Which AI image model handles a busy scene best

A crowded scene is where objects merge and people duplicate. We asked 36 models for one farmers' market with stalls, bunting, shoppers, a busker with a guitar and a golden retriever. The grid includes the September 18 additions; each model page dates its own run.

Anvisha Pai

Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, Voyager

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What the side-by-side shows

GPT Image 2.5 Flare gives the most complete market: dozens of distinct people, readable stall signs, dog on a lead. FLUX.2 Max, Nano Banana 2 and Seedream 5.0 Lite are dense and coherent. Nano Banana Pro chose an aerial view that works. Ideogram 4.0 returned a cut-out collage on a transparency grid, and Recraft V4.1 went dark and stylised with few people. Ideogram 4.5, added on 22 October, drew a dense, legible market with a busker and correctly spelled chalkboards, but two dogs and a market banner nobody asked for. Krea 3, added on 22 October, drew a dense aerial market with a busker, his open guitar case and a golden retriever on a lead, as complete as any here; MOSS-Image framed its market through an archway nobody asked for. Ideogram Vector includes the stalls, oranges, shoppers, dog and guitarist in a dense illustration made from 1,977 SVG paths.

  1. 1.GPT Image 2.5 Flare dozens of distinct people, signs you can read, a dog on a lead.
  2. 2.FLUX.2 Max dense, warm and coherent with a busker mid-song.
  3. 3.Nano Banana 2 a full market with a church tower behind.
  4. 4.Seedream 5.0 Lite crowded and legible for a cheap model.
  5. 5.Krea 3 a dense aerial market with every requested element, photographed.

Every image model on this prompt, 35 pictures

One try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched, generated by us. Ranked models come first; the rest follow in family order. Open a model for the rest of its set.

›The prompt every model got

A crowded Saturday farmers market seen from slightly above: at least twelve stalls with striped awnings, shoppers carrying tote bags, a dog on a leash, crates of oranges, a musician with a guitar, bunting overhead, late morning light.

Many distinct objects and people in one frame without merging or duplicating them.

GPT Image 2.5 Flare result for the busy scene prompt

dozens of distinct people, signs you can read, a dog on a lead.

FLUX.2 Max result for the busy scene prompt
2FLUX.2 Max35s · $0.10

dense, warm and coherent with a busker mid-song.

Nano Banana 2 result for the busy scene prompt
3Nano Banana 212s · $0.08

a full market with a church tower behind.

Seedream 5.0 Lite result for the busy scene prompt
4Seedream 5.0 Lite37s · $0.035

crowded and legible for a cheap model.

Krea 3 result for the busy scene prompt
5Krea 324s · $0.075

a dense aerial market with every requested element, photographed.

Bria FIBO 2.0 result for the busy scene prompt
Bria FIBO 2.016s · $0.04
FLUX 3 Image result for the busy scene prompt
FLUX 3 Image28s · $0.024
FLUX 3 Image Klein result for the busy scene prompt
FLUX 3 Image Klein3s · $0.009
FLUX.2 Pro result for the busy scene prompt
FLUX.2 Pro10s · $0.045
FLUX.2 Flex result for the busy scene prompt
FLUX.2 Flex10s · $0.10
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst result for the busy scene prompt
GPT Image 2 result for the busy scene prompt
GPT Image 2137s · $0.17
Grok Imagine 2.0 result for the busy scene prompt
Grok Imagine 2.082s · $0.06
Grok Imagine result for the busy scene prompt
Grok Imagine6s · $0.02
HiDream-I1 Full result for the busy scene prompt
HiDream-I1 Full13s · $0.10
Ideogram 4.5 result for the busy scene prompt
Ideogram 4.520s · $0.06
Ideogram 4.0 result for the busy scene prompt
Ideogram 4.015s · $0.021
Ideogram Vector result for the busy scene prompt
Ideogram Vector26s · $0.16
Krea 2 Medium result for the busy scene prompt
Krea 2 Medium15s · $0.03
Krea 2 Large result for the busy scene prompt
Krea 2 Large31s · $0.06
MAI-Image-2.5 result for the busy scene prompt
MAI-Image-2.520s · $0.05
MAI-Image-2.5 Pro result for the busy scene prompt
MAI-Image-2.5 Pro25s · $0.17
Muse Image result for the busy scene prompt
Muse Image14s · $0.01
MOSS-Image result for the busy scene prompt
MOSS-Image22s · $0.066
Nano Banana 2.1 result for the busy scene prompt
Nano Banana 2.112s · $0.04
Nano Banana 2 Lite result for the busy scene prompt
Nano Banana 2 Lite4s · $0.034
Nano Banana Pro result for the busy scene prompt
Nano Banana Pro38s · $0.15
Qwen Image 3 result for the busy scene prompt
Qwen Image 333s · $0.075
Qwen-Image result for the busy scene prompt
Qwen-Image7s · $0.04
Recraft V4.1 result for the busy scene prompt
Recraft V4.19s · $0.035
Recraft V4.1 Flash result for the busy scene prompt
Recraft V4.1 Flash10s · $0.007
Recraft V3 result for the busy scene prompt
Recraft V37s · $0.04
Seedream 5.0 Pro result for the busy scene prompt
Seedream 5.0 Pro26s · $0.068
Seedream 5.0 Flash result for the busy scene prompt
Seedream 5.0 Flash16s · $0.027
Seedream 4.5 result for the busy scene prompt
Seedream 4.511s · $0.04

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Frequently asked questions

Which AI image generator handles complex scenes?

GPT Image 2.5 Flare, FLUX.2 Max, Nano Banana 2 and Seedream 5.0 Lite kept a crowded market coherent. Ideogram 4.0 returned a cut-out collage instead of a scene.

Anvisha Pai

Anvisha Pai

Co-founder & CEO, Voyager

Anvisha is the CEO of Voyager and a repeat, Y Combinator-backed startup founder. She was previously a PM at Dropbox. She believes nobody should need a design degree to make something that looks great.

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