New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Gemini's 2.5 Flash Image model, also known as Nano Banana, has seen its popularity skyrocket thanks to the recent 3D model trend that has taken hold of the internet. While Gemini already has a lot of competition from the likes of ChatGPT, Qwen, Grok, and others, the chatbot is now challenged by another image-generating model from TikTok's parent company, Bytedance.

The new model, Seedream 4.0, has overtaken Gemini Nano Banana on Artificial Analysis-a leaderboard that ranks different LLMs on metrics like quality, speed, and cost. Seedream 4.0 holds the first spot, while Nano Banana is now in second place, with OpenAI's GPT-4o in fourth and Alibaba's Qwen Image Edit in fifth.

Seedream 4.0 is capable of not only gene...