Headphones held in hand
The same prompt, sent to every model.
Lifestyle product photo of a woman's hand holding matte black over-ear wireless headphones by the headband, in a sunlit café with a softly blurred background. Natural window light, visible leather texture on the ear cushions, a small brushed aluminum hinge on each side.
What this tests
- Hand anatomy is correct (five fingers, natural grip on the headband)
- Headphone construction is plausible (two cups, hinges, continuous headband)
- Leather cushion and brushed aluminum textures are distinct
- Shallow depth of field with a believable café background
Quality vs. price
Each dot is one model's image for this prompt: higher is better, further left is cheaper.
| Model | Score | Price per image |
|---|---|---|
| FLUX.2 [dev] | 4.33 | $0.01 |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | 4.33 | $0.03 |
| GPT Image 2 | 4.67 | $0.14 |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | 4.33 | $0.06 |
| Ideogram V4.5 | 4.67 | $0.06 |
| Krea 2 Turbo | 3.67 | $0.006 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 4.33 | $0.15 |
| Qwen Image 3 | 4.00 | $0.04 |
| Recraft V4.1 | 3.67 | $0.04 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | 4.67 | $0.07 |
Quality vs. time to image
Wait for this image, including queue time: higher is better, further left is faster.
| Model | Score | Time to image |
|---|---|---|
| FLUX.2 [dev] | 4.33 | 9.2 s |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | 4.33 | 9.6 s |
| GPT Image 2 | 4.67 | 95 s |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | 4.33 | 54 s |
| Ideogram V4.5 | 4.67 | 8.4 s |
| Krea 2 Turbo | 3.67 | 2.9 s |
| Nano Banana Pro | 4.33 | 20 s |
| Qwen Image 3 | 4.00 | 90 s |
| Recraft V4.1 | 3.67 | 14 s |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | 4.67 | 38 s |
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.012 · 9.2 s (2.9 s generating)
AI judge: The hand holds the headband with a plausible grip, and the headphones show two cups, a continuous band, brushed aluminum sliders and pebbled leather cushions. A sunlit café with window and table blurs nicely behind. There is a small odd wire-like detail at the left hinge, and the grip pose is slightly stiff.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.030 · 9.6 s
AI judge: A natural hand with manicured nails grips the headband of matte black over-ear headphones, which have a continuous band, two cups, brushed aluminum hinges and wrinkled leather cushions. There is warm window light and a softly blurred café background. The finger arrangement is slightly ambiguous where the band passes under the hand.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.145 · 94.9 s
AI judge: A natural-looking woman's hand grips the headband from above in a sunlit, softly blurred café with coffee cup, window light and bokeh lamps. The leather cushion texture and the brushed aluminum hinges on both sides are distinct and convincing. The finger overlap on the headband is slightly ambiguous, but there are no obvious deformities.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.060 · 54.0 s
AI judge: A hand with a natural grip holds matte black over-ear headphones by the headband in a sunlit, softly blurred café, with clearly textured leather cushions and brushed aluminum hinges on both sides. The hand enters awkwardly from the top edge with the thumb hidden, and the cup/hinge alignment is slightly asymmetric.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.060 · 8.4 s
AI judge: Convincing lifestyle shot with the hand gripping the headband near the yoke, brushed aluminum sliders on both sides, and clearly textured leather cushions against a warm, blurred café background. Hand anatomy looks natural, with the thumb and fingers correctly placed. The headband-to-cup joint on the right is slightly ambiguous where the fingers cover it.
Editor pending · AI 3.7 · $0.0060 · 2.9 s (1.0 s generating)
AI judge: Matte black over-ear headphones with small aluminum hinge accents are held up by a woman, in soft window light with a blurred background. The grip is anatomically confusing: the fingers curl in front of the headband while the thumb sits on top, so the band seems to pass behind the hand. The cushions look smooth with little leather texture, and the setting reads more as a window seat than a café.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.150 · 20.2 s
AI judge: A hand holds matte black over-ear headphones by the headband in a bright, softly blurred café with strong natural window light, and the brushed aluminum hinges are clearly rendered. The ear cushions show little visible leather texture and the hand reads somewhat ambiguous rather than clearly a woman's. Headphone construction is plausible, though the yokes and cups look slightly simplified.
Editor pending · AI 4.0 · $0.040 · 90.0 s
AI judge: Matte black over-ear headphones with aluminum hinge rings are shown in a sunlit café with pleasant shallow depth of field. The hand grips the side of the band near one yoke rather than holding the headband naturally, and its gender reads ambiguous. Cushion leather texture is fairly subtle, but the construction and finger anatomy are plausible.
Editor pending · AI 3.7 · $0.035 · 13.6 s
AI judge: Attractive sunlit café scene with good shallow depth of field and visible leather texture on the cushions. However the hand grips the ear cup rather than the headband, and the hinges read as plain dark blocks rather than brushed aluminum. Hand anatomy and headphone construction are otherwise plausible.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.068 · 37.7 s
AI judge: A natural-looking hand grips matte black over-ear headphones by the headband in a sunlit, softly blurred café with warm window light. Leather cushions and small brushed aluminum hinges are distinct and convincing. The cups are swiveled at slightly inconsistent angles, a minor construction oddity.