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AI model rankingsImage editingQwen-Image-2.1-Pro

Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro

Alibaba Released October 2026

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#29 of 77 for image editing 5,382 votes Updated Nov 1, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC

At a glance

How Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Middle of the pack. Ranked #29 of 77, 130 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 63% of models.

  • Close race with 20 models. Its score range overlaps with HunyuanImage 3.5, Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro, MAI-Image-2.5-Flash and 17 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually wins. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 54% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
Alibaba
Category
Image editing
Released
October 2026 · 5 weeks ago
Best Alibaba model
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Win rate vs all
56%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#29

of 77 models

Elo rating

1,069

130 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±13

how certain the score is

Votes

5,382

blind comparisons

Where it ranks

This model next to its closest competitors. Click another bar to open that model.

Head-to-head chances

How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.

  • vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · #1 overall32%
  • vs Ideogram 4.5 · The model just above (#28)50%
  • vs Qwen-Image-3.0 · The model just below (#30)50%
  • vs Seedream 4.5 · A typical model (the median)54%

Also ranked in

The same model in other categories.

  • Image generation#19 of 106

Nearby in the ranking

  • FLUX 3 Image Klein

    Black Forest Labs

    1,072

    Elo

    #27

    rank

  • Ideogram 4.5

    IdeogramHigh

    1,070

    Elo

    #28

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro

    Alibaba

    1,069

    Elo

    #29

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-3.0

    Alibaba

    1,068

    Elo

    #30

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo

    Alibaba

    1,064

    Elo

    #31

    rank

More from Alibaba

  • Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro

    Alibaba

    1,091

    Elo

    #21

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1

    Alibaba

    1,081

    Elo

    #24

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-3.0

    Alibaba

    1,068

    Elo

    #30

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo

    Alibaba

    1,064

    Elo

    #31

    rank

  • Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

    Alibaba2026-04-22

    1,058

    Elo

    #34

    rank

  • Wan 2.7 Pro

    Alibaba

    1,050

    Elo

    #36

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #29 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 130 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro over it in about 32% of blind votes.
How is this ranking made?
People are shown two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the one they like more. Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro has been in 5,382 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro?
Alibaba (alibabacloud.com). They have 7 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro?
FLUX 3 Image Klein (Black Forest Labs), Ideogram 4.5 (Ideogram), Qwen-Image-3.0 (Alibaba), Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo (Alibaba) are ranked closest to it. The best model from another company is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI.

People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.