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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 9, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,017Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,086Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178
2MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1,149
3Reve 2.1Reve1,127
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #28 overall1,017
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #38 overall1,000
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #41 overall999
This week's changes
GPT-6 Astra (max)Intelligence · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6Image · #2New
Realtime TTS-2Speech · #2New
Muse Spark 1.3 (max)Intelligence · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,086±11
2—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,083±9
3—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,078±11
4—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,032±10
5—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,032±9
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,029±11
7—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,012±10
8—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,010±10
9—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,006±10
10—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,000±10
11—Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba983±10
12—Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba972±10
13—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed961±8
14—Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream952±8
15—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba948±8
16—Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI944±8
17—Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba936±8
18—Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream927±9
19—Vidu Q2ClosedVidu916±7
20—Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI912±7
21—Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance910±8
22—Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba910±8
23—Image-01ClosedMiniMax872±9
24—Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba867±8
25—Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun808±10

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 “—”.