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1278 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 21, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #6 overall1,230
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #16 overall1,188
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #25 overall1,167
This week's changes
glm-5.2 (max)Coding · #2New
GLM-5.2 (max)Intelligence · #6New
seed-2.1-pro-previewCoding · #6New
kimi-k2.7-codeCoding · #17New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,265±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,256±9
4—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
5▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,209±10
6▲ 1grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,201±10
7▲ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,190±8
8▲ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,188±10
9▲ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,183±9
10▲ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
11▲ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,173±9
12▲ 2Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,164±9
13▲ 3MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,159±8
14▲ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,159±8
15▲ 2grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,145±8
16▲ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,133±9
17▲ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120±8
18▲ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,109±8
19▲ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,108±8
20▲ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,102±9
21▲ 2Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,096±9
22▲ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,089±8
23▲ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,083±8
24▲ 2Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,077±9
25▲ 2Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,074±9
26▲ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,071±9
27▲ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,070±8
28▲ 2Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,065±8
29▲ 2Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,057±8
30▲ 2Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,053±8
31▲ 2MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft1,042±8
32▲ 3Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,031±8
33▲ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,030±9
34▲ 2Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,023±9
35▲ 2Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,017±9
36▲ 2Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,016±9
37▲ 2Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,012±8
38▲ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,009±12
39▲ 2Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,004±9
40▲ 2Krea 1ClosedKrea1,004±9
41▲ 2Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai996±9
42▲ 2Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway975±9
43▲ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle961±12
44▲ 2DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI958±8
45▲ 2DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI949±8
46▲ 2Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe936±8
47▲ 2Grok 2ClosedxAI926±14
48▲ 2Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon909±9
49▲ 2Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon899±9
50▲ 2DALLE 2ClosedOpenAI740±11

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

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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 “—”.