Image Expander test report
As of Oct 18, 2026, Image Expander has a preliminary Spicy Index of 82.4. Freedom evidence is untested or insufficient. The Index retains the original quality and capability score, is marked preliminary and still receives a rank. Missing evidence is not zero.
Every point behind the Image Expander scores: the table row each item landed on, where it lost points, and every content test with its date.
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- Scores computed Oct 18, 2026
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How the Spicy Index adds up
How this is scoredSpicy Index combines 70% quality and capability with 30% publishable Freedom Score. With full evidence, the weights are 59.5% quality, 10.5% capability and 30% freedom. Price and speed stay separate.
Freedom evidence is untested or insufficient. The Index retains the original quality and capability score, is marked preliminary and still receives a rank. Missing evidence is not zero.
| Dimension | Share of this Index | Status | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public leaderboards | — | Pending | — |
| Blind output test | 100% | Scored | 82.4 |
| Capability | — | Not applicable | — |
| Freedom Score | — | Not yet tested | — |
Utility tools such as face swap and head swap have no capability table. With enough scored evidence, quality alone supplies their base score. Their Index combines 70% of that base with 30% publishable Freedom Score; if freedom evidence is untested or insufficient, it retains the base and is marked preliminary. Without a base score, no Index is published.
Image Expander: Blind output test, row by row
How this is scoredTools such as face swap, head swap and background removal are judged by the same panel of three independent judges, on outputs we produced ourselves rather than shared prompts. Because every tool starts from a different input, each output is scored on its own instead of against others on the same prompt.
82.4/ 1000.4706 × 86.9 + 0.5294 × 78.4 = 82.4 / 100
3 judges from different model makers · run Sep 28, 2026
| Criterion | Mean (1–10) | Weight | Prompts | Ratings | Judges | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt adherence | 8.8 | 47.1% | 11 | 33 | 3 | 86.9 |
| Visual quality | 8.1 | 52.9% | 11 | 33 | 3 | 78.4 |
Each criterion: (mean − 1) ÷ 9 × 100. Criteria with fewer than 6 prompts are listed but not scored.
Not tested yet
These dimensions have no data yet, so they aren’t in the Index. None of them is estimated.
Public leaderboards45% of quality
Not yet tested
Ratings from arena.ai, Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, exact model matches only, each converted to 0–100 and averaged by weight.
How this is scored
Image Expander content tests, task by task
How this is scoredThe family score is the average of its task scores, so a single cautious task pulls the whole family down. Here is where every point came from.
We haven’t run content tests on this model yet, so it has no Freedom Score.
What it costs and how long it takes
How this is scoredMeasured, never scored. Price comes from the live catalogue; speed from real jobs over the last 30 days.
- Price
- $0.024 per image
- Success rate
- Not published yet for any model. Success rates go live for every family at the same time once 30 days of real traffic are in.
- Median time
- 19 s
- 90th percentile
- 51 s
- Success rate
- Collecting data
A time appears once at least 10 completed jobs are in. Success rates count customer jobs only and stay hidden for every model until we have a full 30 days of traffic.
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Objective and independent
SpicyAPI sells access to this model. Its scores come only from the published tables and the test records on this page. Price, commercial terms and supply arrangements play no part.