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532 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 18, 2025

Best open model
qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,086Score
Best from China
seedream-4-falByteDance1,120Score
Most voted
qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba513,217Votes
Top three open models
1qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba · #6 overall1,086
2qwen-imageAlibaba · #9 overall1,064
3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #20 overall970
This week's changes
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #13New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,150±2494,767
2—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,142±3414,612
3▲ 1imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,126±3415,985
4▼ 1gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,125±4183,877
5Newseedream-4-falClosedByteDance1,120±713,574
6▼ 1seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,083±811,998
7▼ 1flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,081±372,757
8—flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,063±3310,304
9▼ 2imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,062±3396,002
10—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,053±811,598
11—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,032±3254,560
12—recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,022±585,061
13▲ 1flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,011±471,781
14▼ 1ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,009±473,285
15▼ 6photonClosedLuma AI1,007±532,572
16▼ 1gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle995±3262,400
17▼ 1dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±4254,083

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 “—”.