Z-Image Turbo

AI Image Editing Model

Image $ · 0.5¢

Tongyi-MAI's 6-billion parameter distilled text-to-image model optimized for speed, achieving high-quality generation in 8 steps or fewer with support for bilingual text rendering

What Z-Image Turbo is good at

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image. Excels at #9 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #12 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #6 Portraits (Text-to-Image), #6 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image), #16 Creativity (Text-to-Image), #16 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), #19 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), and #23 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 37% of all competing models.

Z-Image Turbo Strengths

Z-Image Turbo outperforms most competing models here

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #9 of 62 models · 56.6% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #12 of 62 models · 48.4% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Portraits

Text-to-Image
Ranked #6 of 27 models · 69.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image
Ranked #6 of 27 models · 69.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #16 of 60 models · 46.2% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #16 of 61 models · 43.9% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #19 of 60 models · 43.2% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #23 of 61 models · 37.2% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Other categories

Z-Image Turbo competes but doesn't rank as highly

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #21 of 35 models · 36.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #28 of 32 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#9 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher
Before After
#25 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher
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#32 Qwen Image ... ranks lower

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #24 of 27 models · 1.4% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#7 Seedream 5.... ranks higher
Before After
#21 Vidu Q2 ranks higher
Before After
#27 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#7 Seedream 5.... ranks higher
Before After
#21 Vidu Q2 ranks higher
Before After
#27 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #26 of 29 models · 1.4% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#22 Wan 2.7 Pro ranks higher
Before After
#29 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#22 Wan 2.7 Pro ranks higher
Before After
#29 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #16 of 17 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher
Before After
#5 GPT Image 1.5 ranks higher
Before After
#13 Wan 2.6 ranks higher
Before After
#17 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #16 of 16 models · 3.0% win rate Leaderboard
#16
of 16 models · 3.0% wins
#1 is Nano Banana Pro