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AI image models ranked on 10 film scenes
25 models, 10 scenes (November 2026)
Top three models by mean: Nano Banana Pro (7.38), Luma Uni-1 Max (7.17) and Recraft V4.1 Pro (7.10) out of 10. So the best model for realistic film stills on our 10 scenes is Nano Banana Pro. The spread is wide: 3.33 points from the top to Wan 2.6 (4.05). These are our own scores, not a benchmark.
Scores are our own judgement of one image per model per scene (10 scenes, 1-10 on adherence, realism and film look). Not a benchmark.
The ranking
One row per model, best mean first. Each dot is one scene's overall score; hover or focus a dot for the scene.
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- 1Nano Banana Pro 7.38
- 2Luma Uni-1 Max refused 7.17
- 3Recraft V4.1 Pro 7.10
- 4Nano Banana 2 7.08
- 5Qwen Image 3.0 Pro 7.03
- 6Luma Uni-1 refused 6.93
- 7Qwen Image 3.0 6.73
- 8Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro 6.66
- 9Seedream 5.0 Lite 6.47
- 10Muse Image refused 6.30
- 11Grok Imagine Image 6.28
- 12FLUX.3 Klein 6.27
- 13Seedream 4.5 6.23
- 14FLUX.2 [max] 6.03
- 15Recraft V4.1 Utility 5.98
- 16FLUX.2 [pro] 5.90
- 17FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo refused 5.89
- 18FLUX.2 [flex] 5.88
- 19HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct 5.78
- 20FLUX.2 [dev] refused 5.70
- 21FLUX.2 [dev] Flash refused 5.70
- 22Cosmos 3 Super 5.68
- 23Wan 2.7 Image 5.67
- 24FIBO 2.0 5.42
- 25Wan 2.6 refused 4.05
Scene by scene
The same order, every scene. A lighter square is a higher score. Select a square to open that picture full size; a scene name opens its page with all 25 pictures.
| Model | The Captain | Blinds | Red Alert | The Witness | 3am Laundromat | High Noon | Roof Run | Eight Seconds | Caravan | Twister | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nano Banana Pro | 7.38 | ||||||||||
| 2Luma Uni-1 Max | refused | 7.17 | |||||||||
| 3Recraft V4.1 Pro | 7.10 | ||||||||||
| 4Nano Banana 2 | 7.08 | ||||||||||
| 5Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | 7.03 | ||||||||||
| 6Luma Uni-1 | refused | 6.93 | |||||||||
| 7Qwen Image 3.0 | 6.73 | ||||||||||
| 8Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | 6.66 | ||||||||||
| 9Seedream 5.0 Lite | 6.47 | ||||||||||
| 10Muse Image | refused | 6.30 | |||||||||
| 11Grok Imagine Image | 6.28 | ||||||||||
| 12FLUX.3 Klein | 6.27 | ||||||||||
| 13Seedream 4.5 | 6.23 | ||||||||||
| 14FLUX.2 [max] | 6.03 | ||||||||||
| 15Recraft V4.1 Utility | 5.98 | ||||||||||
| 16FLUX.2 [pro] | 5.90 | ||||||||||
| 17FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | refused | 5.89 | |||||||||
| 18FLUX.2 [flex] | 5.88 | ||||||||||
| 19HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | 5.78 | ||||||||||
| 20FLUX.2 [dev] | refused | 5.70 | |||||||||
| 21FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | refused | 5.70 | |||||||||
| 22Cosmos 3 Super | 5.68 | ||||||||||
| 23Wan 2.7 Image | 5.67 | ||||||||||
| 24FIBO 2.0 | 5.42 | ||||||||||
| 25Wan 2.6 | refused | 4.05 |
Every score, scene by scene
| Model | Scene | Adherence | Realism | Film | Overall | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Banana Pro | The Captain | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.00 | natural, restrained medium close-up with rain-beaded warm window and cold sea, convincing skin; warm light falls on the coat more than the face, few droplets in the air, no salt crust |
| Nano Banana Pro | Blinds | 6 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.17 | Best wall work in the field: hard blind bars on cracked plaster, streetlamp through rain, smoke pooling at the ceiling; but he sits beside a tidy desk, not centred behind a cluttered one, and has a cigarette in his mouth and another in his hand |
| Nano Banana Pro | Red Alert | 6.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 7.17 | most natural faces and skin, blank green screen, headset pressed; captain off to the left, white overhead fixture breaks the red-only light, cool neutral grade not crimson |
| Nano Banana Pro | The Witness | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7.33 | most photographic face and room, convincing brass rail and jug; off-centre side angle, overcast light with no sun shafts or dust, coat open at lapels |
| Nano Banana Pro | 3am Laundromat | 7.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.50 | Most cinematic frame: motivated fluorescent key, teal-green grade, natural skin and peeling wall; but viewed through an open doorway, she sits cross-legged, a lettered sign on the back wall and parking wheel stops instead of wet pavement |
| Nano Banana Pro | High Noon | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.33 | Most film-like: bleached bone palette, horizontal flare across the sky, dark duster centred, false fronts in perspective; dust devil small and off to his left, one blank signboard |
| Nano Banana Pro | Roof Run | 4.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.67 | most photographic grade and texture in the field; man is striding on the roof, not airborne over a gap, arms out sideways, looks 50s, invented saddlebags on roof |
| Nano Banana Pro | Eight Seconds | 6.5 | 8 | 7 | 7.17 | Convincing rider in all wardrobe, brindled bull, sun at frame right, believable skin and dust; bull is standing on all fours rather than bucking hind legs skyward, left spectators sharp behind a diagonal fence |
| Nano Banana Pro | Caravan | 5.5 | 8 | 7 | 6.83 | convincing handler, robe and woven baskets, natural light; medium-wide eye-level shot not extreme wide, handler faces camera instead of horizon |
| Nano Banana Pro | Twister | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.67 | good yellow-green under-cloud light and natural rear composition; the radar is a boxy monitor with its screen facing camera, funnel cone not wedge |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | The Captain | 7.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 7.67 | strong motivated sodium key on one side of the face and shallow anamorphic feel; salt rendered as heavy frost on beard and coat, stares into the lens, sea barely visible |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Blinds | 5.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Most photographic face in the field, inky low-key grade, rain on glass; but a hanging ceiling lamp replaces the brass desk lamp, a candlestick phone is off to the side, no bars cross his face, and he looks at the camera |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Red Alert | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.67 | rich crimson, grain and a real green spill from a blank screen on her face; captain right of centre, sticker text on a pipe, an unexplained hand at bottom left |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | The Witness | 6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.67 | most convincing 1970s film frame: hazy window light, period hair and coat, nicked stand, jug, rail; off-centre, gothic window, mouth open as if speaking |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | 3am Laundromat | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.50 | Grainy, film-like green cast and pink/cyan neon frame; her legs sit ambiguously across the window line, fine text on dryer panels, posterised compression, pavement not visibly wet |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | High Noon | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 7.83 | Genuine ground-level angle, convincing coat and set, rich film grain and anamorphic feel; dust wisps instead of a dust devil, long side-cast shadow, teal sky |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Roof Run | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.50 | most film-like frame: real grain, warm ochre grade, motion-blurred limbs; jumping-jack pose not arms forward, carriages flank the locomotive in an impossible layout |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Caravan | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.17 | excellent thin leg-stripe shadows and spindrift; visible banding rings in the washed-out sky, about 16 camels, handler leads at front in teal, palette desaturated |
| Luma Uni-1 Max | Twister | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | best wedge-type funnel and sickly green grade with grain; chasers turn toward camera looking alarmed rather than in awe, man in a base layer, house looks pasted in |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | The Captain | 8.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.83 | best lighting match: warm sodium key on the face, cold blue dawn fill on the coat, collar turned up, rain droplets lit in the air, very photographic; slight smirk instead of resolve and no clear salt crust |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Blinds | 6.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 6.67 | Real-film grain, streetlamp through rainy blinds, smoke flattening into ceiling haze as written; but the plume rises from the top of his head while the cigarette is in his hands, and he stares into the lens |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Red Alert | 8 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.17 | captain centred, eyes lifted, sweat from temple, crimson hard top light, pressed headphone at a blank screen, strong 25mm feel; top lamp slightly white, no crew visible behind |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | The Witness | 5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.67 | grainy expired-film look, shafts, real hands and handkerchief; off-centre side angle, strong teal cast not amber, bottle not jug |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | 3am Laundromat | 4.