Artificial Analysis Exposes Image Drift: Ideogram 4.5 and FLUX 3 Maintain Pixel Stability Across 30 Sequential Edits

Artificial Analysis has revealed stark differences in how leading image editing models handle iterative refinement, with Ideogram 4.5 and FLUX 3 preserving 95%+ of unchanged pixels during incremental edits, while GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst re-renders most of the frame on every pass. The stress test applied 30 consecutive edits to the same image—tasks including lighting a fire, adding furniture, repainting walls, and adjusting lighting conditions. Each model edited its own previous output, exposing cumulative degradation across turns.