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1037 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 20, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,042Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance Seed1,101Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,186
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #21 overall1,042
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #29 overall1,026
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #43 overall1,000
This week's changes
Muse Wonder Full (Max)Intelligence · #3New
FLUX 3 Max (720p)Video · #4New
Muse Wonder Full (Max)Coding · #6New
Muse Wonder (Max)Intelligence · #7New
Kimi K3.1 Pro (Max)Coding · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,222±10
2—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,207±10
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,186±11
4—Nano Banana 2.1ClosedGoogle1,176±12
5—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,166±12
6—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,140±10
7—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,127±11
8—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,123±11
9—MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,119±12
10—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,118±11
11—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,118±10
12—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,114±10
13—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,107±10
14▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,034±9
15▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,029±11
16—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,020±11
17—Ideogram 4.5 (High)ClosedIdeogram1,015±15
18▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,013±12
19▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,012±9
20▲ 3Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±12
21▲ 3GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI936±17
22▲ 8Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram911±18
23▲ 3Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai877±17
24▲ 5Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai860±18
25▲ 15Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai833±20
26▲ 16Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai827±20

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 “—”.