Photorealism
How 20 AI image models render: “Messages and words related to making a ton of money, hidden in plain sight around the world.”
Same prompt, sent verbatim, at each model's default settings and a fixed seed. Judge: could this be a photograph? Skin, light, lens behaviour. 91 community votes so far.
Community prompt by @blanknamebp · voting closed 2026-09-22
20 text-to-image models rendered this photorealism prompt with the identical text at their default settings and a fixed seed. Muse Image 1.0 is the community favourite so far, winning 100% of its 10 head-to-head votes on this prompt. Grok Imagine Image Quality was the fastest at 6.8s.
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.
- Muse Image 1.0100%Meta16.8s · 12 cr Try
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst67%OpenAI45.5s · 28 cr Try
- Nano Banana 2 Lite64%Google19.2s · 36 cr Try
- ImagineArt 260%ImagineArt31.6s · 60 cr Try
- 6.8s · 80 cr Try
- ImagineArt 1.5 Pro50%ImagineArt64.7s · 55 cr Try
- Ideogram v445%Ideogram20.2s · 40 cr Try
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare38%OpenAI32.1s · 28 cr Try
- GPT Image 233%OpenAI65.7s · 60 cr Try
- Recraft v4 Pro33%Recraft21.4s · 300 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.0 Pro33%Alibaba33.0s · 36 cr Try
- Krea 2 Large29%Krea29.8s · 80 cr Try
- Seedream 5.0 Pro29%ByteDance86.1s · 49 cr Try
- Krea 2 Medium25%Krea21.6s · 40 cr Try
- Midjourney Niji 725%Midjourney99.0s · 160 cr Try
- Recraft v425%Recraft12.8s · 45 cr Try
- Kling v3 Omni23%Kuaishou31.4s · 35 cr Try
- 20%21.3s · 50 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.011%Alibaba7.5s · 32 cr Try
FAQ
- Which AI model renders this prompt best?
- Muse Image 1.0 leads with 100% 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.