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1203 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 10, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,164Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,201Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #18 overall1,164
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #19 overall1,163
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #23 overall1,158
This week's changes
StepAudio 2.5 TTSSpeech · #3New
Bach-1.0 PreviewVideo · #7New
SIMBA 3.0Speech · #7New
qwen3.6-max-previewCoding · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,201±9
2—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,168±9
3—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,159±9
4—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±10
5—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,145±9
6▲ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,140±9
7▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,138±9
8—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±10
9—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,121±9
10NewWan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,119±9
11▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,115±9
12▼ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,113±9
13NewKling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,106±9
14NewWan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,105±9
15▼ 3Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,091±9
16▼ 3Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,081±9
17▼ 3Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,063±9
18▼ 3Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,045±9

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 “—”.