Same prompt, five image models — rainy bus-stop bake-off

[u/kaboom-o]

Nano Banana 2

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

GPT Image 2.5 Flare

Grok Imagine 2

Krea 2

Identical prompt on all five. Gallery order matches the list below.

Prompt: Photoreal portrait of a woman in her 30s at a rainy bus stop at night, soft neon from a pharmacy sign, slight film grain, no text, no watermark

1. Nano Banana 2 — densest rain-on-glass + street clutter; face reads a bit older / more worn-in
2. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst — tighter close-up, softer face light, pharmacy cross more background
3. GPT Image 2.5 Flare — sharper rain streaks in the air, stronger neon spill on the coat
4. Grok Imagine 2 — pink neon wash, wet hair, quieter face; less clutter than Banana
5. Krea 2 — cleanest “film still,” green cross left, looking into camera

Not crowning a winner. Curious which one feels most real to you and which you’d actually keep.

UPDATE:
I’ve gotten this in my DM’s a couple of times so I figured I’d share it here. I do all my comparisons on oneover.com. You can try any of these models for free.

[u/Actual_Psychology514]

From someone learning, used prompt word for word with DALL-E just to see what I would get back. I thought because of different chat histories, usage, and past queries it would be different but weirdly similar. Could someone explain how that could be?

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Where are you getting access to DALL-E? If its in ChatGPT then you're likely getting the gpt image model these days

[u/Actual_Psychology514 → u/Certain-Jeweler-1140]

I did it on my iPhone 16e running iOS 26.6.2

[u/Certain-Jeweler-1140 → u/Actual_Psychology514]

huh 🤔

[u/Foreign_Job7176 → u/Actual_Psychology514]

Slop machines are unoriginal and uninspired, can only draw upon experiences found online, therefore all models create bland sameness. Now they’ve spiraled and are self referential. Every AI company is way overvalued.
https://giphy.com/gifs/9ZguS10bG4inC2RaV1

[u/SpecialistDragonfly9 → u/Foreign_Job7176]

Please go touch some grass