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AI model rankingsImageZ-Image Base

Z-Image Base

Alibaba Released January 2026

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#87 of 106 for image generation 2,500 votes Updated Oct 31, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC

At a glance

How Z-Image Base compares with the other 105 image generation models.

  • Behind the leaders. Ranked #87 of 106, 331 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 18% of models.

  • Close race with 16 models. Its score range overlaps with Kling Image 3.0 Omni, FLUX.1 Kontext [pro], ERNIE Image Turbo and 13 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually loses. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 36% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
Alibaba
Category
Image
Released
January 2026 · 10 months ago
Best Alibaba model
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro
Win rate vs all
38%
Companies ranked
27

Rank

#87

of 106 models

Elo rating

891

331 behind #1

typical 990

± range

±17

how certain the score is

Votes

2,500

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 overall13%
  • vs Vidu Q2 · The model just above (#86)49%
  • vs GLM-Image · The model just below (#88)51%
  • vs HunyuanImage 3.0 · A typical model (the median)36%

Nearby in the ranking

  • FLUX.1 Krea [dev]

    Black Forest Labs

    896

    Elo

    #85

    rank

  • Vidu Q2

    Vidu

    896

    Elo

    #86

    rank

  • Z-Image Base

    Alibaba

    891

    Elo

    #87

    rank

  • GLM-Image

    Z AI

    885

    Elo

    #88

    rank

  • Lucid Origin Ultra

    Leonardo.Ai

    877

    Elo

    #89

    rank

More from Alibaba

  • Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro

    Alibaba

    1,095

    Elo

    #17

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-3.0

    Alibaba

    1,070

    Elo

    #18

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro

    Alibaba

    1,056

    Elo

    #19

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1

    Alibaba

    1,042

    Elo

    #22

    rank

  • Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

    Alibaba2026-04-22

    1,030

    Elo

    #25

    rank

  • Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo

    Alibaba

    1,029

    Elo

    #27

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Z-Image Base the best image generation model?
Not quite: it's #87 of 106. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 331 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Z-Image Base over it in about 13% 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. Z-Image Base has been in 2,500 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Z-Image Base?
Alibaba (alibabacloud.com). They have 7 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Z-Image Base?
FLUX.1 Krea [dev] (Black Forest Labs), Vidu Q2 (Vidu), GLM-Image (Z AI), Lucid Origin Ultra (Leonardo.Ai) 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.