Which AI image model makes the best food photo
Food is where models either look delicious or look wrong. We asked 23 of them for the same margherita, overhead, with a slice pulled, and judged the crust, the cheese and the light. The grid includes the September 18 additions; each model page dates its own run.
Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, Voyager
What the side-by-side shows
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst wins on cheese pull and crust blistering, with Nano Banana 2 and FLUX.2 Max close behind. Seedream 5.0 Pro and GPT Image 2 are clean menu shots. Nano Banana Pro went for a lifestyle scene with a menu card and a hand, which is a different brief. Ideogram 4.0 returned a cut-out on a transparency grid, and Recraft V4.1 added a 'MARGHERITA' label nobody asked for.
- 1.GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst a real cheese pull and a blistered crust.
- 2.Nano Banana 2 overhead, warm and appetising with basil and oil.
- 3.FLUX.2 Max menu-grade with good crust texture.
- 4.Seedream 5.0 Pro clean overhead shot on a board.
Every image model on this prompt, 22 pictures
One try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched, generated by us. Ranked models come first; the rest follow in family order. Open a model for the rest of its set.
›The prompt every model got
Overhead photograph of a margherita pizza on a wooden board, fresh basil leaves, one slice pulled out with the cheese stretching, restaurant menu photography, natural light.
Appetising, menu-grade food with correct textures and no melted anatomy.
a real cheese pull and a blistered crust.
overhead, warm and appetising with basil and oil.
menu-grade with good crust texture.
clean overhead shot on a board.
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI is best for food photography?
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Nano Banana 2 and FLUX.2 Max produced the most appetising margherita. Most models now handle food well; the differences are in crust texture and the cheese pull.
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