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1283 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 28, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
2MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,273
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #7 overall1,225
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,186
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #27 overall1,169
This week's changes
MAI-Image-2.5Image · #2New
MAI-Image-2.5-FlashImage · #9New
Luna TTSSpeech · #9New
Nex-N2-ProIntelligence · #20New
Grok Build 0.1 0616Intelligence · #29New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,338±9
2NewMAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,273±11
3▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,262±9
4▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,254±9
5▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,218±9
6NewMAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,213±10
7▼ 2Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,204±10
8▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,201±9
9▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±8
10▼ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,189±9
11▼ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,183±8
12▼ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,178±8
13▼ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±9
14▼ 2Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,164±8
15▼ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±8
16▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,157±8
17▼ 2grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,144±8
18▼ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,132±8
19▼ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,119±8
20▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,109±8
21▼ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±8
22▼ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,099±9
23▼ 2Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,094±9
24▼ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,090±8
25▼ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,082±8
26▼ 2Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,077±9
27▼ 2Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,074±9
28▼ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,069±9
29▼ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,069±8
30▼ 2Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,064±8
31▼ 2Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,056±8
32▼ 2Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,052±8
33▼ 2MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,042±8
34▼ 2Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,030±8
35▼ 2Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
36▼ 2Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,023±9
37▼ 2Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,015±9
38▼ 2Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,014±9
39▼ 2Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,011±8
40▼ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,008±12
41▼ 2Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,004±9
42▼ 2Krea 1ClosedKrea1,003±9
43▼ 2Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai996±9
44▼ 2Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway974±9
45▼ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle960±12
46▼ 2DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI958±8
47▼ 2DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI948±8
48▼ 2Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe936±8
49▼ 2Grok 2ClosedxAI925±14
50▼ 2Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon909±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

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