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Best AI model for portraits and headshots

Realistic people: professional headshots, editorial portraits and lifestyle shots.

Last updated 10 requests 12 models

Best for portraits and headshots

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

OpenAI standard Close race

  • 25%chance of ranking first
  • Seedream 5.0 Prorunner-up

Judge's most likely first pick; first on 2 of 10 requests.

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Tested requests, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst output for: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain

    Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst output for: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile

    Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst output for: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen

    Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst output for: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights

    Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights

All 12 models, ranked

Strength is the Plackett–Luce rating fitted to the judge's rankings, centred at 0; the bar is the 95% bootstrap interval. Overlapping bars mean a tie.

# Model Strength Ranks first Prompt match Looks Credits per imageCredits
1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst standard OpenAI 2 credits first on 2 of 10 +1.42 (+1.11 to +1.94) 25% 39.1 5.86 2
2 Seedream 5.0 Pro standard ByteDance 2 credits first on 2 of 10 +0.90 (+0.15 to +1.98) 15% 38.4 6.01 2
3 GPT Image 2 premium OpenAI 5 credits first on 2 of 10 +0.84 (+0.39 to +1.52) 14% 39.6 6.01 5
4 Flux 2 Pro standard Black Forest Labs 1 credit first on 1 of 10 +0.84 (+0.17 to +1.67) 14% 39.2 6.15 1
5 Nano Banana Pro premium Google 5 credits first on 1 of 10 +0.20 (-0.47 to +0.98) 7% 38.9 5.71 5
6 Hunyuan V3 standard Tencent 3 credits first on 2 of 10 +0.01 (-1.00 to +0.91) 6% 38.9 6.14 3
7 Nano Banana fast Google 2 credits -0.05 (-0.61 to +0.52) 6% 39.8 6.08 2
8 Nano Banana 2 standard Google 3 credits first on 2 of 10 -0.43 (-1.09 to +0.45) 4% 38.9 5.82 3
9 Kling 3.0 Image standard Kuaishou 1 credit -0.43 (-1.18 to +0.27) 4% 37.7 6.01 1
10 Ideogram 4.5 standard Ideogram 3 credits -0.72 (-1.29 to -0.32) 3% 38.1 5.79 3
11 Recraft V4.1 standard Recraft 2 credits -0.86 (-1.46 to -0.46) 3% 40.2 5.81 2
12 Luma UNI-1 standard Luma AI 2 credits -1.72 (-3.20 to -0.92) 1% 39.0 5.75 2

Narrow screens hide prompt match and looks, and show credits under each model name. Credits per image are Picsart's own estimate on the benchmark settings.

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Computed from the benchmark data, not written by hand.

What the judge saw

We judge natural skin, hands and eyes, flattering light and how well the person matches the brief. Best first; the judge saw them shuffled and unlabelled.

  1. Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile

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    • Hunyuan V3: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Hunyuan V3 judge 1.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 2.0
    • Flux 2 Pro: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Flux 2 Pro judge 3.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 3.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Nano Banana Pro judge 5.5
    • Nano Banana: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Nano Banana judge 6.0
    • GPT Image 2: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile GPT Image 2 judge 6.5
    • Nano Banana 2: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Nano Banana 2 judge 8.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Ideogram 4.5 judge 9.0
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Kling 3.0 Image judge 10.0
    • Recraft V4.1: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Recraft V4.1 judge 11.0
    • Luma UNI-1: Professional corporate headshot of a woman in her forties with short curly grey hair, navy blazer, neutral grey studio background, soft even lighting, genuine smile Luma UNI-1 judge 12.0

  2. profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office

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    • GPT Image 2: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office GPT Image 2 judge 2.0
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 3.0
    • Flux 2 Pro: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Flux 2 Pro judge 3.0
    • Kling 3.0 Image: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Kling 3.0 Image judge 3.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 4.0
    • Hunyuan V3: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Hunyuan V3 judge 6.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Nano Banana Pro judge 7.0
    • Nano Banana 2: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Nano Banana 2 judge 8.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Ideogram 4.5 judge 9.5
    • Recraft V4.1: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Recraft V4.1 judge 10.0
    • Nano Banana: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Nano Banana judge 10.0
    • Luma UNI-1: profile photo, young man with a short beard, white shirt, blurred office Luma UNI-1 judge 12.0

