Graphic-Design-Bench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating AI on Graphic Design Tasks

Researchers introduce GraphicDesignBench (GDB), the first comprehensive benchmark suite for evaluating AI models on professional graphic design tasks including layout, typography, and animation. Testing reveals current AI models struggle with spatial reasoning, vector code generation, and typographic precision despite showing promise in high-level semantic understanding.

• →GraphicDesignBench is the first benchmark specifically designed to evaluate AI performance on professional graphic design tasks.
• →The benchmark comprises 50 tasks across five categories: layout, typography, infographics, template design semantics, and animation.
• →Current frontier AI models fall short on core design challenges like spatial reasoning over complex layouts and faithful vector code generation.
• →Models show competence in high-level semantic understanding but lack precision and structural awareness for professional design work.
• →The evaluation framework is publicly available to track progress toward AI design collaboration tools.