GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI Qwen Image 2.0 Alibaba

Settled by community votes across 2 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

GPT Image 1.5

26.5 arena score

#7 of 44 in Text-to-Image

Top 3 in Image Editing

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Not enough comparable category data

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Qwen Image 2.0

19.8 arena score

#32 of 44 in Text-to-Image

Vote tally

Where the votes landed

GPT Image 1.5

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Qwen Image 2.0

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Shared challenges 2

Challenge by challenge

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

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

“Horse riding astronaut in space — horse on top, not vice versa. Surreal, highly detailed, cinematic.”

GPT Image 1.5

Qwen Image 2.0

AI Judge Analysis

GPT Image 1.5

+ Excellent cinematic lighting and texture on the spacesuit and horse fur.
+ High level of detail in the lunar surface and background celestial bodies.
+ Dynamic composition with a sense of motion and grit.

− The astronaut is on top of the horse, failing the specific spatial instruction 'horse on top, not vice versa'.

Qwen Image 2.0

+ Beautiful surreal atmosphere with shimmering horse skin and floating droplets.
+ Clean, sharp rendering of the astronaut and planetary background.
+ Better usage of negative space to create a 'space' feel.

− Fails the specific prompt instruction 'horse on top, not vice versa'.
− Anatomical issues with the horse's front legs.

Verdict: Both models completely failed the negative constraint and specific spatial instruction to place the horse on top of the astronaut, instead providing the more common 'astronaut riding a horse' trope. GPT Image 1.5 is the preferred image because its visual quality is significantly higher, featuring cinematic lighting and complex textures that better fit the 'highly detailed' requirement compared to the slightly more plastic look of Qwen Image 2.0.

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.”

GPT Image 1.5

Qwen Image 2.0

AI Judge Analysis

GPT Image 1.5

+ Excellent typography style that feels integrated into the vintage aesthetic.
+ Beautiful cinematic lighting and atmospheric painterly quality.
+ Perfect adherence to all requested text and visual elements.

− The 'Date' text at the bottom is slightly smaller and more compressed than other text elements.

Qwen Image 2.0

+ Clear, legible text rendering across all sections.
+ Strong central composition with a bold jack-o-lantern.
+ Includes nice stylistic gothic fonts for the heading.

− The background and foreground elements feel somewhat disjointed, like a digital collage.
− The border appears slightly more generic compared to the intricate thorns in Model A.
− Lighting is flatter and less 'cinematic' than the other version.

Verdict: GPT Image 1.5 produced a much more cohesive and atmospheric invitation that truly captures the 'vintage' and 'dark parchment' feel requested. While Qwen Image 2.0 followed all instructions perfectly, its visual style felt more like a modern digital graphic than a vintage poster, whereas GPT Image 1.5 achieved a sophisticated artistic finish.