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AI model rankingsImage editingQwen Image Edit Max 2601

Qwen Image Edit Max 2601

Alibaba Released January 2026

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#56 of 77 for image editing 2,789 votes Updated Nov 2, 2026, 04:03 AM UTC

At a glance

How Qwen Image Edit Max 2601 compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Behind the leaders. Ranked #56 of 77, 217 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 28% of models.

  • Close race with 16 models. Its score range overlaps with FLUX.2 [dev] Flash, FLUX.2 [pro], Step Image Edit 2 and 13 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually loses. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 41% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
Alibaba
Category
Image editing
Released
January 2026 · 10 months ago
Best Alibaba model
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Win rate vs all
44%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#56

of 77 models

Elo rating

982

217 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±18

how certain the score is

Votes

2,789

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 overall22%
  • vs Nano Banana · The model just above (#55)50%
  • vs Qwen Image 2.0 · The model just below (#57)52%
  • vs Seedream 4.5 · A typical model (the median)41%

Nearby in the ranking

  • P-Image-Edit

    Pruna AI

    985

    Elo

    #54

    rank

  • Nano Banana

    GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash Image

    984

    Elo

    #55

    rank

  • Qwen Image Edit Max 2601

    Alibaba

    982

    Elo

    #56

    rank

  • Qwen Image 2.0

    Alibaba2026-03-03

    966

    Elo

    #57

    rank

  • Qwen Image Edit Plus 2509

    Alibaba

    965

    Elo

    #58

    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-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

  • Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

    Alibaba2026-04-22

    1,058

    Elo

    #34

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Qwen Image Edit Max 2601 the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #56 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 217 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Qwen Image Edit Max 2601 over it in about 22% 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 Edit Max 2601 has been in 2,789 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Qwen Image Edit Max 2601?
Alibaba (alibabacloud.com). They have 7 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Qwen Image Edit Max 2601?
P-Image-Edit (Pruna AI), Nano Banana (Google), Qwen Image 2.0 (Alibaba), Qwen Image Edit Plus 2509 (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.