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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 31, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,219Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewMicrosoft AI1,351
3Reve 2.1Reve1,322
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #23 overall1,219
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #38 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #39 overall1,198
This week's changes
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,369±10
2NewMAI-Image-2.6-PreviewClosedMicrosoft AI1,351±12
3▼ 1Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,322±9
4▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±8
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,305±9
6▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,302±9
7▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,296±9
8▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,292±8
9▼ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,288±9
10▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,261±12
11▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,228±10
12▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±8
13—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,214±8
14—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,210±8
15▼ 3Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,210±10
16▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,202±10
17▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,189±8
18▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,186±10
19▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±8
20▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,125±8
21—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,124±7
22▼ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,124±8
23▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,113±9
24▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,111±7
25▼ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,106±8
26▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,100±8
27▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,098±8
28▼ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,093±9
29▼ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,083±8
30▼ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,077±8
31▼ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,076±8
32▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,062±8
33▼ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,058±8
34▼ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,048±8
35▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,041±8
36—Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
37▼ 2Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,028±9
38▼ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,027±9
39▼ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea1,013±9
40▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,008±8
41▼ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway992±9
42▼ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI968±8
43▼ 1DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI967±8
44▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon922±8
45▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon914±8
46▼ 1DALLE 2ClosedOpenAI745±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

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