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1209 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 17, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream1,184Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,195Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
Top three open models
1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #11 overall1,184
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #18 overall1,160
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #20 overall1,158
This week's changes
HiDream-O1-ImageImage · #31New
JT-35B-FlashIntelligence · #67New
granite-4.1-8bCoding · #68New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,195±9
2—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,165±9
3—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,155±9
4—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±9
5—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,143±9
6—Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,137±9
7—Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,137±9
8—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,132±10
9▲ 1Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,118±9
10▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,117±9
11—Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,114±9
12—Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,110±9
13▲ 1Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,104±9
14▼ 1Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,104±9
15—Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,090±9
16—Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,081±9
17—Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,058±9
18—Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,042±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 “—”.