Just saw a post: Zhixiang Future's image generation model ranked second in the world.

Saw this on China Tech Network, saying Zhixiang Future’s image generation model scored second globally. Honestly kinda surprised a domestic model made it that high—a couple years ago I thought we were still way behind the top tier. But these past two years, a few Chinese companies have been catching up fast.

My field occasionally needs image generation, and I’ve been using the overseas ones. If domestic models really are catching up, the barrier to entry and costs might be lower, so it’s worth keeping an eye on.

Still, rankings are just for reference—you gotta try it yourself to know if it’s actually good. High scores don’t mean it fits everyone’s use case. Anyone here actually used Zhixiang for generating images? What’s your take?

Just take those rankings with a grain of salt, the real test is how it actually works in practice.

Yeah, the domestic stuff is really catching up fast. The changes in the past two years have been insane.

Yeah, I’ve used it a bit. It’s better at understanding Chinese than some overseas models.

Second, that ranking depends on which list you’re looking at.

If they can bring the cost down, I’d definitely consider switching over.

Looking forward to more real-world comparisons, don’t just wanna see scores.

Domestic ones have been catching up hard these past two years, a few years ago who would’ve dared think they could arm-wrestle with the top tier