If I had a nickel for every model card, repo, or spec posted here that had zero samples of the actual output, I could probably start financing a rack of MI455Xs.
Pretty annoying user experience trying to test out the model on the official Qwen site. You get an immediate popup with "Security Notice: For security purposes, please add a payment method" that blocks you from clicking anywhere.
Honestly if you're launching a new model, you should probably just make it free for the 24 hours after launch so people can test it out. Otherwise just wait till it's on openrouter.
When I tried to sign up for Qwen last month (after getting an ad on youtube), after entering my credit card for a "free" trial, Alibaba wanted me to upload a picture of my driver's license to be able to use it! I almost sold by BABA.
I was playing with this a bunch when it dropped a week ago. It's a big step up over their prior model, but it's nowhere near gpt-image-2 at least for high density UI design. Photos are a solved domain in my eyes, so the real question is if it can do infographics/web design.
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https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image
Here are some samples, each with the same prompt:
Cannabis site
gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/9fbf3396-889a-445e-b51b-ab4468ded269.we...
qwen-3: https://image.non.io/b5061e30-fafa-496f-9dad-2071e9473998.we...
Bookstore site
gpt-image-2: https://image.non.io/7157afee-914e-4433-9d5e-e3d0c8d8b3a3.we...
qwen-3: https://image.non.io/9556857b-e6f3-4754-8958-74b2265d946f.we...
While it does text fairly well, the overall layout/aesthetics are simply behind.