The Max series of Tongyi Qwen’s image generation model excels across a wide range of generation tasks. Compared with the Plus series, it significantly reduces the “AI-like” feel in generated images, enhancing their realism. It delivers more lifelike material textures for human subjects, finer and more detailed natural textures, and more visually appealing text rendering.
These two have not faced off in a shared challenge yet. Here is how their skills stack up, side by side.
Qwen Image Max
20.4
arena score
#31 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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Wan 2.6
23.4
arena score
#23 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Best Image-to-Video right now
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Alibaba's multimodal generation model from the Wan AI suite, supporting text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video with audio, and text-to-image, in both Chinese and English