The best AI image model for every job
The strongest model depends entirely on the job. Pick what you are making below to see the exact same professional prompt rendered by the top models side by side — and copy the prompt to use yourself.
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What are you making?
Each job has its own deep-dive: a long professional prompt you can copy, the same brief rendered by three models, and the recommended pick.
Ads & posters with text
Legible headlines and on-brand product realism.
Best: GPT Image 2 · Seedream 5
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Photorealistic products
Sharp detail, clean light, true materials.
Best: FLUX 2 Flex · Nano Banana Pro
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Fashion & editorial
Natural skin, real poses, convincing fabric.
Best: Nano Banana Pro · FLUX 2 Flex
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Logos & brand type
Accurate, kerning-correct lettering.
Best: GPT Image 2 · Seedream 5
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Consistent characters
A recognisable face across a whole series.
Best: Kontext Multi · Nano Banana Pro
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High-volume content
Cheapest and fastest, at scale.
Best: FLUX Pro 1.1 · Seedream 5
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Portraits & headshots
Natural skin, flattering studio light.
Best: FLUX 2 Flex · GPT Image 2
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Food & lifestyle
Rich texture, fresh colour, soft light.
Best: Nano Banana Pro · FLUX 2 Flex
See the comparison →The lineup
Strengths & trade-offs, model by model
Every image model on DesignerBox, what it is great at, and where it falls short — so you spend credits on the right one.
Nano Banana Pro
GoogleThe versatile all-rounder
Best for: Hero shots, editing, and consistent characters
- Best all-round quality and prompt adherence
- Seven editing modes — background swap, product, inpaint, outpaint
- Multi-reference for character and style consistency
- Highest credit cost of the Gemini pair
- Overkill for simple, high-volume drafts
GPT Image 2
OpenAIThe text-in-image champion
Best for: Ads, posters, and anything with readable on-image text
- Best-in-class text rendering inside images
- Handles long, complex prompts reliably
- Up to 4K with strong photorealism
- Most expensive per image
- Slower than the lighter models
FLUX 2 Flex
Black Forest LabsTypography and fine control
Best for: Typography-heavy and finely tuned compositions
- Superior typography and retexturing
- Multi-reference editing
- Guidance, seed, and step control for fine-tuning
- One image per run
- Rewards careful prompt tuning
Seedream 5
ByteDanceThe budget workhorse
Best for: Budget batches that still need legible text
- Lowest credit cost of the lineup
- Native text rendering at 2K–3K
- Up to six images per run, ten references
- Newer and less battle-tested than the majors
Nano Banana 2
GoogleFast and production-scale
Best for: High-volume content where speed and cost matter
- Fast, production-scale generation
- Half the cost of Nano Banana Pro
- Same editing and multi-reference toolkit
- Slightly lower fidelity ceiling than Pro
FLUX Pro 1.1
Black Forest LabsCheap, fast photorealism
Best for: High-volume photoreal drafts on a budget
- Very fast and very low cost
- Clean professional photorealism
- Seed and prompt-enhance control
- Text-to-image only — no editing or references
- Weaker on stylised or artistic looks
Kontext Multi
Black Forest LabsConsistency across a series
Best for: Consistent characters and style across a campaign
- Combines multiple references for consistent characters
- Locks style across an entire series
- Image-to-image only — needs input images
- Not for from-scratch text-to-image
Try every model on one canvas
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Start creating freeEach comparison is generated from a single identical prompt per job, with no cherry-picking or retouching. Results vary run to run; your own prompts and settings will shape the final output. Product and brand names in prompts are used illustratively to compare model behaviour.