Photorealism
How 20 AI image models render: “An image about people making a lot of money around the world, shown in 4–6 scenes. Realistic image.”
Same prompt, sent verbatim, at each model's default settings and a fixed seed. Judge: could this be a photograph? Skin, light, lens behaviour. 86 community votes so far.
Community prompt by @blanknamebp · voting closed 2026-09-21
20 text-to-image models rendered this photorealism prompt with the identical text at their default settings and a fixed seed. GPT Image 2.5 Flare is the community favourite so far, winning 90% of its 10 head-to-head votes on this prompt. Qwen Image 3.0 was the fastest at 7.5s.
What to look for: believable skin and fabric, physically plausible light and shadow, lens behaviour such as depth of field and motion blur, and no waxy or over-smoothed surfaces.
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare90%OpenAI27.4s · 28 cr Try
- Kling v3 Omni75%Kuaishou31.5s · 35 cr Try
- 71%21.6s · 50 cr Try
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst67%OpenAI28.8s · 28 cr Try
- Ideogram v467%Ideogram18.3s · 40 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.0 Pro67%Alibaba10.3s · 36 cr Try
- Seedream 5.0 Pro67%ByteDance82.8s · 49 cr Try
- Muse Image 1.060%Meta12.2s · 12 cr Try
- ImagineArt 1.5 Pro50%ImagineArt364.9s · 55 cr Try
- Recraft v443%Recraft17.4s · 45 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.043%Alibaba7.5s · 32 cr Try
- 8.2s · 80 cr Try
- Krea 2 Medium33%Krea17.3s · 40 cr Try
- ImagineArt 233%ImagineArt80.1s · 60 cr Try
- Recraft v4 Pro33%Recraft17.1s · 300 cr Try
- Midjourney Niji 720%Midjourney87.8s · 160 cr Try
- GPT Image 217%OpenAI60.7s · 60 cr Try
- Nano Banana 2 Lite11%Google21.2s · 36 cr Try
- Krea 2 Large0%Krea31.0s · 80 cr Try
FAQ
- Which AI model renders this prompt best?
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare leads with 90% of 10 blind votes on this prompt. Vote on the arena page to add your judgement.
- Were the prompts adjusted per model?
- No. Every model received the exact same prompt, unmodified, at its default settings, with no negative prompt or style suffix. Some models rewrite prompts internally, and that is part of what is being compared.
- Can I run this prompt myself?
- Yes. Each tile’s “Try” link opens the BudgetPixel workshop with this prompt and that model preselected.