Best AI for posters with Chinese text
Chinese text is no longer the weak spot it was. On 10 posters, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Nano Banana 2.1 and Grok Image 2.0 got all 58 Chinese characters right; FLUX 3 Image, Ideogram 4.5 and Recraft V4.1 each made one wrong character. GPT Image 2.5 was also the cheapest per usable poster on Higgsfield, at 0.5 credits. Which looks best is up to our blind design panel, and those scores are added when grading finishes.
Results
One attempt per model per poster, no retries, no cherry-picking. A poster counts as usable when every requested word is right and readable.
| Model | Chinese characters right | Posters with every word right | Credits per poster | Credits per usable poster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT Image 2.5OpenAI · Sunburst, medium quality, 1K | 58 / 58 | 10 / 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance · 1K | 58 / 58 | 10 / 10 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Nano Banana 2.1Google · 1K | 58 / 58 | 10 / 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Grok Image 2.0xAI · medium quality, 1K | 58 / 58 | 10 / 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Recraft V4.1Recraft · standard, 1K | 57 / 58 | 9 / 10 | 1.25 | 1.39 |
| FLUX 3 ImageBlack Forest Labs · 1K | 57 / 58 | 9 / 10 | 2 | 2.22 |
| Ideogram 4.5Ideogram · medium quality, magic prompt off, 1K | 57 / 58 | 9 / 10 | 2 | 2.22 |
| Midjourney V8.1Midjourney | Not on Higgsfield; not tested in this round | |||
| Qwen-Image 3.0Alibaba | API by invitation only; not tested in this round | |||
Credits are what Higgsfield charged at these settings on 31 Oct 2026. The BiBi Score, which adds the blind panel's design grades, appears here when grading finishes.
All 70 posters
Every output from this round, unedited, in the order the models were run.
Poster 1: 秋日第一杯 / First Cup of Autumn
Poster 2: 中秋快乐 / Mid-Autumn Festival 2026
Poster 3: 新品上市 / 限时八折
Poster 4: 春节联欢晚会 / 2027年2月6日 19:30
Poster 5: 好好吃饭，好好生活 / Eat well, live well
Poster 6: SUMMER JAZZ NIGHTS / Fri 8 PM · Riverside Park
Poster 7: GRAND OPENING / 50% OFF ALL WEEKEND
Poster 8: 读书月 / READING MONTH / 4月1日—4月30日
Poster 9: 人工智能让每个人成为创作者
Poster 10: 飲茶時間 / Dim Sum Hour
How we tested
Ten poster briefs: three in Chinese only, two in English only, four mixing Chinese and English, and one in traditional Chinese. Headlines run from 3 to 13 Chinese characters, plus dates, prices and badges, 58 Chinese characters per model in total.
Every model got the identical prompt at a 3:4 ratio and about 1K resolution, using the settings listed in the table. We ran them all on Higgsfield on 31 Oct 2026, so the cost column is comparable. Each poster was checked character by character against the brief. Wrong characters, invented characters and missing words count as errors; a word that is right but partly covered is noted, not counted.
Midjourney V8.1 and Qwen-Image 3.0 are on our list but were not available on the platform we used; they join the next round. Our full methodology.
Questions people ask
Why do AI images get Chinese characters wrong?
Image models draw text as shapes, not spelled words. Chinese has thousands of characters, many with dense strokes, so a model can produce strokes that look plausible but form a wrong or non-existent character. In this round the errors were exactly that: 看 for 春, 钣 for 饭, and an invented character in place of 吃.
Which AI is best for Xiaohongshu cover images?
Covers are their own job, with short headlines and busy layouts. We test them separately in social covers and thumbnails.
Can I use these posters commercially?
It depends on each provider's terms and your plan. Most paid plans allow commercial use of what you generate, but the terms differ, so check the current terms before using an image in an ad.
How long can the text be before models fail?
All seven models handled our longest headline, 13 characters across two lines, without an error. The three errors came on 4- and 6-character headlines, so length alone did not predict failure in this round.
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