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 5.33 | Strong neon and wet pavement colour; oblique angle not a centred wide, her shoes rest on the sill through the glass plane, overall heavy teal CGI sheen |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | High Noon | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.50 | Convincing film texture and centred silhouette with flare and blowing straw; invented eyeglasses, tall multi-storey facades, cold blue-grey grade |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Roof Run | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.33 | only true low angle with the leaper centred against sky over the gap, woman crouched behind on the departure roof, smoke with cinders, real peeling wood and grain; fists pumped rather than flung forward, no locomotive visible |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Eight Seconds | 5.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 6.67 | Rider truly airborne and clear with hat tumbling, hazy backlit spectators look photographic; bull stands head-down on all fours, raised hand bare, white undershirt under a non-protective vest, bull light roan not brindled |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Caravan | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 7.83 | true extreme wide, sun a hand above horizon, thin leg-stripe shadows toward camera, spindrift and cobalt-amber palette; only 8 camels and the handler leads ahead, not mid-line |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Twister | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7.00 | best 8:1 contrast, yellow key under a slate shelf cloud, rain streaks; rope funnel not wedge, device screen faces camera |
| Nano Banana 2 | The Captain | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | believable weathered captain, warm wheelhouse window spill and storm sea; framed as a waist-up medium shot, not a close-up, little rain in the air and no visible salt in the beard |
| Nano Banana 2 | Blinds | 6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.67 | Believable tired face, rain on glass, glass and brass lamp present; even soft light with no blind bars on his face, plus invented whisky bottle and photo pinboard, and a second white stick (pen or cigarette, unclear) in his left hand |
| Nano Banana 2 | Red Alert | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 7.17 | clean, believable faces and caged red lamps; captain right of centre, fill far too even for 10:1, little crimson or crushed black, sonar screen not visible |
| Nano Banana 2 | The Witness | 7.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 7.33 | centred, every prop present (arched window, panelling, brass rail, sweating jug, handkerchief), wet eyes; flat frontal light with no sun shafts or dust, collar open at the neck |
| Nano Banana 2 | 3am Laundromat | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.17 | Closest literal match: symmetric wide through the window, centred on a plastic chair, pink/cyan neon strips, wet pavement and droplets; she sits feet down, not knees up, faint illegible tag plates above the doors, and the grade is a touch clean |
| Nano Banana 2 | High Noon | 4 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.33 | Clean one-point street, horizontal flare and dust puff, but a camera lens barrel intrudes in the foreground and he holds a drawn revolver; face lit, not a silhouette |
| Nano Banana 2 | Roof Run | 7.5 | 7 | 7 | 7.17 | clear leap across a gap with woman crouched behind and cinders glowing in the smoke; eye-level not low-angle, background sharp with no shutter blur, and the two cars sit on oddly parallel tracks |
| Nano Banana 2 | Eight Seconds | 8 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.00 | Rider clearly thrown with astonished face, gloved hand high, hat tumbling, all wardrobe right, dark brindled bull kicking; light is soft overall gold with little backlight or rim from camera right, and left spectators are nearly sharp |
| Nano Banana 2 | Caravan | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.00 | clean backlit line with leg-stripe shadows toward camera and crest spindrift; eye-level not from a crest, line flat not diagonal, handler leads at the end, about 10 camels |
| Nano Banana 2 | Twister | 4.5 | 8 | 7 | 6.50 | most convincing faces and wet fabric, but chasers face the camera not the storm, thin rope funnel off-centre, Ford badge and 4x4 decal on the truck |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | The Captain | 6 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.83 | good warm key on the face from the wheelhouse and rain streaks; stares straight into the lens and an invented spoked ship's wheel sits oddly outside the wheelhouse |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Blinds | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.00 | Centred behind a cluttered desk with phone, glass, brass lamp and rainy window; over-sharpened HDR texture on suit and skin, flat-ish light with no bars across the face |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Red Alert | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.83 | hits almost every element: pipe grip, eyes up, sweat, crew receding, blank green screen with green on her cheek, caged reds and crushed blacks; gauges show needles, skin slightly smooth |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | The Witness | 7.5 | 8 | 7 | 7.50 | centred, wet red-rimmed eyes, sweating jug, rail, handkerchief, natural skin; soft backlight only, no sun across face or visible shafts |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | 3am Laundromat | 5.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Convincing skin, knit and drizzle on glass; framing is a medium shot not a wide, she is off-centre, and the pink neon top left carries garbled lettering |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | High Noon | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.33 | Strong backlit silhouette, canvas duster, hand near holster, good wood texture; dust blows at the side rather than between him and the lens, sun reads behind not overhead |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Roof Run | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.67 | airborne leaper with braces, hat and coat, woman with red neckerchief behind, low angle; locomotive runs on a parallel track so there is no next carriage to land on |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Eight Seconds | 6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Good astonished face, hat tumbling, glove high, warm backlit dust, middle-aged spectators; rider still over the bull rather than thrown clear, tan suede vest instead of a protective vest, bull is a white roan not brindled |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Caravan | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.50 | warm backlit line with good shadows and rugs; handler walks toward camera holding two sticks, not extreme wide or elevated |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Twister | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.67 | closest to the brief: massive wedge-like funnel, near-black storm over lit wheat and clapboard, man bracing on cab; blank plate rather than empty recess, screen partly visible |
| Luma Uni-1 | The Captain | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.00 | close-up with motivated warm key raking from the window and cold blue on the shadow side, rain in the air; no salt in the beard and slightly soft, painterly finish |
| Luma Uni-1 | Blinds | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 7.17 | Cinematic low-key frame: backlit blinds, rain, a loosened plaid three-piece, eyes on the phone; a second phone is invented on the side table, the cigarette hand looks malformed, and no bars cross his face |
| Luma Uni-1 | Red Alert | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.83 | deep crimson with crushed blacks, grain and a long crew-filled tunnel, green spill from a blank round screen; captain left of centre, her earphone reads as a headset mic |
| Luma Uni-1 | The Witness | 5.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 6.33 | warm amber-green grade with period feel; low angle, waxy face, eyes dry, window reads as a doorway, jug barely visible |
| Luma Uni-1 | 3am Laundromat | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.50 | Filmic grain and pink neon frame with wet pavement; detergent boxes and labelled panels add text, patterned pink book cover, banded compression on skin |
| Luma Uni-1 | High Noon | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Ground-level dust burst, strong horizontal flare and bleached grade feel real; he stands centred, feet planted, but the buildings are blank plank stockade walls and the dust is only a ground puff, not a dust devil |
| Luma Uni-1 | Roof Run | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7.00 | highly convincing film frame with motion blur, lens flare and glowing cinders; man is running on the roof not leaping a gap, woman runs behind rather than crouching |
| Luma Uni-1 | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| Luma Uni-1 | Caravan | 4.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.33 | authentic film-stock texture and believable camels in side profile; two handlers, heavy grain and dust specks, desaturated grade, eye-level flat line |
