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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated November 11, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,046Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance Seed1,101Score
Top three by Score
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #23 overall1,046
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #30 overall1,028
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #47 overall1,000
This week's changes
Simba 3.5Speech · #5New
Bach 1.0 ProVideo · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewGPT Image 2.6 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,259±15
2▼ 1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,228±10
3NewGPT Image 2.6 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,227±12
4▼ 2GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,209±10
5▼ 2GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,189±11
6—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,168±12
7▼ 2Grok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedSpaceXAI1,167±12
8—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,128±11
9—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,124±11
10▲ 2MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,119±11
11▲ 5Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,101±11
12▲ 5Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,094±12
13▲ 8Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,035±9
14▲ 8Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,031±11
15▲ 10Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,029±11
16▲ 11FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,028±11
17▲ 9Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,027±12
18▲ 12grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,024±11
19▲ 12FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,021±10
20▲ 13Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,020±12
21▲ 13Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,019±9
22▲ 16GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,015±12
23▲ 13Ideogram 4.5 (High)ClosedIdeogram1,014±14
24▲ 15Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,013±9
25▲ 15FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,003±10
26▲ 19Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba988±12
27▲ 23Recraft V4.1 FlashClosedRecraft951±12
28▲ 23GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI937±16
29▲ 24FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs931±12
30▲ 25FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs924±17
31▲ 25Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram911±17
32▲ 25P-ImageClosedPruna AI896±17
33▲ 28FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs871±18
34▲ 30Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs844±18

Intelligence over time

Each maker's best model at the time on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, by the month it was released.

Gained most · Anthropic +57.2Highest now · Anthropic 64.6Gap between highest and lowest 18.1 ptsTime range Nov 2025 – Nov 2026
64.6Anthropic60.0Google56.9OpenAI50.1Meta46.5Kimi

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

Artificial Analysis data comes from its API (artificialanalysis.ai). Scores are unchanged; ranks follow the scores. artificialanalysis.ai

Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.