the taxi look cluttered and anatomically incorrect.

The Halloween Invitation

Text-to-Image

“Vintage gothic Halloween party invitation. Dark parchment poster, spooky border with webs and thorns, central glowing jack-o-lantern, bats, twisted trees, moody night sky. Add elegant gothic title text saying "Halloween Party Invitation", a small scroll banner saying "You are invited to a night of frights", and event details at the bottom: Date: 30.10.2026 Time: 7pm Location: The Arches, NYC Spooky but polished, cinematic lighting, square format.”

Nano Banana Pro

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

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AI Judge Analysis

Nano Banana Pro

+ Excellent typography with a cohesive glowing effect.
+ Highly atmospheric cinematic lighting and composition.
+ The vintage parchment texture is very well-executed and matches the prompt's aesthetic.

− Minimal bats compared to the other model's more prominent ones.

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

+ Strong adherence to the border requirement of webs and thorns.
+ Detailed bat illustrations and a unique green glow for the pumpkin.

− The font choice for 'Invitation' and the banner is slightly less cohesive than Model A.
− The background feel is less 'vintage parchment' and more of a digital illustration style.

Verdict: Nano Banana Pro produces a more polished and professional-looking invitation with superior typography and a beautiful vintage parchment texture that feels authentically gothic. While Qwen Image 2.0 Pro does a great job with the specific border details and clear text rendering, Nano Banana Pro's composition and cinematic lighting create a more compelling mood.