| Luma Uni-1 | Twister | 4 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.17 | highly photographic debris-laden funnel and green light, but shot from the front, woman smiling with a camera not a radar, man close-up facing camera |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | The Captain | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.00 | warm wheelhouse glow and wet oilskin read well; invented ship's wheel mounted on the wheelhouse front, subject looks closer to 50 than 60s, generic grade |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Blinds | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.83 | Blind shadows on the wall and cigarette smoke curling up; invented glowing wall lamp, he is not looking at the phone, and the crunchy HDR rendering reads as digital |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Red Alert | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | dark crimson top light, pipe grip, headset pressed, blank green screen, crew behind; little green rim on her face, captain left of centre, slightly soft generic finish |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | The Witness | 7 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.00 | centred with chin lifted, jug and handkerchief present; smoothed skin, soft haze rather than sun shafts, eyes look past the asker |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | 3am Laundromat | 7 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.50 | Solid naturalistic shot through rain-streaked glass, centred with knees raised, good green fluorescent cast; partial neon lettering at top edge and almost no wet pavement in foreground |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | High Noon | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.33 | Centred silhouette and false-front street solid; odd flat-crowned hat, shadow a blob thrown toward camera (not noon), dust only behind on the left |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Roof Run | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.67 | centred airborne leap between carriages with woman crouched behind and embers in smoke; cars and locomotive on inconsistent parallel tracks, slightly glossy render |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Eight Seconds | 5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.17 | Warm backlit dust, hat tumbling, glove up, plausible protective vest; rider still seated astride the bull, bull grey-mottled not brindled with only one hind leg kicked, spectators sharp |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Caravan | 5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.17 | attractive light and indigo robe; handler between foreground camels with crossed double sticks, some camel heads ambiguous, not extreme wide |
| Qwen Image 3.0 | Twister | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.17 | truck, funnel and road stacked through centre as asked with a strong green grade; radar screen faces camera, blank plate fitted |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | The Captain | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.17 | warm window key on the face with rain bokeh, eyes off past the lens; hood edge renders ragged and burnt-looking, oily over-textured skin, no salt in the beard |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Blinds | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.83 | Most like a real 1940s noir still: hard blind bars across his face and the walls, rain on the window, tweed three-piece, frayed collar; the smoke plume rises from above his head rather than the cigarette, and he looks away from the phone |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Red Alert | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.33 | convincing sweat on both faces, receding caged reds, pressed headphone; close framing not wide, gauges are empty rings, screen shows interface text, little darkness |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | The Witness | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.33 | close framing with sweating jug and rail; hands raised to chin, looking away, open lapels, oily HDR skin, painted-looking drip marks on the stand |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | 3am Laundromat | 7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.00 | Highly photographic: drizzle beads, wet pavement with pink/cyan reflections, real knit texture; cross-legged on a stool, paperback has a printed colour cover, grade leans almost all teal |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | High Noon | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | Weathered duster and horizontal flare across the sky; buildings are two-storey blocks not false fronts, dust devil barely there, big shadow toward camera |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Roof Run | 5.5 | 4 | 5 | 4.83 | embers and smoke strong, woman with red neckerchief; heavy fisheye warp, elongated forearms and hands, superman flying pose |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Eight Seconds | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.33 | Strong rim-lit dust and photographic texture, rider arching off with glove high and hat tumbling, hind legs kicked high; bull white-grey speckled not brindled, dust reads pink-orange rather than honey, rider not yet clear |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Caravan | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.17 | superb long leg-stripe shadows toward camera, handler mid-line in indigo, crest spindrift; eye-level not elevated, line flat, sunlit camel flanks slightly inconsistent with backlight |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Twister | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.33 | good yellow under-cloud glow and rain streaks; invented lightning, rope funnel, robe-like shell, screen faces camera |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | The Captain | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.17 | close-up with heavy salt crust, rain in air and warm wheelhouse lights behind; hood instead of collar, oversized glassy droplets and overcooked skin, face lit cold not warm |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Blinds | 6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.67 | Dramatic hard blind bars on both walls, streetlamp through rain, rising smoke; he looks about 40 and stares into the lens instead of at the phone, no bars on his face, and the lamp is oversized inside the window |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Red Alert | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.67 | dark, hard red top light, sweat running from the temple, headset pressed, green light on her face; screen is chroma-key green, captain left and arm cropped |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | The Witness | 7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.00 | centred, chin lifted, wet eyes, collar to throat, light shaft, brass rail; low angle, over-sharpened skin, warped jug rim, odd brass ornament |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | 3am Laundromat | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.83 | Has the wet pavement neon reflections and knees-up crouch, wide frame; heavy rain streaks across the glass (not shown to be inside the room), partial neon lettering top right, overdone cyberpunk look |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | High Noon | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.83 | Centred silhouette, dust devil tail in front, bleached glare; ring-shaped ghost flare top right, a slightly CGI sheen on boots and ground |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Roof Run | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.17 | convincing mid-leap from one roof to the next, woman with red neckerchief behind, embers and strong background blur with sharp faces; clean fedora and clean actor look, a second locomotive in the distance |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Eight Seconds | 6 | 6 | 7.5 | 6.50 | Explosive golden dust and clods, strong astonished face, glove high, hat tumbling; rider still seated, open leather vest not protective, bull hind leg anatomy muddled near the rider's boot, young capped spectators fairly sharp |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Caravan | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.33 | dramatic backlight and ripples; the two halves of the caravan face each other (incoherent direction), fisheye curvature, oversaturated HDR |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | Twister | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | truck, house and funnel stacked dead centre with green grade, but glossy HDR composite look, screen faces camera, man leans over the side not on the cab |
| Muse Image | The Captain | 9 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.50 | true close-up with collar up, salt-flecked beard, rain catching light against warm wheelhouse bokeh and blue dawn, eyes just past lens; skin texture slightly over-sharpened and the warm key reads more in the background than on the face |
| Muse Image | Blinds | refused | ||||
| Muse Image | Red Alert | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 5.17 | intense close expressions and caged reds; invented rain pouring inside the hull, close-up not wide, sonar screen shows a radar display, over-processed wet sheen |
| Muse Image | The Witness | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.67 | strong window shafts and dust motes, brass rail and sweating vessel; profile not centred, reads 70s not 60s, jar not jug, tissue not handkerchief, HDR sheen |
| Muse Image | 3am Laundromat | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.67 | Neon-framed wet street reads late-night; water streams over the glass, cardigan is a shapeless fuzzy blanket hiding her legs, overprocessed CGI look |
| Muse Image | High Noon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | True extreme wide with tiny silhouette dead centre and straw in the air, but the 'dust devil' is a foreground burst and the blue streak flares look added; slightly HDR |
| Muse Image | Roof Run | 7.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.67 | all elements present with strong background motion blur and sharp faces; over-processed HDR grit, coat shredded to rags, debris everywhere |
