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1319 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 5, 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
2Reve 2.0Reve1,280
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,271
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #8 overall1,227
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,187
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #28 overall1,169
This week's changes
Reve 2.0Image · #2New
claude-sonnet-5-thinkingCoding · #5New
Fish Audio S2.1 ProSpeech · #15New
OpenAudio S1 MiniSpeech · #50New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±8
2NewReve 2.0ClosedReve1,280±11
3▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,271±10
4▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,260±9
5▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,255±8
6▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,218±8
7▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,213±10
8—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,202±9
9▼ 2Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,200±9
10▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,190±8
11▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,188±9
12▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,181±8
13▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,177±8
14▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
15▼ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,163±8
16▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,158±8
17▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,154±8
18▼ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147±8
19▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,132±8
20▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,118±8
21—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,107±8
22▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,107±8
23▼ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,099±8
24▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,099±8
25▼ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,091±8
26▼ 1Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,080±8
27—Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,077±9
28▼ 2Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,074±8
29—Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,069±8
30▼ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,068±9
31▼ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,065±8
32▼ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,057±8
33▼ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,050±8
34▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,043±8
35▼ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,031±8
36▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
37▼ 1Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,024±9
38—Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,015±9
39▼ 2Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,014±9
40▼ 1Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,010±8
41▼ 1Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,007±12
42—Krea 1ClosedKrea1,005±9
43▼ 2Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,004±8
44▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai994±9
45▼ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway976±9
46—DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI959±8
47▼ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle958±12
48▼ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI950±8
49▼ 1Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe933±8
50▼ 1Grok 2ClosedxAI923±14

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 “—”.