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 #10 Portraits (Text-to-Image), #10 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image), #13 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #21 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #22 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), and #23 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 37% of all competing models.

Z-Image Turbo Strengths

Z-Image Turbo outperforms most competing models here

Portraits

Text-to-Image
Ranked #10 of 50 models · 67.7% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image
Ranked #10 of 50 models · 67.7% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #13 of 62 models · 55.7% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #21 of 62 models · 48.2% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #22 of 62 models · 44.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #23 of 61 models · 45.6% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Other categories

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

Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #28 of 62 models · 45.1% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #32 of 61 models · 34.6% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #35 of 61 models · 39.4% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Art

Text-to-Image
Ranked #37 of 57 models · 60.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #22 of 32 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
#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher
Before After
#25 Wan 2.7 Pro ranks lower
Before After
#32 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #32 of 36 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
#10 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #32 of 36 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
#10 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #35 of 37 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
#10 Seedream 5.... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks higher
Before After
#37 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #25 of 26 models · 3.0% win rate Leaderboard
#25
of 26 models · 3.0% wins
#1 is Nano Banana Pro

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing
Ranked #28 of 28 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Image Editing
Ranked #28 of 28 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard
Z-Image Turbo
Same prompt, other models