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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published July 10, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,385Score
Best open model
ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram1,207Score
Best from China
seedream-5.0-proByteDance1,231Score
Top three by Score
2reve-2.1Reve1,302
3muse-imageMeta1,280
Top three open models
1ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram · #13 overall1,207
2hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #26 overall1,151
3flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #28 overall1,148
This week's changes
Simba 3.2Speech · #1New
GPT-5.6 Sol (max)Intelligence · #2New
GPT-5.6 Terra (max)Intelligence · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,385±560,382
2Newreve-2.1ClosedReve1,302±122,432
3Newmuse-imageClosedMeta1,280±88,384
4▼ 2reve-2.0ClosedReve1,271±613,675
5Newgemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,261±718,502
6▼ 2mai-image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,257±534,416
7▼ 2gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,250±89,392
8Newgemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,245±3129,467
9▼ 2gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,240±3133,306
10▼ 2gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,565
11Newseedream-5.0-proClosedByteDance1,231±112,865
12▼ 3grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,229±439,467
13▼ 3qwen-image-2.0-pro-2026-06-22ClosedAlibaba1,193±78,419
14▼ 3uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,188±613,458
15▼ 3mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±549,043
16▼ 3uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,177±520,320
17▼ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,173±3205,635
18▼ 3recraft-v4.1-utility-proClosedRecraft1,169±112,510
19▼ 3flux-2-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,162±4117,111
20▼ 3grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,161±493,439
21▼ 3flux-2-flexClosedBlack Forest Labs1,156±3148,925
22▼ 3flux-2-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,155±3166,182
23▼ 3reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,154±431,694
24▼ 3gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,151±3807,662
25▼ 3imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4388,009
26▼ 3seedream-4.5ClosedByteDance1,147±3220,462
27▼ 3seedream-4-2kClosedByteDance1,141±712,605
28▼ 3wan2.6-t2iClosedAlibaba1,134±3171,024
29▼ 3seedream-5.0-liteClosedByteDance1,132±487,149
30▼ 3recraft-v4.1-proClosedRecraft1,130±112,674
31▼ 3imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,129±3531,357
32▼ 3krea-2-mediumClosedKrea1,120±617,491
33▼ 2seedream-4-falClosedByteDance1,117±711,851
34▼ 4wan2.5-t2i-previewClosedAlibaba1,117±3219,089
35▼ 3gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3264,724
36▼ 3seedream-4-high-res-falClosedByteDance1,113±3174,974
37▼ 3recraft-v4ClosedRecraft1,113±489,987
38▼ 3gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3163,465
39▼ 3wan2.7-image-proClosedAlibaba1,102±528,673
40▼ 3krea-2-largeClosedKrea1,100±617,210
41▼ 3wan2.7-imageClosedAlibaba1,099±529,016
42▼ 3mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,383
43▼ 3seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,082±536,846
44▼ 3flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,074±365,669
45▼ 3flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,059±3330,789
46▼ 3imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3360,193
47▼ 3ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,137
48▼ 3photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,404
49▼ 3p-imageClosed1,034±4103,638
50▼ 3runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,025±551,604

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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.