Pencil in the Glass
How do Nano Banana 2.1 Advanced, Alibaba Qwen Image 3.0 Pro, Qwen Image Max Uncensored and 40 other AI image models handle a glass, water & reflections prompt? We ran this exact prompt once on each model, with no cherry-picking. Compare all 43 images side by side and copy the prompt to try it yourself.
Horizontal 3:2 photograph of a half-full glass of water standing on a flat mirror, with a wooden pencil in the glass leaning against its rim and visibly bent where it crosses the waterline. The mirror shows the glass and the pencil from below, matching what stands above it. Plain grey background, even studio light.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The waterline bend and glass reflection are clear, but the pencil reads more yellow than wood.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The waterline bend and mirrored reflection are both highly legible and believable.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The mirror reflection is incomplete and does not convincingly match the glass and pencil.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The physical setup is strong, though visible grain slightly softens the studio finish.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
Credible refraction and reflection make this an especially complete prompt match.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The requested setup is intact, but the pencil bend and full reflection are slightly subdued.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Faithful setup with only slightly simplified reflected pencil alignment.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Strong studio photograph, though the reflected scene is somewhat cropped.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
A highly convincing studio scene with only minor visible mirror-edge distractions.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Correct scene but the small left-shifted glass leaves an overly empty composition.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The square frame and circular mirror miss the requested horizontal flat-mirror setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Convincing refraction and reflection, though the off-centre framing is sparse.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Excellent physical rendering, but the frame is not clearly horizontal 3:2.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The glass is too full and the mirror reflection is faint and incomplete.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Text rendering—
Wrong square format misses the requested horizontal 3:2 framing.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
Clear waterline refraction and a well-aligned mirror reflection closely satisfy every request.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
The reflection is cropped and does not clearly reproduce the complete setup below.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
Clean, faithful studio setup, though the refraction bend is a little weak.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The glass, refraction and mirror read well, but the crop is wider than 3:2.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★2.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The pencil is physically curved, obscuring the requested refraction demonstration.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The bend and defined flat-mirror treatment are both too understated.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The reflection is cropped and does not fully establish a flat mirror.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
The cropped reflection and subdued waterline bend limit prompt fidelity.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
Two pencils and no proper mirror reflection miss the requested setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
Tight cropping cuts the pencil tip and leaves the mirror reflection incomplete.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
The extra pencil breaks the requested single-pencil optical demonstration.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The pencil placement is odd and the reflection is incomplete.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The glossy black surface makes the mirror reflection less exact than requested.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
Square framing and a glossy dark surface depart from the requested flat mirror setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The square format and simplified, edge-cut reflection miss key requested details.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
It clearly contains two pencils instead of the required single pencil.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Its circular mirror and faint partial reflection weaken adherence.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
The waterline bend looks physically warped rather than optically refracted.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★2.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
The pencil reads as laid across the rim rather than one refracted pencil in the glass.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Clear refraction and reflection, but unrequested droplets clutter the mirror.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★2.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★2.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
The unclear pencil geometry and weak reflection break the requested physical setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
Strong realistic refraction and reflection; the subject sits a little too far right.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The cropped mirror reflection and weak refraction miss the exact setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
Square framing and a round, partial mirror miss the requested 3:2 mirror setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Text rendering—
The pencil does not clearly rest on the rim and its refraction is mild.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
The clean studio composition underplays both refraction and mirror reflection.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★3.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★3.5
- Text rendering—
The circular mirror and weak incomplete reflection visibly miss the requested setup.
- Prompt adherence★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Style fidelity★★★★★★★★★★5.0
- Quality & detail★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Realism & anatomy★★★★★★★★★★4.0
- Composition & framing★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Look & lighting★★★★★★★★★★4.5
- Text rendering—
Strong overall match with convincing refraction and mirror reflection.
