Alibaba

Z-Image Turbo

AI Image Editing Model

Mode:

All Text to Image Image Edit

Image

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

How Z-Image Turbo performs

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image.

All categories

Z-Image Turbo competes across 7 categories in the arena

Face & Identity

Image Editing

Ranked #20 of 25 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

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Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher

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#7 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

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#19 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher

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#25 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #29 of 33 models · 1.4% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#9 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#25 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#33 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#25 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

Before After

#33 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #31 of 33 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

#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

Before After

#25 Wan 2.7 ranks higher

Before After

#33 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

Before After

#25 Wan 2.7 ranks higher

Before After

#33 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #34 of 36 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 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher

Before After

#28 Vidu Q2 ranks higher

Before After

#36 FLUX.1 Kont... 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

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing

Ranked #23 of 23 models · 3.0% win rate Leaderboard

#23

of 23 models · 3.0% wins

#1 is Nano Banana Pro

Ranked using Man and Car in California

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing

Ranked #24 of 24 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Over-the-top cartoon carica... Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Creativity

Image Editing

Ranked #24 of 24 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard

Z-Image Turbo

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Over-the-top cartoon carica... Studio Ghibli Anime Style