Judged. Ranked. Busey'd.

#11897 Elo

Midjourney V5.2

Midjourney / Jun 22, 2023

Busey likeness8.6

Face coherence8.8

Aesthetics9.0

Prompt adherence9.4

8.9overall

#21810 Elo

GPT-5.4 Image 2

OpenAI / Apr 21, 2026

Busey likeness8.7

Face coherence9.0

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.3

8.9overall

#32032 Elo

Midjourney V8

Midjourney / Mar 17, 2026

Busey likeness8.4

Face coherence8.7

Aesthetics9.0

Prompt adherence9.4

8.8overall

#41927 Elo

Midjourney V7

Midjourney / Apr 3, 2025

Busey likeness8.5

Face coherence8.6

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.4

8.7overall

#51881 Elo

GPT Image 2

OpenAI / Apr 22, 2026

Busey likeness8.2

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.2

8.7overall

#61760 Elo

Recraft V3

Recraft / Oct 30, 2024

Busey likeness7.9

Face coherence9.2

Aesthetics9.0

Prompt adherence9.0

8.7overall

#71852 Elo

Riverflow V2 Pro

Sourceful / Feb 2, 2026

Busey likeness7.6

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.9

Prompt adherence9.3

8.6overall

#81844 Elo

Midjourney V8.1

Midjourney / Apr 14, 2026

Busey likeness8.4

Face coherence8.5

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.3

8.6overall

#91764 Elo

Riverflow V2.5 Pro

Sourceful / Jun 4, 2026

Busey likeness7.9

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence9.4

8.6overall

#101959 Elo

Midjourney V5

Midjourney / Mar 15, 2023

Busey likeness8.0

Face coherence8.4

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.4

8.5overall

#111946 Elo

Recraft V4.1

Recraft / May 13, 2026

Busey likeness7.9

Face coherence8.9

Aesthetics8.5

Prompt adherence9.1

8.5overall

#121857 Elo

Recraft V4 Pro

Recraft / Feb 17, 2026

Busey likeness7.7

Face coherence9.0

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.3

8.5overall

#131845 Elo

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Google / May 28, 2026

Busey likeness7.3

Face coherence9.2

Aesthetics8.9

Prompt adherence9.3

8.5overall

#141801 Elo

GPT-5 Image

OpenAI / Oct 14, 2025

Busey likeness7.7

Face coherence8.9

Aesthetics8.8

Prompt adherence9.3

8.5overall

#151803 Elo

GPT-5 Image Mini

OpenAI / Oct 16, 2025

Busey likeness7.5

Face coherence8.9

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.3

8.4overall

#161797 Elo

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)

Google / Nov 20, 2025

Busey likeness7.1

Face coherence9.4

Aesthetics8.9

Prompt adherence9.2

8.4overall

#171963 Elo

Recraft V4.1 Pro

Recraft / May 13, 2026

Busey likeness7.2

Face coherence9.0

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.4

8.3overall

#181909 Elo

Riverflow V2 Fast

Sourceful / Feb 2, 2026

Busey likeness7.3

Face coherence8.7

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.2

8.3overall

#191841 Elo

Grok Imagine Image Quality

xAI / May 18, 2026

Busey likeness7.4

Face coherence8.5

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.3

8.3overall

#201678 Elo

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google / Jun 30, 2026

Busey likeness6.8

Face coherence9.4

Aesthetics8.8

Prompt adherence9.2

8.3overall

#211871 Elo

Midjourney V5.1

Midjourney / May 3, 2023

Busey likeness7.5

Face coherence8.5

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence9.1

8.2overall

#221808 Elo

Midjourney V6.1

Midjourney / Jul 30, 2024

Busey likeness6.6

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.8

Prompt adherence9.2

8.2overall

#231740 Elo

GPT Image 1 Mini

OpenAI / Oct 6, 2025

Busey likeness6.5

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.7

Prompt adherence9.1

8.1overall

#241728 Elo

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Google / May 28, 2026

Busey likeness6.6

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence8.9

8.1overall

#251939 Elo

Recraft V4 Vector

Recraft / Feb 17, 2026

Busey likeness7.4

Face coherence7.9

Aesthetics7.9

Prompt adherence9.0

7.9overall

#261762 Elo

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)

