Nano Banana Pro leads on human preference — 1218 vs 1060 Elo (#9 of 149 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1218 | 1060 |
| Arena rank | #9 of 149 | #96 of 149 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Nano Banana Pro currently rates higher (1218 vs 1060 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Nano Banana Pro (fal-ai/nano-banana-pro) and Qwen Image (fal-ai/qwen-image).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.