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M3: High-fidelity Text-to-Image Generation via Multi-Modal, Multi-Agent and Multi-Round Visual Reasoning

arXiv 2602.06166 ↗First posted 5 Feb 2026cs.CVcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

Generative models have achieved impressive fidelity in text-to-image synthesis, yet struggle with complex compositional prompts involving multiple constraints. We introduce M3 (Multi-Modal, Multi-Agent, Multi-Round), a training-free framework that systematically resolves these failures through iterative inference-time refinement. M3 orchestrates off-the-shelf foundation models in a robust multi-agent loop: a Planner decomposes prompts into verifiable checklists, while specialized Checker, Refiner, and Editor agents surgically correct constraints one at a time, with a Verifier ensuring monotonic improvement. Applied to open-source models, M3 achieves remarkable results on the challenging OneIG-EN benchmark, with our Qwen-Image+M3 surpassing commercial flagship systems including Imagen4 (0.515) and Seedream 3.0 (0.530), reaching state-of-the-art performance (0.532 overall). This demonstrates that intelligent multi-agent reasoning can elevate open-source models beyond proprietary alternatives. M3 also substantially improves GenEval compositional metrics, effectively doubling spatial reasoning performance on hardened test sets. As a plug-and-play module compatible with any pre-trained T2I model, M3 establishes a new paradigm for compositional generation without costly retraining.

Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Multimodal reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 16 of its 32 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 5 Feb 2026.

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  1. 2025RePrompt: Reasoning-Augmented Reprompting for Text-to-Image Generation via Reinforcement Learning23 May
  2. 2025MindOmni: Unleashing Reasoning Generation in Vision Language Models with RGPO19 May
  3. 2025GoT: Unleashing Reasoning Capability of Multimodal Large Language Model for Visual Generation and Editing13 Mar
  4. 2025Towards Enhanced Image Generation Via Multi-modal Chain of Thought in Unified Generative Models3 Mar
  5. 2025Can We Generate Images with CoT? Let's Verify and Reinforce Image Generation Step by Step23 Jan

Other references · 11

  1. 2025Qwen3 Technical Reportcited by 8,195
  2. 2025Qwen2.5-VL Technical Reportcited by 5,418
  3. 2023SDXL: Improving Latent Diffusion Models for High-Resolution Image Synthesiscited by 4,290
  4. 2025Qwen-Image Technical Reportcited by 973
  5. 2025Janus-Pro: Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation with Data and Model Scalingcited by 787
  6. 2024Show-o: One Single Transformer to Unify Multimodal Understanding and Generationcited by 734
  7. 2025Qwen3-Omni Technical Reportcited by 451
  8. 2025Show-o2: Improved Native Unified Multimodal Modelscited by 242
  9. 2025Seedream 3.0 Technical Reportcited by 146
  10. 2025OneIG-Bench: Omni-dimensional Nuanced Evaluation for Image Generationcited by 81
  11. 2025Interleaving Reasoning for Better Text-to-Image Generationcited by 40

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  1. 2025CRAFT: Continuous Reasoning and Agentic Feedback Tuning for Multimodal Text-to-Image Generation
  2. 2025ImAgent: A Unified Multimodal Agent Framework for Test-Time Scalable Image Generation
  3. 2026GenAgent: Scaling Text-to-Image Generation via Agentic Multimodal Reasoning
  4. 2025AgentComp: From Agentic Reasoning to Compositional Mastery in Text-to-Image Models
  5. 2024Divide and Conquer: Language Models can Plan and Self-Correct for Compositional Text-to-Image Generation
  6. 2025Draw ALL Your Imagine: A Holistic Benchmark and Agent Framework for Complex Instruction-based Image Generation
  7. 2025GenPilot: A Multi-Agent System for Test-Time Prompt Optimization in Image Generation
  8. 2026Iterative Refinement Improves Compositional Image Generation