Recraft's latest text-to-image generation model with high-quality output, supporting various aspect ratios and custom color palettes
Settled by community votes across 6 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
Recraft V4
26.4
arena score
#8 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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Where the votes landed
Recraft V4
0.0%
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Ties
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Wan 2.6
100.0%
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0.0%
0.0% ties
100.0%
Shared challenges
6
Challenge by challenge
The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.
Modern Clean Menu
Text-to-Image“Modern minimalist restaurant menu design, white background with colorful food photos in grid, sections for appetizers/pizza/mains, bold sans-serif fonts, vibrant accents, clean professional layout for casual dining.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Perfectly legible and accurate text rendering for all menu items and prices.
- + High-quality, isolated food photography that matches the relevant category header.
- + Clean, professional minimalist layout which perfectly captures the requested aesthetic.
- − The grid is very simple and could feel slightly empty to some users.
- − Lacks the 'vibrant accents' requested, sticking to a very monochromatic black and white scheme with only orange prices.
Wan 2.6
- + Includes colorful graphic accents and a more complex, interesting grid structure.
- + Captures the vibrant and casual dining atmosphere well through photography style.
- − Text is largely illegible gibberish throughout the entire document.
- − Poor organizational logic, placing pizza photos under the 'Appetizers' heading.
- − Contains several visual glitches, such as overlapping text boxes and incoherent pricing.
Verdict: Recraft V4 is the clear winner as it produces a functional, professional, and completely readable menu that follows all prompt instructions meticulously. Wan 2.6 fails significantly on text rendering and logical organization, placing pizzas in the appetizer section and filling the page with nonsensical character strings.
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.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent full-board composition showing the cozy café background.
- + Perfectly captures all requested text without spelling errors.
- + Includes charming chalk illustrations for each menu item.
- − The text looks more like a digital font than natural hand-drawn chalk.
- − Cursive for the title is very basic and lacks the requested elegance.
Wan 2.6
- + Perfectly captures the authentic chalk texture and manual handwriting feel requested.
- + Excellent use of elegant cursive for the title header.
- + Realistic chalk dust and smearing effects enhance the atmosphere.
- − The close-up crop obscures the café background atmosphere.
- − Slight spacing issues on the date characters compared to Model A.
Verdict: Recraft V4 followed the text prompt and item list perfectly while providing a better overall scene composition, but failed to capture the organic texture of chalk. Wan 2.6 provided a much more realistic interpretation of 'handwritten-style' with genuine stroke variations and chalk texture, making it the better choice for artistic adherence even with a tighter crop.
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.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent character anatomy with paws correctly placed on the steering wheel.
- + Very high photorealistic quality with authentic lighting and film grain.
- + The capybara's expression is perfectly 'calm and professional' as requested.
- − The camera angle is from outside looking in, while the prompt asked for a scene 'inside' the taxi.
- − The woman's hand holding the phone is slightly distorted.
Wan 2.6
- + Dynamic composition that effectively captures both the driver and the passenger in a single frame.
- + Excellent street-level atmosphere with realistic rain droplets and NYC background bokeh.
- + Accurately captures the 'bored' expression of the businesswoman.
- − The capybara's paws are somewhat merged/clumped together on the steering wheel.
- − The hat resembles a police officer's cap more than a standard taxi driver cap.
- − The woman appears to be sitting in the front passenger seat rather than the back seat.
Verdict: Recraft V4 produces a more technically polished image with superior textures and more realistic capybara paws, which are usually a difficult detail. However, Wan 2.6 captures the 'vibe' of the scene more effectively with its vibrant Times Square-style lighting and the perfectly bored expression on the passenger, even though it placed her in the front seat instead of the back.
Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes
Text-to-Image“Create a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of Japan's signature dish: sushi, with soft refined textures, realistic PBR materials, gentle lighting, on a small raised diorama base with minimal garnish and plate. Solid light blue background. At top-center: 'JAPAN' in large bold text, 'SUSHI' below it, small flag icon. Perfectly centered, ultra-clean, high-clarity, square format.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent photographic texture on the fish and ginger.
- + Clean typography that follows the requested vertical layout.
- + Unique and creative interpretation of the 'diorama base' using a crushed ice texture.
- − Texture leans more toward realism than the requested '3D cartoon' style.
- − The flag icon is quite small compared to the text.
Wan 2.6
- + Perfectly captures the '3D cartoon' and 'miniature' aesthetic requested.
- + High-clarity isometric perspective with clean geometric base.
- + Bold, well-rendered typography and clear flag icon integrated into the design.
- − The sushi rice grains look slightly chunky/repetitive like plastic beads.
- − The text layout is side-by-side rather than 'below' for the second line as strictly requested.
Verdict: Wan 2.6 is the winner as it perfectly captures the 3D cartoon miniature aesthetic requested in the prompt, whereas Recraft V4 leaned too far into photo-realism. While Recraft V4 had more realistic food textures, Wan 2.6 balanced the lighting, isometric composition, and stylized materials more effectively to create a cohesive 3D icon look.
Vintage Cafe Logo
Text-to-Image“Vintage minimalist restaurant logo for "Caffè Florian", retro cloche dome with steam and "Est. 1720" banner, classic typography, warm brown and cream tones, subtle texture on light background, vector emblem style.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
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AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Strong typography with unique character styling.
- + Clean vector execution suitable for real branding.
- − Lacks the requested banner for the date text.
- − Background texture is nearly invisible.
Wan 2.6
- + Includes the requested banner for the Est. 1720 text.
- + Background texture aligns better with the vintage prompt.
- − Typography is standard and lacks the requested classic flair.
- − The cloche illustration feels more like clip-art than a professional emblem.
Verdict: Recraft V4 produces a superior typographic design and a more cohesive modern-vintage aesthetic, though it misses the specific request for a banner. Wan 2.6 follows the structural prompt instructions closely by including the ribbon/banner, but the overall visual quality is less professional.
Apollo 11: Journey to Tranquility
Text-to-Image“Create a clean, modern vector infographic poster about the Apollo 11 mission. NASA-inspired palette (navy, white, muted red, light gray). Flat-vector style, crisp lines, consistent iconography, subtle gradients only. Steps (stop at landing): 1. Launch (Saturn Vicon) 2. Earth Orbit (Earth + orbit ring icon) 3. Translunar (trajectory arc icon) 4. Lunar Orbit (Moon + orbit ring icon) 5. Descent (lunar module descending icon) 6. Landing (lunar module on the surface icon) Small supporting elements (minimal text): • Crew strip: three silhouette icons with only last names: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins. • Landing site marker: Moon pin labeled "Tranquility" only. Layout constraints: generous margins, large readable labels, clean background with subtle stars. Vector-only, print-poster look, high resolution.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.6
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent adherence to the infographic structure and step-by-step instructions.
- + Perfect text rendering for all labels, including mission phases and crew names.
- + Strict adherence to the requested flat-vector style and NASA color palette.
- − The layout is a bit scattered, lacking a clear visual path for the sequence.
- − The inclusion of secondary icons like the map pin 'Tranquility' was not specifically requested, though it fits the theme.
Wan 2.6
- + Successfully rendered the crew names correctly.
- + Uses the requested navy and white colors effectively.
- − Completely failed to include any of the six requested infographic steps and icons.
- − Image quality suffers from fabric-like texture artifacts instead of a clean vector look.
- − Lacks the 'modern infographic' composition requested.
Verdict: Recraft V4 followed every instruction in the prompt, creating a functional and accurate infographic with all six steps and clean vector icons. In contrast, Wan 2.6 failed to generate any of the requested steps, producing a simple poster with several missing elements and poor stylistic adherence.
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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