Alibaba

Z-Image Turbo

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

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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 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #11 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #6 Portraits (Text-to-Image), #6 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image), #17 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), #18 Creativity (Text-to-Image), and #19 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 30% of all competing models.

Z-Image Turbo Strengths

Z-Image Turbo outperforms most competing models here

Photorealism

Text-to-Image

Ranked #10 of 62 models · 56.6% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Adorable Baby Animals in Su... Candid Street Photography Chalkboard Menu Fantasy Warrior Geometric Composition Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... +2 more

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image

Ranked #11 of 62 models · 48.4% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Adorable Baby Animals in Su... Candid Street Photography Fantasy Warrior Geometric Composition Isometric Miniature Diorama... Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... +5 more

Portraits

Text-to-Image

Ranked #6 of 29 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 29 models · 69.0% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image

Ranked #17 of 61 models · 43.6% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Adorable Baby Animals in Su... Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Chalkboard Menu Geometric Composition Isometric Miniature Diorama... Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... +3 more

Creativity

Text-to-Image

Ranked #18 of 62 models · 45.7% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Fantasy Warrior Isometric Miniature Diorama... The Halloween Invitation The Reversed Rodeo Vintage Cafe Logo

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image

Ranked #19 of 61 models · 42.7% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Chalkboard Menu Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Modern Clean Menu The Halloween Invitation Vintage Cafe Logo

Other categories

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

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image

Ranked #26 of 61 models · 36.8% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Chalkboard Menu Isometric Miniature Diorama... Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Modern Clean Menu The Halloween Invitation +1 more

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image

Ranked #21 of 45 models · 36.0% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Geometric Composition Isometric Miniature Diorama...

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #28 of 33 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

Before After

#33 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup +1 more

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #24 of 28 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

#8 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher

Before After

#22 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks higher

Before After

#28 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#8 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher

Before After

#22 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks higher

Before After

#28 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #26 of 30 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

#23 Vidu Q2 ranks higher

Before After

#30 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#23 Vidu Q2 ranks higher

Before After

#30 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge Pose & Character Mashup

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

Ranked using Bald man challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica...

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

Ranked using Man and Car in California