M3: High-fidelity Text-to-Image Generation via Multi-Modal, Multi-Agent and Multi-Round Visual Reasoning
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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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- 2025GoT: Unleashing Reasoning Capability of Multimodal Large Language Model for Visual Generation and Editing13 Mar
- 2025Towards Enhanced Image Generation Via Multi-modal Chain of Thought in Unified Generative Models3 Mar
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- 2025Qwen3 Technical Reportcited by 8,195
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- 2025Janus-Pro: Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation with Data and Model Scalingcited by 787
- 2024Show-o: One Single Transformer to Unify Multimodal Understanding and Generationcited by 734
- 2025Qwen3-Omni Technical Reportcited by 451
- 2025Show-o2: Improved Native Unified Multimodal Modelscited by 242
- 2025Seedream 3.0 Technical Reportcited by 146
- 2025OneIG-Bench: Omni-dimensional Nuanced Evaluation for Image Generationcited by 81
- 2025Interleaving Reasoning for Better Text-to-Image Generationcited by 40
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- 2026Agentic Visual Generation: From Generative Models to Agentic Control6 Sep 2026
- 2026NEWTON: Agentic Planning for Physically Grounded Video Generation18 May 2026
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