| Muse Image | Eight Seconds | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.33 | Dramatic thrown pose, wide-eyed face, hat flying, protective vest, strong golden backlight from right; heavy HDR/over-sharpened look, a printed emblem on the chaps breaks the no-logo ask, bull more black than brindled |
| Muse Image | Caravan | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.83 | only frame with true elevated crest view, diagonal line, handler mid-line and heavy sand veil; about 19 camels, saturated HDR grade and sun flare |
| Muse Image | Twister | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.83 | rear view with green-lit farmhouse is right, but heavy HDR painterly sheen, cone funnel, and the device screen faces camera |
| Grok Imagine Image | The Captain | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.83 | warm windows and wet coat present; invented sail and boom on a fishing boat, droplets glow like sparks, centred stare into the lens with an HDR stock look |
| Grok Imagine Image | Blinds | 6 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.00 | Clean centred composition, staring down at the phone as asked; no blind shadows anywhere, the cigarette hand is smeared, and the smoke is a faint wisp |
| Grok Imagine Image | Red Alert | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | wide, captain centred, blank green screen; she holds a telephone handset instead of an earphone, red fill too even, slightly painterly |
| Grok Imagine Image | The Witness | 6 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.17 | natural window sidelight, nicked wood, rail, sweating jug, handkerchief; wide shot not MCU, off-centre, invented framed pictures |
| Grok Imagine Image | 3am Laundromat | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.17 | Well composed wide with all key elements incl. wet pavement reflections and neon; dryer drums show exaggerated CGI swirls, legs down rather than knees up |
| Grok Imagine Image | High Noon | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.50 | Hits most beats: centred silhouette, dust swirl, horizontal flare, bleached street; face a black void and the dust around his legs looks composited |
| Grok Imagine Image | Roof Run | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.50 | dynamic airborne leap with strong ground motion blur and embers; woman waits on the destination car not behind him, locomotive on a parallel track, neckerchief maroon |
| Grok Imagine Image | Eight Seconds | 4 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.50 | Sun behind on right with golden dust, hat tumbling, astonished face; rider sits upright, raised hand is bare, tan leather vest, patchy brown-black bull trotting rather than bucking |
| Grok Imagine Image | Caravan | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.33 | handler mid-line, strong cobalt-amber palette, long shadows; eye-level flat line of about 16 camels, near-night sky looks composited, no sand veil |
| Grok Imagine Image | Twister | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.50 | screen faces away correctly, but both face camera, thin rope funnel off-centre, smooth plasticky faces |
| FLUX.3 Klein | The Captain | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.67 | tight close-up, collar up, droplets on beard and coat, warm window left and blue sea right; wrinkle texture slightly overworked, sparse rain in air, eyeline close to the lens |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Blinds | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.00 | Natural face and hands, hard blind bars on the cracked wall, rain-speckled window with streetlamp glow; he gazes away from the phone and his face gets no blind shadow |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Red Alert | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.83 | pipe grip and pressed earpiece read clearly; sweat drop hangs like a string, sonar screen shows imagery, busy lit background with blue LEDs, medium shot, light not deep red |
| FLUX.3 Klein | The Witness | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | centred, sun shaft with dust, nicked stand, detailed aged face; jug replaced by a metal canister and odd brass fittings on the bench |
| FLUX.3 Klein | 3am Laundromat | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.67 | Centred on plastic chair with right wardrobe; garbled brand-like text on dryer panels, wavy odd neon tubes with a dangling cable, no wet pavement, legs down |
| FLUX.3 Klein | High Noon | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.67 | Dust devil swirl present and street layout right, but the coat reads as a pale coverall/robe, face fully lit, and the shadow stretches long toward camera |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Roof Run | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5.00 | centred airborne leap with good background motion blur; woman duplicated (two identical red-neckerchief women), no gap, no locomotive, smoke billows from roof edge |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Eight Seconds | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6.17 | Bull dives with hind legs high, hat flying, golden sky; rider pitching off backwards above the bull with one leg still over the rump, tan fashion vest, mixed-age crowd incl. women fairly sharp, wide stock-photo framing with green trees |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Caravan | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.33 | handler mid-line holding the rope, indigo robe and pale wrapped headcloth, rolled rugs, spindrift off crests, sun above horizon; slightly elevated eye-level, about 10 camels |
| FLUX.3 Klein | Twister | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.33 | rear framing and cab-bracing pose correct, but two separate funnels with odd green glow, small shed-like house, screen faces camera |
| Seedream 4.5 | The Captain | 9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.33 | hits nearly every element: close-up, explicit salt crust, rain in the air, warm window bokeh vs blue sea; the salt clumps look like snow or curd and the open mouth weakens the resolve |
| Seedream 4.5 | Blinds | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6.00 | Strong blind bars across his face and streetlamp through rain; but he is talking on the phone he should be ignoring (one phone: the base with an empty cradle, cord to the receiver), and smoke rises from his head rather than the cigarette |
| Seedream 4.5 | Red Alert | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5.33 | receding tunnel of caged red lamps, pipe grip; cartoonish orange teardrop of sweat, flash-like deep focus, cyan cast on her face, radar graphics on screen |
| Seedream 4.5 | The Witness | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 7.17 | tears, collar buttoned to throat, dust motes, green plaster, grainy period look; low angle not eye level, invented white nail polish, reads older than 60s |
| Seedream 4.5 | 3am Laundromat | 5.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Rich green-magenta palette, real-looking face, blurred tumbling drums, drizzle on glass; too tight for a wide, legs crossed, and a large lettered neon sign top right |
| Seedream 4.5 | High Noon | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.33 | Fails composition: a second man posed large in the foreground under a porch, black blotch artefacts on the ceiling, signboards, snow-white ground, rainbow ghost flare |
| Seedream 4.5 | Roof Run | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.83 | low angle with riveted roof and locomotive; 'warm rim' rendered as literal flames on the coat shoulders, invented blood spatter on shirt, woman beside not behind |
| Seedream 4.5 | Eight Seconds | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 8.33 | Best light in the field: sun behind the bull on camera right rims the tail and fills dust (Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro also rims bull and rider), rider genuinely thrown with astonished face, glove high, hat tumbling, sweat and grit; bull is black-and-white spotted, not brindled, and the other hand is bare |
| Seedream 4.5 | Caravan | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.00 | low angle with a huge sun disc just above the dune skyline, camels walk in front of it; one lower leg per camel rendered solid black while its other legs are sunlit, not extreme wide, oversaturated |
| Seedream 4.5 | Twister | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.00 | vivid yellow-green break-light and convincingly soaked olive shell, strong framing; radar screen shown to camera, rope-cone funnel not wedge |
| FLUX.2 [max] | The Captain | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | very natural face and muted filmic grade with warm window spill; invented knit beanie, zipped coat with no turned-up collar, medium shot rather than close-up |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Blinds | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5.67 | Centred behind a cluttered desk with all props; suit and tie neat rather than rumpled and loosened, flat even light with no blind bars on him, peeling plaster forms a map shape, and he looks at the camera |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Red Alert | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.83 | pipe grip and earpiece present; warm orange flat light instead of hard red top light, cut-like streaks by the captain's eye, grid on screen, stock-photo feel |
| FLUX.2 [max] | The Witness | 4.5 | 7 | 6 | 5.83 | centred with rail, jug and glass behind; wide full-figure framing, sits on a chair with no witness stand in front, handkerchief in lap |
| FLUX.2 [max] | 3am Laundromat | 7 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.83 | Clearest knees drawn up (FIBO 2.0 also has them), very photographic woman and knit, good neon rim on the frame; profile pose, numbers and small badges on machines, pavement barely shown |
