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Grok Imagine Image

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

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An image generation model by xAI designed to generate highly aesthetic images from text descriptions.

What Grok Imagine Image 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 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #6 Face & Identity (Image Editing), #11 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), #10 Artistic Restyling (Image Editing), #10 Creativity (Image Editing), and #15 Photorealism (Image Editing) , placing in the top 40% of all competing models.

Grok Imagine Image Strengths

Grok Imagine Image outperforms most competing models here

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image

Ranked #10 of 61 models · 55.9% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

Face & Identity

Image Editing

Ranked #6 of 32 models · 50.8% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher

Before After

#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks lower

Before After

#25 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Before After

#32 Bria FIBO ranks lower

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

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image

Ranked #11 of 61 models · 59.9% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing

Ranked #10 of 28 models · 40.0% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

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

Creativity

Image Editing

Ranked #10 of 28 models · 40.0% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

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

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #15 of 36 models · 43.5% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Before After

Bald man challenge

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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 lower

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 lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Other categories

Grok Imagine Image competes but doesn't rank as highly

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #16 of 36 models · 41.4% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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 lower

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 lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing

Ranked #13 of 26 models · 37.2% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image

Ranked #31 of 62 models · 46.3% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

Aesthetics

Image Editing

Ranked #17 of 33 models · 34.1% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher

Before After

#25 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Before After

#33 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #19 of 37 models · 40.1% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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 lower

Before After

#37 HiDream E1 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

Portraits

Text-to-Image

Ranked #26 of 51 models · 34.3% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image

Ranked #26 of 51 models · 34.3% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

People & Poses

Image Editing

Ranked #15 of 27 models · 34.5% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

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

Before After

#21 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Before After

#27 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Pose & Character Mashup

Creativity

Text-to-Image

Ranked #35 of 62 models · 43.9% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image

Ranked #37 of 61 models · 40.3% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Geometric Composition Isometric Miniature Diorama...

Art

Text-to-Image

Ranked #36 of 58 models · 44.4% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using The Halloween Invitation The Reversed Rodeo

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image

Ranked #38 of 62 models · 38.7% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing

Ranked #19 of 29 models · 29.4% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup

Photorealism

Text-to-Image

Ranked #41 of 62 models · 32.7% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

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

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing

Ranked #20 of 29 models · 20.4% win rate Leaderboard

Grok Imagine Image

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge