Photorealism
How 22 AI image models render: “A realistic scene of an Indian wedding showing the emotions of the adult bride and her adult family members”
Same prompt, sent verbatim, at each model's default settings and a fixed seed. Judge: could this be a photograph? Skin, light, lens behaviour. 202 community votes so far.
Community prompt by @uma · voting closed 2026-10-17
22 text-to-image models rendered this photorealism prompt with the identical text at their default settings and a fixed seed. Nano Banana 2.1 is the community favourite so far, winning 71% of its 14 head-to-head votes on this prompt. Grok Imagine Image Quality was the fastest at 5.0s.
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.
- Nano Banana 2.171%Google11.2s · 31 cr Try
- Seedream 5.0 Pro67%ByteDance21.4s · 49 cr Try
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare60%OpenAI20.3s · 40 cr Try
- Midjourney V8.260%Midjourney107.2s · 160 cr Try
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst59%OpenAI34.4s · 40 cr Try
- Ideogram v4.557%Ideogram18.0s · 80 cr Try
- Seedream 5.0 Flash54%ByteDance22.5s · 22 cr Try
- Krea 2 Large50%Krea30.4s · 80 cr Try
- Kling v3 Omni44%Kuaishou52.7s · 35 cr Try
- Muse Image 1.042%Meta12.1s · 12 cr Try
- Krea 2 Medium38%Krea34.5s · 40 cr Try
- 5.0s · 80 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.033%Alibaba6.8s · 32 cr Try
- Nano Banana 2 Lite31%Google18.3s · 36 cr Try
- Ideogram v427%Ideogram15.9s · 40 cr Try
- FLUX 3 Image25%Black Forest Labs70.4s · 65 cr Try
- 24%16.6s · 50 cr Try
- ImagineArt 222%ImagineArt · retired from voting36.7s · 60 cr Try
- Qwen Image 3.0 Pro18%Alibaba11.3s · 36 cr Try
- FLUX 3 Image Klein14%Black Forest Labs6.3s · 12 cr Try
- GPT Image 2OpenAI · retired from voting53.8s · 60 cr Try
FAQ
- Which AI model renders this prompt best?
- Nano Banana 2.1 leads this prompt in the BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, winning 71% of its 14 blind head-to-head votes. 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.