| FLUX.2 [max] | High Noon | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.83 | Dust forms a rope-like ring around his legs, partial sign lettering on the left building, face lit, long shadow to the right; muddy grade |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Roof Run | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | leap between roofs with flaring coat, woman crouched behind, smoke and loco; high angle, muted soft rendering, arms out sideways |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Eight Seconds | 4.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.17 | Nice honey grade and soft middle-aged spectators, correct protective vest; rider still seated holding his hat in his hand (not tumbling), grimace not astonishment, grey-white bull running without the hind-leg kick |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Caravan | 4.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.33 | handler mid-line in indigo; only 7 camels, invented second figure at the back, odd white pompom loads, flat light |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Twister | 5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.83 | clean rear framing with wide funnel; tailgate badge lettering, monitor screen facing camera, warm rather than green light |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | The Captain | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.83 | moody close-up with warm wheelhouse light raking the face and rain beading on coat and lens, collar up; wrinkles exaggerated, sky reads calm pink dawn rather than storm |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Blinds | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | 6.83 | Convincing 1940s grain, smoke curling into ceiling haze, hard blind bars on cracked plaster; a dark smear under his right eye and an overlong reaching arm, and he looks down at the desk rather than the phone |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Red Alert | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.00 | strong crimson mood, valves and caged lamps, grey-bearded captain gripping pipe; medium framing, her hand by the screen rather than pressing the earpiece, no crew receding |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | The Witness | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.67 | haze and shafts, sweating jug, rail, grain; off-centre and looking away, heavy teal cast instead of amber/walnut, odd painted marks on the wood |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | 3am Laundromat | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.67 | Centred with blurred drums; fisheye barrel distortion, rain appears to fall inside the room and the floor reads as outdoor paving, heavy flat teal cast |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | High Noon | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.67 | Moody desaturated silhouette with dust kick and foreground planks; buildings are repeated multi-storey wooden blocks, not false fronts, cold grade not bone |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Roof Run | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.00 | low angle over gap with smoke and embers; coat hovers detached above the shoulders like a cape, splits pose, caricatured face, woman tiny |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Eight Seconds | 6 | 5 | 6.5 | 5.83 | Thrown-backwards action, glove high, hat tumbling, backlit dust; rider's torso and legs twist implausibly, tan leather vest not protective, bull grey not brindled, invented spectators holding phones/cameras |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Caravan | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.33 | elevated over-shoulder view, diagonal line, warm dust; handler is a foreground back view, nearest camels cropped and partly merged, not extreme wide |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Twister | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.00 | lit radar screen visible above her shoulder, the woman wears a gown-like drape not a rain shell, washed-out light with no green key |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | The Captain | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6.33 | warm window and wheel behind, rain streaks, decent mood; yellow hood worn over an invented baseball cap, no turned-up collar, subject looks 50s |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Blinds | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4.67 | Fails the main look: a warm colour image despite the B&W ask; otherwise all the props are there and he looks at the phone, but the suit is neat, the tie is tight and there are no blind shadows |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Red Alert | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.83 | pipe grip, caged lamp, valve wheels; operator not pressing her earbud, captain also wears an earbud, grid on screen, white overhead light, no crew depth |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | The Witness | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.67 | muted haze and foreground juror shoulder work; wide shot, she sits on a chair not in the stand, handkerchief reads as paper, face too small |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | 3am Laundromat | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.83 | Faithful moody wide: centred, legs drawn up on chair, plain book, neon strips, drizzle, faint wet pavement; figure small and soft, a red sign on the back wall |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | High Noon | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.83 | Dust forms a neat hula-hoop orbit around him (unphysical), signboard with garbled text, face lit, shadow toward camera; flat haze |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Roof Run | 5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.00 | motion-blurred plain and billowing smoke with embers; single roof with no gap, coat as a cape, woman ahead of him in a sleeveless top, high angle |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Eight Seconds | 5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.17 | Astonished face, protective vest, hat tumbling, bull kicking hind legs, warm backlight; rider still seated, invented lettering and patches on the chaps, grandstand and floodlight added, bull grey not brindled |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Caravan | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.67 | rolled rugs and woven bags look real; only 7 camels, a second robed man at the front, pink headcloth, washed-out flat sun |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | Twister | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.00 | correct rear layout with man bracing on cab; sepia grade instead of green, storm not near-black, monitor screen faces camera |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | The Captain | 5.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.33 | big breaking wave and lit wheelhouse; invented sou'wester hat, medium shot staring into lens with mouth open, face not warm-keyed |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Blinds | 5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 4.67 | Composition and props right, blind bars on the side wall; a large garbled ornament-like artefact on his cheek ruins the face |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Red Alert | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.67 | centred captain, crew behind, caged reds; garbled name tags, wings and epaulettes, radar graphics, white lamps and blue glints, bright even exposure |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | The Witness | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6.67 | centred, all props, nicked stand, aged face; flat overcast light, white specks rather than dust shafts, eyes dry |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | 3am Laundromat | 6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.00 | Convincing centred wide with detailed dryers, drizzle and wet pavement; neon at left forms letters, legs down not knees up |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | High Noon | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.33 | Clear detailed duster and gunbelt, but twin mirrored dust swirls look artificial and shadow is thrown toward camera, not noon-short |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Roof Run | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | airborne leaper with flaring coat and braces, embers in smoke, muted grade; woman crouches on the car ahead, cars and loco on parallel tracks |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Caravan | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.83 | backlit shadows and handler in indigo with stick; camels bunched two-deep with merged heads and necks, eye-level |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Twister | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.17 | empty plate recess and slate-green grade as asked; invented lightning, radar screen faces camera, funnel cone not wedge |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | The Captain | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.33 | warm cabin light, blue dawn, wet hooded oilskin and rain droplets all present; medium shot with a polished stock-photo feel, beard too clean and white, no salt |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Blinds | 5 | 7 | 5.5 | 5.83 | Clean, plausible face and rumpled three-piece; no blind shadows on face, desk or wall, light is a soft glare from the window, and he looks at the camera, not the phone |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Red Alert | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.33 | pipe grip and red cages present; garbled name tapes and unit patches break no-text/logo, she holds both hands to ears with no headphones, flat staged stock-photo light |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | The Witness | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.67 | centred with high collar and sweating carafe; brass rail cuts across her, open-mouthed distress not steady, invented papers/glass, blotchy specks |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | 3am Laundromat | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6.00 | Strong wet-pavement neon reflections and pink tube; she and her chair sit outside the window on the pavement rather than inside, posters on walls |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | High Noon | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.83 | Centred man in tan duster with dust burst and blue horizontal flare; painted stock-looking buildings, oval sign, face lit and long shadow toward camera |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Roof Run | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.17 | centred airborne leap, woman crouched with red neckerchief; no gap to cross, locomotive placed beside the car, red-earth outback look is clean but flat |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Eight Seconds | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.67 | Clean backlit sunset, soft silhouetted spectators, hat flying, protective vest; head-on frame with rider seated and both arms up like a celebration, bull grey-black with tucked legs, no hind-leg kick visible, lots of empty foreground |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Caravan | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | white-bearded elder in indigo, about 11 camels with rolled carpets, shadows toward camera; low angle, handler leads at front, stick held horizontally, repeated carpet pattern |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | Twister | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.67 | symmetrical rear composition; woman's jacket is bright lime not olive and she looks sideways not at the storm, screen faces camera, warm not green light |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | The Captain | 8 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.17 | close-up with salt crust, collar up, warm window behind and rain, eyes off-lens; salt also frosts the eyebrows, magenta skin cast and over-sharpened AI texture |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Blinds | 6.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 6.00 | Blind bars across his face and suit as asked, with a hard key whose source is off-frame (the visible window is behind him, so the light direction is uncertain rather than wrong); he looks off-frame, the face is soft and the cigarette hand is smeared |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Red Alert | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.83 | natural faces and sweat, pressed headphone, crew behind; light near neutral rather than hard red top light, no crushed blacks, captain at left |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | The Witness | 6 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.00 | centred, collar buttoned to throat, handkerchief; blown-out window, jug water looks murky, only a diffuse warm wash and faint dust motes rather than defined sun shafts, small lectern stand |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | 3am Laundromat | 3 | 6.5 | 5 | 4.83 | Decent face and knit; medium shot with her sitting outside on the pavement, not inside, and a lettered vertical neon sign |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | High Noon | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4.67 | Medium shot of a lit face, not an extreme wide or silhouette; no dust devil, just sparse particles; decent coat texture |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Roof Run | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | leap between two carriages, woman with red neckerchief, background blur; soft oversmoothed render with waxy faces and a lumpy coat |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Eight Seconds | 4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.67 | Backlit dust and soft middle-aged spectators, protective vest, surprised face; rider sits upright holding his hat in hand, bull trots rather than bucks, invented logo-like swoosh boards along the arena wall |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Caravan | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.67 | soft dusty backlight, handler with stick mid-frame; medium shot not extreme wide, about 7 camels, overlapping heads, no sun disc |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | Twister | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.50 | rear three-quarter view from the truck bed, both chasers looking up at the funnel in awe; screen faces camera, soft painterly faces and funnel |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | The Captain | 6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.67 | wheelhouse glow behind and storm sea; centred symmetrical framing staring into the lens, window is a backlight not a key, face flat and cool |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Blinds | 5 | 4 | 5.5 | 4.83 | Centred, all props present, smoke rising; garbled tattoo-like marks on his forehead and cheek, and soft even light with no blind shadows |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Red Alert | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.83 | captain centred gripping pipe under caged red; she holds two phone-like objects to both ears, blue streak artefact across her face, text on screen and shirt |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | The Witness | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.83 | centred, all props present, light haze; somewhat plastic face, eyes dry, flat backlight with no sun on her face |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | 3am Laundromat | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5.00 | Two big neon signs with garbled words (OUNTER etc.) break the no-text ask, and she sits outside on the pavement in front of the window |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | High Noon | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.33 | Symmetric twin dust swirls flank him like effects, long shadow toward camera; set and duster decent, no visible flare |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Roof Run | 4.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.00 | moody grade with good motion blur and arms-wide leap; jumping over the locomotive tender, woman sits inside the cab rather than crouching on a roof |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Caravan | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | handler mid-line in indigo, shadow stripes toward camera, sun above horizon; about 10 camels, eye-level, one camel head stacked near the sun, generic look |
| FLUX.2 [dev] | Twister | 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.50 | strong green wash and centred funnel, but the woman smiles at her partner holding a phone-like device to camera; no sense of awe |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | The Captain | 5.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.33 | storm sea and lit wheelhouse with wheel; invented sou'wester, centred medium shot staring into lens with open mouth, generic grade |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Blinds | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4.33 | Frayed collar, smoke and blind shadows on the wall are good; black clover-shaped artefacts on both cheeks make the face unusable |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Red Alert | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.00 | caged red lamps and centred captain; a second man duplicates the pipe grip, green HUD-like glyph on her cheek, name tags, wings and badges, radar graphics |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | The Witness | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6.67 | centred, all props present, handkerchief and rail; flat even light, no sun across face, staged symmetry |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | 3am Laundromat | 4.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.17 | Clean centred wide with plausible room; two garbled lettered neon signs, legs down, pavement reflections weak |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | High Noon | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 4.83 | Twin symmetric dust swirls, signboards with garbled lettering, lit face, shadow toward camera; generic render |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Roof Run | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | centred airborne leap over the gap with debris and motion blur; woman crouches on a car beside him, locomotive on a parallel track |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Caravan | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | handler mid-line in indigo, clean shadow stripes, sun behind; 9 camels, he holds two sticks, eye-level stock-photo look |
| FLUX.2 [dev] Flash | Twister | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.33 | solid rear composition with antenna radar and windswept man; screen faces camera, muted green, man in a t-shirt |
