Same prompt, every model

Marble kitchen with three pendants

The same prompt, sent to every model.

Short answer

For this prompt, GPT Image 2 produced the best image (5.0/5). Krea 2 Turbo was the fastest (2.8 s) and Krea 2 Turbo the cheapest ($0.0080). All 10 models received the identical prompt and settings.

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Prompt

Luxury kitchen interior with a white marble island with gray veining, exactly three brass pendant lights in a row above it, dark green cabinets and two bar stools. Evening ambient light with the pendants switched on.

What this tests

  • Exactly three pendant lights, evenly spaced in a row
  • Marble veining looks natural and continues across edges
  • Island, cabinets and stools have consistent perspective
  • Pool of warm light under the pendants matches their position

Quality vs. price

Each dot is one model's image for this prompt: higher is better, further left is cheaper.

Cheap and good3.03.54.04.55.0$0.01$0.02$0.05$0.1$0.2Price per image (log scale)Score (1–5)FLUX.2 [dev]: 3.33 · $0.01FLUX.2 [dev]FLUX.2 [pro]: 4.00 · $0.03FLUX.2 [pro]GPT Image 2: 5.00 · $0.17GPT Image 2Grok Imagine 2.0: 4.67 · $0.06Grok Imagine 2.0Ideogram V4.5: 4.00 · $0.06Ideogram V4.5Krea 2 Turbo: 3.33 · $0.008Krea 2 TurboNano Banana Pro: 4.00 · $0.15Nano Banana ProQwen Image 3: 4.67 · $0.04Qwen Image 3Recraft V4.1: 4.33 · $0.04Recraft V4.1Seedream 5.0 Pro: 4.67 · $0.1Seedream 5.0 Pro
Quality vs. price
ModelScorePrice per image
FLUX.2 [dev]3.33$0.01
FLUX.2 [pro]4.00$0.03
GPT Image 25.00$0.17
Grok Imagine 2.04.67$0.06
Ideogram V4.54.00$0.06
Krea 2 Turbo3.33$0.008
Nano Banana Pro4.00$0.15
Qwen Image 34.67$0.04
Recraft V4.14.33$0.04
Seedream 5.0 Pro4.67$0.1

Quality vs. time to image

Wait for this image, including queue time: higher is better, further left is faster.

Fast and good3.03.54.04.55.02 s5 s10 s20 s50 s100 sTime to image (log scale)Score (1–5)FLUX.2 [dev]: 3.33 · 23 sFLUX.2 [dev]FLUX.2 [pro]: 4.00 · 28 sFLUX.2 [pro]GPT Image 2: 5.00 · 87 sGPT Image 2Grok Imagine 2.0: 4.67 · 69 sGrok Imagine 2.0Ideogram V4.5: 4.00 · 8.3 sIdeogram V4.5Krea 2 Turbo: 3.33 · 2.8 sKrea 2 TurboNano Banana Pro: 4.00 · 21 sNano Banana ProQwen Image 3: 4.67 · 22 sQwen Image 3Recraft V4.1: 4.33 · 8.6 sRecraft V4.1Seedream 5.0 Pro: 4.67 · 31 sSeedream 5.0 Pro
Quality vs. time to image
ModelScoreTime to image
FLUX.2 [dev]3.3323 s
FLUX.2 [pro]4.0028 s
GPT Image 25.0087 s
Grok Imagine 2.04.6769 s
Ideogram V4.54.008.3 s
Krea 2 Turbo3.332.8 s
Nano Banana Pro4.0021 s
Qwen Image 34.6722 s
Recraft V4.14.338.6 s
Seedream 5.0 Pro4.6731 s
FLUX.2 [dev]

Editor pending · AI 3.3 · $0.012 · 22.8 s (2.9 s generating)

AI judge: Three evenly spaced brass pendants over a white marble waterfall island with natural veining, and dark green cabinets in evening light. Only one bar stool is clearly visible; a confusing dark seat and metal frame at the left overlap the island edge.

FLUX.2 [pro]

Editor pending · AI 4.0 · $0.030 · 28.0 s

AI judge: Exactly three evenly spaced brass pendants centered over a marble island, with dark green cabinets and two stools in a clean symmetric perspective. Veining continues across the waterfall edge but is somewhat heavy and graphic. The lighting reads more as neutral dusk than warm evening, and the pendants cast only weak light pools on the island.

GPT Image 2

Editor pending · AI 5.0 · $0.171 · 87.2 s

AI judge: Exactly three brass pendants evenly spaced over a white waterfall marble island whose veining continues across the edges, dark green cabinets and two bar stools. Evening light with a dusk window and warm light pools on the island that match the pendant positions.

Grok Imagine 2.0

Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.060 · 69.0 s

AI judge: Exactly three brass pendants in an evenly spaced row over a white marble island, with dark green cabinets, two bar stools and a moody evening atmosphere. Veining looks natural and continues around the waterfall edge, and warm light pools on the countertop under the pendants. Perspective is consistent, with only minor softness in the stool frames.

Ideogram V4.5

Editor pending · AI 4.0 · $0.060 · 8.3 s

AI judge: Exactly three evenly spaced brass pendants, dark green cabinets and two stools, but the island body is green with only a thin marble top rather than a white marble island. Lighting reads more like daytime than evening and there is no clear pool of warm light under the pendants; the island rounded end is awkwardly resolved near the stools.

Krea 2 Turbo

Editor pending · AI 3.3 · $0.0080 · 2.8 s (1.0 s generating)

AI judge: Three brass pendants, dark green cabinets and a white marble island at evening, but the pendants trail diagonally off the island instead of hanging in a row above it. The two stools are cropped at the frame edge, and there is no visible pool of light under the pendants. The composition is awkward, though the geometry is clean.

Nano Banana Pro

Editor pending · AI 4.0 · $0.150 · 21.4 s

AI judge: Three brass pendants, white marble waterfall island with gray veining, dark green cabinets and two bar stools at evening with a city view. The pendants hang off-center toward the left edge rather than in a row along the island, and there is no clear pool of light beneath them. Perspective and veining across the waterfall edge are consistent.

Qwen Image 3

Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.040 · 22.2 s

AI judge: Exactly three evenly spaced brass pendants above a white marble island whose veining wraps the edge naturally, with dark green cabinets and two bar stools in an evening setting. Perspective is consistent; the image is somewhat underexposed and the light pool on the island is weak.

Recraft V4.1

Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.035 · 8.6 s

AI judge: Three brass dome pendants in a row, white waterfall marble island with veining that continues convincingly across the edge, dark green cabinets, two boucle stools and a moody evening mood. Pendants sit toward the back edge of the island and the light pool matches; stools are somewhat blobby in form.

Seedream 5.0 Pro

Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.101 · 31.1 s

AI judge: Exactly three evenly spaced brass pendants, white marble waterfall island with veining continuing over the edges, dark green cabinets and two stools in consistent symmetric perspective. Warm evening light, though the light pool on the island is weak relative to the lit pendants.