UGC-style skincare selfie
The same prompt, sent to every model.
Authentic user-generated style photo for a skincare ad: a smiling young woman with freckles holds a small plain white moisturizer jar next to her cheek in a bright bathroom, natural daylight, a slight phone-camera look, no heavy makeup.
What this tests
- Hand anatomy is correct (five fingers, natural grip on the jar)
- Natural skin with freckles and texture, not plastic or airbrushed
- Feels like a phone photo, not a polished studio shot
- Jar is a plausible small cosmetic container
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] | 3.33 | $0.01 |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | 3.67 | $0.03 |
| GPT Image 2 | 4.33 | $0.17 |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | 3.67 | $0.06 |
| Ideogram V4.5 | 4.33 | $0.06 |
| Krea 2 Turbo | 4.00 | $0.008 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 4.67 | $0.15 |
| Qwen Image 3 | 4.67 | $0.04 |
| Recraft V4.1 | 4.67 | $0.04 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | 4.33 | $0.1 |
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] | 3.33 | 23 s |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | 3.67 | 9.1 s |
| GPT Image 2 | 4.33 | 96 s |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | 3.67 | 72 s |
| Ideogram V4.5 | 4.33 | 11 s |
| Krea 2 Turbo | 4.00 | 2.8 s |
| Nano Banana Pro | 4.67 | 22 s |
| Qwen Image 3 | 4.67 | 164 s |
| Recraft V4.1 | 4.67 | 11 s |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | 4.33 | 38 s |
Editor pending · AI 3.3 · $0.012 · 22.8 s (3.0 s generating)
AI judge: Very natural freckled skin and a strong phone-camera look in a bathroom, with a plausible plain white jar. The hand is cropped at the frame edge with a thick, unclear thumb, so the grip is hard to verify. The image is soft and low in detail.
Editor pending · AI 3.7 · $0.030 · 9.1 s
AI judge: Freckles and a plain white jar are present, but the shot looks like a polished studio beauty image rather than a phone photo. Visible eye makeup, lashes and lip colour contradict no heavy makeup. Hand anatomy is mostly fine, though the grip on the jar is slightly awkward.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.171 · 95.8 s
AI judge: Natural freckled skin with visible texture, no heavy makeup and a convincing phone-camera look in a bright tiled bathroom. The hand grip is natural, though the jar is shown bottom-up as a featureless cylinder. Overall authentic UGC feel.
Editor pending · AI 3.7 · $0.060 · 72.0 s
AI judge: Bright bathroom with daylight, natural freckled skin and a correct five-finger grip on a plausible small white jar. Feels fairly natural but slightly too polished for a phone shot. A strange melted white plastic-like object at her chest is a clear artifact.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.060 · 11.2 s
AI judge: Smiling freckled woman in a bright tiled bathroom holds a plausible small plain white jar by her cheek with a natural five-finger grip. Skin shows freckles and texture but is slightly smoothed, and the lighting feels a bit more polished than a typical phone shot.
Editor pending · AI 4.0 · $0.0080 · 2.8 s (1.0 s generating)
AI judge: A smiling freckled woman holds a plain white jar by her cheek in a bright bathroom. The hand and grip are plausible, and the jar is a believable cosmetic pot. The skin looks a bit smooth, and the shallow depth of field reads more as a polished shoot than a phone photo.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.150 · 21.7 s
AI judge: Strong phone-selfie feel in a bright bathroom with natural daylight, no makeup, and subtle natural freckles with real skin texture. The hand grip on a small glass jar with a white lid is anatomically correct and the jar is plausible. A date-stamp overlay adds authenticity but is unrequested.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.040 · 164.5 s
AI judge: This convincingly feels like a phone selfie in a real bathroom with daylight. The skin has natural freckles and texture with no heavy makeup. The hand has five fingers with a natural grip, and the small white jar is plausible.
Editor pending · AI 4.7 · $0.035 · 11.2 s
AI judge: Smiling freckled woman holds a small plain white jar by her cheek in a sunlit tiled bathroom; freckles and skin texture look natural, not airbrushed. Hand has a natural grip with correct fingers; the look is close to a candid phone photo, though slightly glossy and polished.
Editor pending · AI 4.3 · $0.101 · 38.3 s
AI judge: A convincing phone-selfie feel in a sunlit bathroom: a smiling freckled woman without heavy makeup holds a plausible small open white jar near her cheek. The hand has five fingers, but the fingertip grip is slightly awkward. Skin is glowy and a touch smoothed.