| Cosmos 3 Super | The Captain | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.50 | collar up and warm window with filmic shallow depth; invented baseball cap, golden sunrise over calm-looking sea instead of storm, stares into lens |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Blinds | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.83 | Blind bars on the wall, streetlamp in the rain, smoke curling up; suit and tie too neat for 'rumpled', glossy studio-portrait face, the lamp has two necks, and he is not looking at the phone |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Red Alert | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6.33 | dark moody red-green balance with crew receding; operator shown from behind so no face or green rim, earbud not pressed, screen shows a silhouette |
| Cosmos 3 Super | The Witness | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.00 | light shaft on panelling, handkerchief, jug; off-centre, looks up and away, no brass rail, jug set in a metal pot, soft face |
| Cosmos 3 Super | 3am Laundromat | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.67 | Natural pose and neon frame with wet pink pavement at right; she is off-centre and the dryer row angles away rather than stretching across the frame |
| Cosmos 3 Super | High Noon | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.33 | Centred silhouette but garbled signboards, revolver drawn, saturated blue sky with off-axis sun, no dust devil; soft CGI look |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Roof Run | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | mid-leap from car to car with flaring coat, woman behind, locomotive smoking ahead; high angle not low, slightly painterly, confusing car layout |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Eight Seconds | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.00 | Sun disc at right and astonished face; rider wears a hat while a second hat flies (duplicated), bare raised hand, bull's hind legs malformed into upright stalks, rider seated not thrown |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Caravan | 5.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 5.67 | elevated diagonal along a crest with long shadows and sun behind; two handlers, front camel shows a duplicated head shape by its load |
| Cosmos 3 Super | Twister | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.00 | rear three-quarter with green-grey tone; plate carries printed text, woman kneels, flat low-contrast light, funnel offset right |
| Wan 2.7 Image | The Captain | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 6.00 | lit wheelhouse and rough sea with rain; wet coated hooded rain jacket (same garment class as FLUX.2 [flex], accepted there), eyes just left of the lens, but flat lighting with no warm key on the face, over-detailed skin, no salt |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Blinds | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | Hard blind shadows and herringbone three-piece; but he is on the phone he should ignore, two more phones are invented on the desk, and the smoke looks painted and illustrative |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Red Alert | 6 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.17 | captain centred gripping a bar, headset pressed, blank green screen; overlit grey room with HDR over-sharpening, red only as accents, plastic sweat |
| Wan 2.7 Image | The Witness | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.17 | centred with panelling both sides, nicked stand, rail, sweating jug, aged face; flat backlight, over-crisp HDR texture, eyes dry |
| Wan 2.7 Image | 3am Laundromat | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.50 | Centred and symmetric with knees raised and neon corners; static unblurred clothes behind ajar-looking doors, garbled 'RIXRRA 30' watermark text bottom left, no pavement |
| Wan 2.7 Image | High Noon | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.83 | Symmetric false-front street, boardwalks, bleached sand and bone palette, dust plume; plume sits beside him not in front, slight composited look |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Roof Run | 6 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.17 | leaper, woman, loco, wooden cars all present; woman already jumping on the destination car, over-sharpened game-art look |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Eight Seconds | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.17 | Dark mottled bull nearest to brindle, hind legs kicked, fringed chaps, middle-aged spectators; rider still astride holding the hat in his hand, olive canvas vest that may or may not be protective, flat hazy light with no real backlight, slight illustrative sheen |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Caravan | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.83 | about 12 camels and elderly handler mid-line in indigo; blobby camel-shaped shadows not leg stripes, oversharpened painterly sand |
| Wan 2.7 Image | Twister | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.33 | rear layout fine, but the man holds the radar to camera, blobby black debris and overprocessed HDR smoke funnel |
| FIBO 2.0 | The Captain | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.50 | yellow oilskin and heavy sea are on brief; wide medium shot, warm light stays inside the cabin rather than keying the face, sky reads sunset-pink not storm dawn, slightly composited look |
| FIBO 2.0 | Blinds | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | Hard blind shadows on cracked plaster; but two telephones, five ashtrays and two glasses are invented, a faint brown tint instead of true B&W, and the staged, waxy look reads as CGI |
| FIBO 2.0 | Red Alert | 7 | 6 | 5.5 | 6.17 | wide framing with crew receding and green on her face; screen shows a green globe not blank, bright even fill, clean illustrative CG look with no crushed blacks |
| FIBO 2.0 | The Witness | 4.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 5.33 | arched window and sweating vessel present; witness stand rendered as a lectern, modern wall fixtures, off-centre, looks up and away, stock-photo feel |
| FIBO 2.0 | 3am Laundromat | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4.33 | Knees-up pose and photographic room, but it is overcast daylight with a street visible, no neon at all (pink hair instead), lettered signs at right: fails the 3am brief |
| FIBO 2.0 | High Noon | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | Wide centred figure with low dust trail, but wooden planks run down the middle of the street, no flare, blue sky with clouds rather than white glare |
| FIBO 2.0 | Roof Run | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.67 | natural light, leap between roofs, woman crouched behind, smoke streaming back from locomotive; flat side-on angle, no motion blur, gap is between side-by-side cars |
| FIBO 2.0 | Eight Seconds | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.83 | Brindled bull and believable surprised face, protective vest, plaid, warm low raking sun and gold-lit dust; rider still seated, no hat anywhere, bull running not bucking |
| FIBO 2.0 | Caravan | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.17 | elevated view and rich woven saddlebags; no sun in frame, side light, camels bunched two-deep with an overlapping pair, handler apart behind the herd |
| FIBO 2.0 | Twister | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.17 | drill-like CGI funnel, two extra farmhouses invented, tailgate lettering, over-saturated HDR; chaser faces partner not storm |
| Wan 2.6 | The Captain | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.33 | warm deck lamp and rope detail; glossy PVC coat with sticker-like beads, harsh HDR skin, stares into lens, little rain in the air, flat stock-photo grade |
| Wan 2.6 | Blinds | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.33 | Plaid three-piece, smoke from the cigarette, rain and blinds present; he sits off to the left beside the desk rather than centred behind it, the rain is drawn as streaks, and the light is bright rather than 8:1 |
| Wan 2.6 | Red Alert | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.00 | warm red film-stock texture; a stray pair of disembodied hands grips the left pipe, captain looks sideways not up, operator half hidden, red text placard |
| Wan 2.6 | The Witness | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.83 | centred with rail and window; posture unclear (cut off at the hip by the stand), invented white gloves and lace handkerchief, frayed collar, rouged CGI face, unphysical dust burst |
| Wan 2.6 | 3am Laundromat | 3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.67 | Wet pavement reflections and neon frame are good; no mustard cardigan (dark top), seen from behind on a blue chair, heavy rain on the near glass, invented towels on hooks |
| Wan 2.6 | High Noon | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.83 | Garbled shop lettering, bottles in windows, peeling blue paint, saturated colours; duster flaps like a cape and he holds guns in both hands |
| Wan 2.6 | Roof Run | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.50 | extreme low angle between wagons; no woman, no locomotive, fringed buckskin jacket, glowing chrome revolver, firework sparkles, saturated HDR |
| Wan 2.6 | Eight Seconds | refused | ||||
| Wan 2.6 | Caravan | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.17 | elderly handler in indigo; invented green ceramic jugs on every camel, illustrative oversaturated orange haze, painterly skin |
| Wan 2.6 | Twister | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.83 | funnel sits on a solid disc-like base, neon-yellow road, woman stands beside the truck not in the bed, screen faces camera |
Our scores against the public ranking
Does a model's public ranking tell you how good it is at film? Each dot is one model. The further right, the higher it ranks on public benchmarks. The higher up, the better it scored on our 10 film scenes. The line shows the score you would expect from its ranking alone: models above the line are better at film than their ranking suggests, models below it are worse.
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Public rankings: Artificial Analysis Elo, Arena where a model has no Artificial Analysis score, as percentiles within each board, updated 8 November 2026 (Arena 6 November 2026).
The table
| # | Model | Mean | Min | Max | Refused | Best scene | Worst scene | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nano Banana ProGoogle | 7.38 | 6.67 | 8.50 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | Twister | AA Elo 1119percentile 87.9 |
| 2 | Luma Uni-1 MaxLuma AI | 7.17 | 6.17 | 7.83 | 1 | High Noon | Caravan | AA Elo 1026percentile 68.2 |
| 3 | Recraft V4.1 ProRecraft | 7.10 | 5.33 | 8.83 | 0 | The Captain | 3am Laundromat | Arena 1132percentile 48.2 |
| 4 | Nano Banana 2Google | 7.08 | 5.33 | 8.17 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | High Noon | AA Elo 1142percentile 92.5 |
| 5 | Qwen Image 3.0 ProAlibaba | 7.03 | 6.00 | 7.83 | 0 | Red Alert | Blinds | AA Elo 1095percentile 83.2 |
| 6 | Luma Uni-1Luma AI | 6.93 | 6.17 | 8.00 | 1 | The Captain | Twister | AA Elo 994percentile 49.5 |
| 7 | Qwen Image 3.0Alibaba | 6.73 | 5.83 | 7.50 | 0 | Red Alert | Blinds | AA Elo 1073percentile 82.2 |
| 8 | Recraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft | 6.66 | 4.83 | 8.00 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | Roof Run | AA Elo 1018percentile 61.7 |
| 9 | Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDance | 6.47 | 4.33 | 7.67 | 0 | Red Alert | Caravan | AA Elo 1019percentile 64.5 |
| 10 | Muse ImageMeta | 6.30 | 4.67 | 8.50 | 1 | The Captain | 3am Laundromat | AA Elo 1128percentile 91.6 |
| 11 | Grok Imagine ImagexAI | 6.28 | 5.50 | 7.17 | 0 | The Witness | Twister | AA Elo 1024percentile 67.3 |
| 12 | FLUX.3 KleinBlack Forest Labs | 6.27 | 5.00 | 7.67 | 0 | The Captain | Roof Run | AA Elo 1043percentile 78.5 |
| 13 | Seedream 4.5ByteDance | 6.23 | 3.33 | 8.33 | 0 | The Captain | High Noon | AA Elo 1030percentile 73.8 |
| 14 | FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs | 6.03 | 4.83 | 7.83 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | High Noon | AA Elo 1021percentile 66.4 |
| 15 | Recraft V4.1 UtilityRecraft | 5.98 | 4.00 | 7.83 | 0 | The Captain | Twister | AA Elo 1028percentile 71 |
| 16 | FLUX.2 [pro]Black Forest Labs | 5.90 | 4.67 | 7.83 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | Blinds | AA Elo 1003percentile 57 |
| 17 | FLUX.2 [dev] TurboBlack Forest Labs | 5.89 | 4.67 | 7.00 | 1 | 3am Laundromat | Red Alert | AA Elo 996percentile 53.3 |
| 18 | FLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest Labs | 5.88 | 4.33 | 7.33 | 0 | The Captain | Red Alert | AA Elo 1028percentile 71 |
| 19 | HunyuanImage 3.0 InstructTencent | 5.78 | 4.67 | 7.17 | 0 | The Captain | High Noon | AA Elo 988percentile 45.8 |
| 20 | FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs | 5.70 | 4.83 | 6.83 | 1 | The Witness | Red Alert | AA Elo 1000percentile 55.1 |
| 21 | FLUX.2 [dev] FlashBlack Forest Labs | 5.70 | 4.00 | 6.67 | 1 | The Witness | Red Alert | AA Elo 989percentile 47.7 |
| 22 | Cosmos 3 SuperNVIDIA | 5.68 | 4.00 | 6.67 | 0 | 3am Laundromat | Eight Seconds | AA Elo 987percentile 44.9 |
| 23 | Wan 2.7 ImageAlibaba | 5.67 | 4.33 | 7.17 | 0 | The Witness | Twister | AA Elo 988percentile 45.8 |
| 24 | FIBO 2.0Bria | 5.42 | 4.17 | 6.67 | 0 | Roof Run | Twister | AA Elo 1039percentile 77.6 |
| 25 | Wan 2.6Alibaba | 4.05 | 2.83 | 5.33 | 1 | The Captain | Twister | AA Elo 1018percentile 61.7 |
Questions, answered
Which AI image model is best for film stills?
On our 10 film scenes, Nano Banana Pro scored highest with a mean of 7.38 out of 10, ahead of Luma Uni-1 Max (7.17) and Recraft V4.1 Pro (7.10). The gap at the top is small, so for a single shot it is worth comparing all three on the scene pages. These are our own scores for one picture per model per scene, not a benchmark.
How did we score the images?
Each model made one picture per scene from the same prompt, word for word, with no retouching. Each picture was scored 1 to 10 on prompt adherence, realism and film look, and the overall score is the mean of the three. One judge scored all 25 pictures of a scene side by side, and the scores were checked by an independent cross-review.
Does a model's public ranking predict film quality?
Only loosely. The chart above sets each model's public benchmark ranking against our film score, and several models sit well off the expected line. The biggest surprises: Recraft V4.1 Pro (+1.2) and Luma Uni-1 (+1.0) scored better on film than their ranking suggests, while Wan 2.6 (−2.1) scored worse.
Which models refused scenes, and why do refusals matter?
7 models refused one scene each: Eight Seconds (Luma Uni-1 Max, Luma Uni-1, FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo, FLUX.2 [dev], FLUX.2 [dev] Flash, Wan 2.6); Blinds (Muse Image). Their content filters blocked the prompt, mostly the bull-riding scene, which some filters treat as a scene of danger or injury. A refused scene is shown as refused and not scored, so those models' means come from fewer scenes; if you need a model for action or danger, check the scene pages before you choose.
How often is this updated?
These scores are from November 2026. When we re-run the scenes for new models, the scores, the charts and the date on this page change with them.
Can I try these models?
Each scene page shows its exact prompt with a Copy prompt button, so you can try the same shot in any image tool. To turn a picture into a scene of your own film, use glu studio, which is invite-only during the beta.
One image per model per scene, the same images as the scene pages. Each scored 1 to 10 on three things: adherence (did it show what the prompt asked, with nothing invented), realism (does it look like a real photograph: skin, hands, physics, artefacts) and film look (light, composition and grade of a high-end film). Overall is the mean of the three. One judge per scene looked at all 25 pictures together, so scores are calibrated within a scene; a second reviewer from another AI lab checked the scores, and confirmed corrections were applied. A refused prompt is shown as refused and not scored.