  3. Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain

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    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 1.0
    • GPT Image 2: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain GPT Image 2 judge 3.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 4.0
    • Flux 2 Pro: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Flux 2 Pro judge 4.0
    • Luma UNI-1: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Luma UNI-1 judge 4.5
    • Nano Banana: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Nano Banana judge 5.0
    • Hunyuan V3: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Hunyuan V3 judge 7.0
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Kling 3.0 Image judge 7.5
    • Ideogram 4.5: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Ideogram 4.5 judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Nano Banana Pro judge 10.5
    • Recraft V4.1: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Recraft V4.1 judge 11.0
    • Nano Banana 2: Editorial black and white portrait of an elderly fisherman with deep wrinkles and a wool cap, dramatic side light, dark background, fine film grain Nano Banana 2 judge 11.5
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  1. Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her

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    • Hunyuan V3: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Hunyuan V3 judge 1.5
    • Flux 2 Pro: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Flux 2 Pro judge 2.5
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Kling 3.0 Image judge 4.0
    • Nano Banana: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Nano Banana judge 4.0
    • Luma UNI-1: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Luma UNI-1 judge 5.0
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 5.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 6.0
    • GPT Image 2: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her GPT Image 2 judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Nano Banana Pro judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana 2: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Nano Banana 2 judge 10.5
    • Recraft V4.1: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Recraft V4.1 judge 10.5
    • Ideogram 4.5: Natural light portrait of a woman with freckles and red hair in a yellow raincoat, laughing, rainy city street softly out of focus behind her Ideogram 4.5 judge 12.0

  2. headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile

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    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 1.5
    • Flux 2 Pro: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Flux 2 Pro judge 1.5
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 3.5
    • GPT Image 2: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile GPT Image 2 judge 5.0
    • Nano Banana Pro: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Nano Banana Pro judge 5.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Ideogram 4.5 judge 6.5
    • Recraft V4.1: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Recraft V4.1 judge 6.5
    • Kling 3.0 Image: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Kling 3.0 Image judge 7.5
    • Hunyuan V3: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Hunyuan V3 judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Nano Banana judge 10.0
    • Nano Banana 2: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Nano Banana 2 judge 10.5
    • Luma UNI-1: headshot for a startup team page, man in his thirties, East Asian, round glasses, dark green sweater, light background, warm smile Luma UNI-1 judge 12.0

  3. Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights

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    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 1.5
    • GPT Image 2: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights GPT Image 2 judge 2.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 3.0
    • Nano Banana Pro: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Nano Banana Pro judge 3.5
    • Hunyuan V3: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Hunyuan V3 judge 6.0
    • Nano Banana 2: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Nano Banana 2 judge 7.0
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Kling 3.0 Image judge 8.0
    • Recraft V4.1: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Recraft V4.1 judge 8.5
    • Flux 2 Pro: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Flux 2 Pro judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Nano Banana judge 8.5
    • Ideogram 4.5: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Ideogram 4.5 judge 9.5
    • Luma UNI-1: Close-up beauty portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a shaved head and gold hoop earrings, glowing skin, soft pink studio backdrop, ring light catchlights Luma UNI-1 judge 12.0

  4. candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera

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    • Nano Banana 2: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Nano Banana 2 judge 2.0
    • Hunyuan V3: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Hunyuan V3 judge 3.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Nano Banana Pro judge 4.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 4.5
    • Kling 3.0 Image: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Kling 3.0 Image judge 5.0
    • Flux 2 Pro: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Flux 2 Pro judge 5.5
    • GPT Image 2: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera GPT Image 2 judge 7.0
    • Luma UNI-1: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Luma UNI-1 judge 7.0
    • Nano Banana: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Nano Banana judge 8.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 9.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Ideogram 4.5 judge 10.5
    • Recraft V4.1: candid lifestyle photo, a father in his fifties with his adult daughter sitting on a park bench in autumn, golden hour, both looking at the camera Recraft V4.1 judge 11.5

