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Face in a crowd

The prompt “A man standing still in focus in a busy train station, dozens of people walking behind him out of focus”

Tests whether background humans stay coherent. Usually they morph, merge or walk through each other.

Models tested
15
Top score
5.00 4 models tied
Average
4.75
Lowest
3.50 Seedance 2.5

Every model, same prompt

The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.

MiniMax H3

MiniMax
5.00

Background pedestrians stay coherent, no merging or morphing.

5.00

Background crowd shows correct occlusion and depth blur, no merging or morphing.

5.00

Background commuters stay separate and coherent, no merging or morphing.

5.00

Foreground subject sharp; background crowd coherent, no glitching.

4.96
4.88
4.85

Vivix W1

Vivix
4.83

The man stays still and sharp while an out-of-focus crowd crosses behind him in a train station. Background figures hold together with minor blending between passers-by. Checked frame by frame.

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou
4.83

Sharp subject, coherent background crowd.

PixVerse v5.5

PixVerse
4.70

Background crowd faces render smudged/indistinct at distance -- typical, expected limitation of background-crowd rendering, not a specific defect.

Kling 4.0

Kuaishou
4.67

The man stays still and sharp, but the crowd behind him is in focus rather than blurred. Checked frame by frame.

Wan 3.0

Alibaba
4.67

The man stays still and sharp, but the crowd behind him is only slightly softened rather than out of focus. Checked frame by frame.

FLUX 3

Black Forest Labs
4.67

The man stays still and sharp while a dense crowd passes coherently behind him, but the background is not out of focus as asked: the passers-by are nearly as sharp as the subject. Verified frame by frame.

4.67

Sharp subject, coherent blurred crowd.

Seedance 2.5

ByteDance
3.50

FAILURE MODE: background pedestrians blur into translucent silhouettes and pass through one another instead of staying coherent. Foreground subject stays stable.

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