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1227 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published May 22, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,389Score
Best open model
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,151Score
Best from China
Top three open models
1hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #19 overall1,151
2flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #20 overall1,148
3qwen-image-2512Alibaba · #25 overall1,131
This week's changes
Sonic 3.5Speech · #1New
Qwen3.7 MaxIntelligence · #5New
Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)Intelligence · #6New
gemini-3.5-flashCoding · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,389±739,046
2—gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,270±569,504
3—gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,243±4108,214
4—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,241±4112,907
5—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,646
6—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,228±618,156
7—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,192±77,852
8▲ 1mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,182±547,011
9▼ 1uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,176±78,849
10—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,173±3164,236
11Newrecraft-v4.1-utility-proClosedRecraft1,169±112,512
12▼ 1qwen-image-2.0-pro-2026-04-22ClosedAlibaba1,168±85,159
13—flux-2-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,164±4110,207
14—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,161±492,852
15▼ 3reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,157±613,786
16▼ 1flux-2-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,156±3145,814
17▼ 1flux-2-flexClosedBlack Forest Labs1,155±4141,893
18▼ 1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,152±3777,940
19▼ 1imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4389,629
20▼ 1seedream-4.5ClosedByteDance1,144±3187,049
21▼ 1seedream-4-2kClosedByteDance1,140±712,626
22▼ 1wan2.6-t2iClosedAlibaba1,134±3144,077
23Newrecraft-v4.1-proClosedRecraft1,130±112,677
24▼ 2imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,130±3515,441
25▼ 2seedream-5.0-liteClosedByteDance1,125±466,899
26—seedream-4-falClosedByteDance1,117±611,861
27▼ 2wan2.5-t2i-previewClosedAlibaba1,116±3192,875
28▼ 4qwen-image-2.0-2026-03-03ClosedAlibaba1,116±552,358
29▼ 2gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3265,504
30▼ 2seedream-4-high-res-falClosedByteDance1,113±3167,994
31▼ 2recraft-v4ClosedRecraft1,109±467,787
32▼ 2gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,108±3156,487
33▼ 2wan2.7-image-proClosedAlibaba1,104±528,420
34▼ 2wan2.7-imageClosedAlibaba1,099±528,699
35▼ 2mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,470
36▼ 2seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,082±536,922
37▼ 2flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,074±365,886
38▼ 2flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,059±3332,136
39▼ 2imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3361,365
40▼ 2ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,284
41▼ 2photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,549
42▼ 2p-imageClosed1,035±495,853
43▼ 2runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,026±545,413
44▼ 2recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,021±4191,995
45▼ 2flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,016±370,460
46▼ 1lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3286,548
47▼ 3ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±372,090
48▼ 2gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3258,170
49▼ 2dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4240,071

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 “—”.