AI Model Benchmarks
Side-by-side comparisons of every major AI image model on real prompts. Same input, same prompt, different models — see how they stack up.
New: A Bowl of Wrong-Coloured Fruit
Eight models asked to paint fruit in impossible colours of their own choosing. Every model run through a raw API dropped a constraint — even the ones that reason before drawing — and one just painted a normal fruit bowl.
New: The Banknote Test
We asked three AI models for money in eight languages, 144 times. Whose currency do they show — and does the language change it?
The Duck Transform Ladder
Our first objectively-scored benchmark — six models, eight edits, one duck, every run published with per-edit marks.
New: Model Showdowns
One prompt, every frontier text model — SVG drawings, animations and code, published raw.
A Bowl of Wrong-Coloured Fruit
A full fruit bowl where every fruit is an unnatural colour - testing whether models can override their very strong fruit-to-colour priors (the classic 'blue banana reverts to yellow' failure).
Honey-Drip Typography
Three models spell a word in dripping honey — legible letterforms plus convincing translucent, light-through material.
Pencil in a Glass of Water
Three models render a pencil standing at an angle in a glass of water - testing whether they understand light physics well enough to displace the submerged part at the waterline, without ever being told to.
Backyard Cryptid on a Trail Cam
Three AI models try to fake a convincing night-vision trail-camera capture of an unidentified creature — found-footage realism, not a polished render.
Windows 7 Desktop, Early 2010s
Three AI models try to render a pixel-perfect Windows 7 desktop screenshot circa 2012 — Aero glass taskbar, Harmony wallpaper, Internet Explorer 9, Windows Live Messenger. Stress-tests small UI text rendering, period-authentic detail recall, and style adherence (must NOT default to modern flat design).
Vintage 1980s Cereal Box
Three AI models render a fictional 1980s cereal box with retro display typography + a mascot. Stress-tests multi-line text + nostalgic packaging style.
Tokyo Alley After Rain
Three AI models render a rain-soaked Shinjuku alley with stacked neon signs reflecting in puddles. Stress-tests wet-surface reflections + colour-light interaction.
Hands Holding a Coffee Cup
Three AI models render two anatomically correct hands holding a ceramic mug. Stress-tests the canonical AI hand-anatomy failure mode.
1960s Pulp Paperback Cover
Three AI models attempt a noir 1960s pulp paperback cover with title typography + a gouache illustration. Stress-tests period typography + illustration style.
Wes Anderson Hotel Lobby
Three AI models attempt a Wes Anderson symmetrical pastel-coloured hotel lobby. Stress-tests recognisable director-style adherence + symmetry.
Vintage Bookshop Neon Sign
Same prompt, eight image models — who renders the neon sign cleanest, who nails the wet-cobblestone dusk lighting, who composes the bookshop window best.
Bizarre Plush Toy Web Catalog
Three AI models interpret an intentionally open-ended brief: a website catalog full of bizarre, unique plush toys. Stress-tests creative range under loose constraints, multi-subject density in one frame, and website-UI rendering (thumbnails, titles, prices, filters).
Bronze Age Comic Panel — Superhero Landing
Three AI models try to render a 1975-82 Bronze Age comic panel — Benday halftones, period-authentic CMYK newsprint palette, speech bubble with bold serif lettering, KRA-THOOM sound effect. Stress-tests text rendering (speech bubble + sound effect), period-style adherence (halftones not modern gradients), and dynamic-anatomy in a single fixed frame.
Watercolor Botanical — Hummingbird and Trumpet Vine
Three AI models try to render a Maria Sibylla Merian-tradition botanical plate — wet-on-wet watercolor washes, granulated pigment, hand-lettered scientific labels in sepia ink. Stress-tests traditional-medium texture (most models default to digital painting), small-text hand-lettering, and transparent wash layering.
Pixel-Art RPG Shopkeeper, 32-Bit Era
Three AI models try to render a strict 1:1 pixel-grid 32-bit RPG sprite — no anti-aliasing, no smoothing, 16-color palette. Stress-tests pixel-grid alignment (models commonly fail with sub-pixel interpolation), strict palette adherence, and faux-isometric tile geometry. Strong r/aiArt + r/gamedev pull.
Empty Desert Highway at Sunset
Three AI models render a vanishing-point desert highway at sunset. Stress-tests perspective convergence + sky gradient + horizon composition.
Two-Mirror Corner — Chrome Sphere Reflection Test
Three AI models try to render a person between two right-angle mirrors holding a chrome sphere, testing whether they understand 3D space and reflection geometry.
Stack of Pancakes with Melting Butter
Three AI models render a stack of pancakes with melting butter and a pouring syrup stream. Stress-tests gloss/translucent materials + specular highlights.
Dramatic Mountain Silhouette
Same prompt, three AI models. A surreal double-exposure portrait with a mountain landscape blended into the silhouette. See how GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2, and Flux 1.1 Pro each interpret the brief — including where one of them surprises you.
AI Movie Poster
Same prompt, seven image models — same fictional title, see who renders the bold display headline cleanly, who handles the credits-block hierarchy, who nails the aged-paper Drew Struzan aesthetic.
Brutalist Cafe Sign at Golden Hour
Three AI models render a backlit metal cafe sign on raw concrete at golden hour. Stress-tests text-rendering + weathered material + directional light.