  5. Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside

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    • GPT Image 2: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside GPT Image 2 judge 2.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Nano Banana Pro judge 2.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 3.0
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 3.5
    • Flux 2 Pro: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Flux 2 Pro judge 5.5
    • Recraft V4.1: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Recraft V4.1 judge 6.0
    • Hunyuan V3: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Hunyuan V3 judge 6.5
    • Nano Banana: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Nano Banana judge 8.0
    • Luma UNI-1: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Luma UNI-1 judge 9.0
    • Nano Banana 2: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Nano Banana 2 judge 10.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Ideogram 4.5 judge 10.5
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Portrait of a chef in a white jacket standing in a kitchen doorway, arms crossed, confident look, shallow depth of field, warm tungsten light from inside Kling 3.0 Image judge 11.0

  6. Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile

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    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 2.0
    • GPT Image 2: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile GPT Image 2 judge 2.5
    • Nano Banana: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Nano Banana judge 2.5
    • Nano Banana 2: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Nano Banana 2 judge 3.0
    • Nano Banana Pro: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Nano Banana Pro judge 5.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Ideogram 4.5 judge 7.0
    • Flux 2 Pro: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Flux 2 Pro judge 7.0
    • Recraft V4.1: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Recraft V4.1 judge 8.0
    • Hunyuan V3: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Hunyuan V3 judge 8.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 9.5
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Kling 3.0 Image judge 11.0
    • Luma UNI-1: Actor headshot, young woman with long dark braids, plain black top, teal background, three-quarter angle, sharp eyes, slight smile Luma UNI-1 judge 12.0

  7. Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen

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    • Nano Banana 2: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Nano Banana 2 judge 1.5
    • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst judge 2.5
    • Flux 2 Pro: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Flux 2 Pro judge 2.5
    • Seedream 5.0 Pro: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Seedream 5.0 Pro judge 3.5
    • GPT Image 2: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen GPT Image 2 judge 6.0
    • Kling 3.0 Image: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Kling 3.0 Image judge 6.0
    • Nano Banana: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Nano Banana judge 6.0
    • Ideogram 4.5: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Ideogram 4.5 judge 8.5
    • Nano Banana Pro: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Nano Banana Pro judge 9.5
    • Recraft V4.1: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Recraft V4.1 judge 9.5
    • Luma UNI-1: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Luma UNI-1 judge 10.5
    • Hunyuan V3: Full-length vertical portrait of a ceramic artist in a clay-stained apron holding a bowl in a sunlit studio, tall composition for a phone screen Hunyuan V3 judge 12.0

How this was measured

  1. Same requests. 10 portrait and headshot prompts, written like real users write, sent to 12 models from Picsart's AI Playground.
  2. Blind judge, twice. An AI judge ranked each request's outputs without model names, then again reshuffled.
  3. Error bars. Plackett–Luce ratings bootstrapped over requests; CLIP, an aesthetic predictor shown as checks.
Read the full method and its limits

Questions people ask

Which AI model is best for portraits and headshots?
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (OpenAI): 25% chance of ranking first on 10 portraits and headshots requests, ahead of Seedream 5.0 Pro at 15%, out of 12 models tested the same way.
Is Seedream 5.0 Pro as good as GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst for portraits and headshots?
Close: their 95% error bars overlap (GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst +1.11 to +1.94, Seedream 5.0 Pro +0.15 to +1.98 log-strength), so on 10 requests GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is only the more likely winner.
How was the best model for portraits and headshots measured?
Same 10 requests to every model; a blind AI judge ranked the outputs twice, shuffled (agreement between runs: Kendall tau 0.59, where 1 is an identical order and 0 unrelated); Plackett-Luce ratings with 95% bootstrap error bars, CLIP and aesthetic scores as checks.