Muse Image 1.0 vs Recraft v4
222 identical prompts, default settings, blind community votes. Head-to-head: 47% preferred Muse Image 1.0, 41% preferred Recraft v4, 20 ties, 176 votes.
Muse Image 1.0 and Recraft v4 have met in 176 blind head-to-head votes on 222 identical prompts in the BudgetPixel AI Image Arena. The votes are too close to call so far: Muse Image 1.0 47%, Recraft v4 41%, 20 ties. Muse Image 1.0 was faster, at 12.5s median per image against 12.5s for Recraft v4.
- “Realistic, an adult person goes back in time to change something.”Concept art & fantasy
- “Exotic alien meat market with every possible meat imaginable on sale!”Concept art & fantasy
- “A man riding a horse, holding a screaming chicken, in dark gothic fantasy.”Concept art & fantasy
- “A dragon sleeping on the Statue of Liberty on a moody, overcast day.”Concept art & fantasy
- “Vampire bat art, volumetric fog, chiaroscuro lighting, subsurface scattering.”Illustration & anime
- “epic fantasy landscape.”Landscape & nature
- “stunning landscape, high quality, detailed, sharp”Landscape & nature
- “A whimsical gothic woman sitting on a ledge overlooking the city.”Portrait & fashion
FAQ
- Is Muse Image 1.0 better than Recraft v4?
- Too close to call so far: in the BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Muse Image 1.0 wins 47% and Recraft v4 41% of 176 blind head-to-head votes (ties 11%), within what chance alone would produce. The per-prompt results on this page show where each model wins.
- Which is faster, Muse Image 1.0 or Recraft v4?
- Muse Image 1.0 is faster: 12.5s median per 1:1 image against 12.5s for Recraft v4, measured on the same 222 prompts at default settings in the BudgetPixel AI Image Arena.
- Which is cheaper, Muse Image 1.0 or Recraft v4?
- Muse Image 1.0 is cheaper on BudgetPixel: 12 credits ($0.012) per 1:1 image against 45 credits ($0.045) for Recraft v4, at default settings.
- How is this comparison made?
- Both models render the identical prompt at default settings; voters see the two images blind and pick the better one. Model names are revealed only after the vote.



























































































































































































































































































































































































































































