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 4 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
Recraft V4
26.4
arena score
#8 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Skill signature
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Wan 2.7
19.0
arena score
#34 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Vote tally
Where the votes landed
Recraft V4
100.0%
win rate
Ties
0.0%
Wan 2.7
0.0%
win rate
100.0%
0.0% ties
0.0%
Shared challenges
4
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.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.7
AI judge analysis unavailable for this challenge.
The Reversed Rodeo
Text-to-Image“Horse riding astronaut in space — horse on top, not vice versa. Surreal, highly detailed, cinematic.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.7
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent cinematic lighting and atmosphere.
- + High level of texture detail on the astronaut suit and horse's coat.
- + Strong sense of scale and depth within the asteroid field.
- − Failed the negative constraint; the astronaut is riding the horse instead of vice versa.
- − The horse's anatomy is slightly obscured by the composition.
Wan 2.7
- + Very clean and sharp rendering.
- + Good global composition with multiple celestial bodies.
- + Excellent detail on the astronaut's patches and gear.
- − Failed the negative constraint; it shows an astronaut riding a horse.
- − The lighting feels a bit flat compared to Model A.
Verdict: Both Recraft V4 and Wan 2.7 failed the specific logic puzzle in the prompt, which requested the horse to be on top of the astronaut. However, Recraft V4 is the superior image due to its much more sophisticated cinematic lighting, realistic textures, and dramatic atmosphere, whereas Wan 2.7 has a more generic, illustrative appearance.
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 2.7
100% wins
0% ties
0% wins
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent photorealism with convincing textures on the capybara's fur and the leather steering wheel.
- + The woman is correctly positioned in the back seat as requested.
- + Captures a moody, cinematic atmosphere with realistic lighting and rain on the window.
- − The passenger's face is slightly soft/out of focus compared to the foreground.
- − The capybara's paws look more like human hands in gloves than actual capybara paws.
Wan 2.7
- + The capybara's face is very clear and high-resolution.
- + Includes accurate-looking capybara front feet on the steering wheel.
- − The woman is sitting in the front passenger seat instead of the back seat.
- − The transition between the capybara's head and the jacket looks like a mask or a costume rather than a seamless animal.
- − The rendering has a slightly 'too sharp' digital feel compared to photograph-like film grain.
Verdict: Recraft V4 followed the prompt instructions much better by placing the passenger in the back seat, creating a more realistic spatial composition. While Wan 2.7 had sharper details on the animal's face, it failed a key positioning instruction and resulted in a less cinematic, less realistic image overall. Recraft V4 also excelled in lighting and atmospheric consistency.
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.”
Recraft V4
Wan 2.7
AI Judge Analysis
Recraft V4
- + Excellent cinematic lighting with atmospheric rainy details
- + High-quality, realistic textures on the jack-o-lantern and trees
- + Clean and legible gothic typography for all text elements
- − The 'scroll banner' is just a plain white rectangle rather than a parchment scroll
- − The web border feels a bit repetitive and flat compared to the central art
Wan 2.7
- + Perfectly captures the 'vintage' and 'parchment' aesthetic requested
- + Highly detailed border containing webs, thorns, skulls, and foliage
- + Authentic-looking scroll banner and superior composition for a physical invitation
- − The overall style is more illustrative/cartoonish than 'cinematic'
- − Incorrectly added 'Est. 1847' which was not in the prompt
Verdict: Recraft V4 produces a much more atmospheric and realistic image with impressive lighting, but Wan 2.7 better understands the compositional layout of an invitation, specifically the parchment and scroll banner elements. Wan 2.7 is the stronger choice for an actual invitation design, while Recraft V4 excels in pure visual fidelity and mood.
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