Seedream V5 Pro
The most reliable finisher in AI Photo's 30-row Seedream portrait review, with particularly strong close-face detail and anatomy. It did not win every visual comparison.
- Completion reliability
- Close portrait detail
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AI image model profiles and test results
Each profile stays connected to visible outputs, test conditions, limitations, and blind preference data where available.
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Seedream V5 Lite
A strong portrait option when composition and candid camera feel matter. In AI Photo's broad saved-output review, Lite won more direct editorial calls than Pro despite one missing output.
- Candid composition
- Scene and camera-feel retention
Seedream 4.5
Still competitive on prompt composition and scene completeness. It remains useful as a baseline because newer Seedream routes do not uniformly replace its strengths.
- Prompt composition
- Complete scene rendering
GPT Image 2 Medium
A capable general image route with strong instruction following in AI Photo's retained comparisons. Its visible behavior should be judged task by task rather than from a single overall score.
- Instruction following
- Conversational revision workflows
Grok Image
A fast-moving image route represented in the controlled portrait set. The current evidence is useful for direct output inspection, but not yet broad enough for a universal model ranking.
- Fast general generation
- Portrait variation
Nano Banana 2
A strong reference-combination and editing route with useful evidence in AI Photo's mirror-selfie benchmark. Its task-level completion and moderation behavior remain visible row by row.
- Reference-guided editing
- Localized revisions
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Model comparisons by task
Task guideAI Portrait Realism
Compare skin texture, anatomy, camera logic, lighting, and the difference between a polished image and a believable photograph.
Open task guide →Workflow guideCharacter ConsistencyEvaluate whether the same authorized person or fictional character remains recognizable across changes in pose, wardrobe, crop, and environment.
Open task guide →Task guideAI Image EditingJudge edits by what changed, what stayed fixed, and how many attempts were required—not by whether the final image looks attractive in isolation.
Open task guide →Platform guideAI Companion ImagesSeparate the quality of generated media from chat quality, memory, character control, privacy, and the cost of getting a usable image.
Open task guide →Evidence guideAI Image ModerationCompare documented outcomes from the same permitted adult-fashion prompts without extrapolating a platform-wide policy from one request.
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