Google / Feb 26, 2026

Busey likeness5.5

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.8

Prompt adherence8.7

7.8overall

#271742 Elo

FLUX.2 Max

Black Forest Labs / Dec 16, 2025

Busey likeness6.1

Face coherence8.7

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence9.1

7.8overall

#281764 Elo

Midjourney V2

Midjourney / Apr 12, 2022

Busey likeness7.7

Face coherence7.5

Aesthetics7.3

Prompt adherence8.7

7.7overall

#291678 Elo

Seedream 4.5

ByteDance Seed / Dec 3, 2025

Busey likeness5.5

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.1

7.7overall

#301819 Elo

FLUX.2 Pro

Black Forest Labs / Nov 25, 2025

Busey likeness5.2

Face coherence8.9

Aesthetics8.6

Prompt adherence9.1

7.6overall

#311651 Elo

GPT Image 1

OpenAI / Apr 23, 2025

Busey likeness5.4

Face coherence8.7

Aesthetics8.5

Prompt adherence9.1

7.6overall

#321851 Elo

Midjourney V4

Midjourney / Nov 5, 2022

Busey likeness7.5

Face coherence7.2

Aesthetics7.4

Prompt adherence8.1

7.5overall

#331802 Elo

Midjourney V3

Midjourney / Jul 25, 2022

Busey likeness7.6

Face coherence6.9

Aesthetics7.2

Prompt adherence8.7

7.5overall

#341754 Elo

Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector

Recraft / May 13, 2026

Busey likeness6.6

Face coherence7.5

Aesthetics7.8

Prompt adherence9.1

7.5overall

#351778 Elo

Recraft V4 Pro Vector

Recraft / Feb 17, 2026

Busey likeness6.3

Face coherence7.1

Aesthetics8.0

Prompt adherence8.8

7.3overall

#361638 Elo

Recraft V4.1 Utility

Recraft / May 13, 2026

Busey likeness4.0

Face coherence9.0

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence8.7

7.0overall

#371580 Elo

Riverflow V2.5 Fast

Sourceful / Jun 4, 2026

Busey likeness3.8

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence8.4

7.0overall

#381707 Elo

Recraft V4.1 Vector

Recraft / May 13, 2026

Busey likeness4.8

Face coherence7.5

Aesthetics7.8

Prompt adherence8.4

6.8overall

#391780 Elo

FLUX.2 Flex

Black Forest Labs / Nov 25, 2025

Busey likeness3.2

Face coherence8.4

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence9.1

6.7overall

#401600 Elo

Recraft V4

Recraft / Feb 17, 2026

Busey likeness3.5

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence7.6

6.7overall

#411677 Elo

Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Google / Oct 2, 2025

Busey likeness2.7

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence8.5

6.6overall

#421644 Elo

Midjourney V6

Midjourney / Dec 20, 2023

Busey likeness2.7

Face coherence9.1

Aesthetics8.4

Prompt adherence8.3

6.6overall

#431621 Elo

Midjourney V1

Midjourney / Feb 22, 2022

Busey likeness6.3

Face coherence5.3

Aesthetics6.0

Prompt adherence7.8

6.2overall

#441603 Elo

FLUX.2 Klein 4B

Black Forest Labs / Jan 14, 2026

Busey likeness1.4

Face coherence9.3

Aesthetics8.3

Prompt adherence7.4

6.0overall

Overall = likeness 35% + face 25% + aesthetics 25% + prompt 15%. Ranking is by overall score; models with the same score are ordered by their Elo from head-to-head matchups. Each model is represented by its best-scoring published run.