Link Building Through Images

If I host an image on my website (so for instance, the URL would be "www.mywebsite.com/images/image_name.jpg") and someone shares this link on their site, how does it compare with a text link. Meaning, if all other factors are the same, does the image link or a text link offer more SEO benefit? Or is it roughly the same benefit?



And just to be clear (and excuse me if this is a dumb question), images that on the "/images/" sub-directory of my site will benefit me SEO-wise, right?

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