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769 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published January 9, 2026

Best images
Best open model
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,150Score
Best from China
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,150Score
Top three open models
1hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #8 overall1,150
2flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #11 overall1,142
3qwen-image-2512Alibaba · #13 overall1,136
This week's changes
gpt-5.2-codexCoding · #17New
FLUX.2 [klein] 9BImage · #21New
FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BImage · #43New
FLUX.2 [klein] 4BImage · #48New
GLM-ImageImage · #49New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,243±530,369
2—gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,236±627,863
3—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±564,138
4—flux-2-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,167±85,778
5—flux-2-flexClosedBlack Forest Labs1,157±438,539
6—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,155±3704,639
7—flux-2-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,152±447,474
8—seedream-4-2kClosedByteDance1,145±614,508
9—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,144±4493,891
10—seedream-4.5ClosedByteDance1,138±518,889
11—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,132±4494,133
12—wan2.5-t2i-previewClosedAlibaba1,120±469,441
13—seedream-4-falClosedByteDance1,118±613,452
14—seedream-4-high-res-falClosedByteDance1,116±489,111
15—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,116±3268,764
16—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,102±471,075
17—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,092±459,460
18—seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,084±541,709
19—flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,078±372,525
20—flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,064±3396,261
21—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,062±3424,110
22—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,054±4106,800
23—photonClosedLuma AI1,037±4119,643
24—recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,027±4169,824
25—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,022±3339,771
26—flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,019±371,781
27—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,018±373,285
28—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle986±3305,262
29—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±4267,463

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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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 “—”.