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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated January 14, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,246Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,157Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,185Score
Top three by Score
3FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs1,207
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #13 overall1,157
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #15 overall1,143
3FLUX.2 [dev] FlashFal · #20 overall1,125
This week's changes
GPT Image 1.5 (high)Image · #1New
FLUX.2 [max]Image · #3New
Kling O1 ProVideo · #9New
Kling 2.6 Pro (No Audio)Video · #10New
Imagen 4 UltraImage · #12New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewGPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,246—
2▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,221—
3NewFLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,207—
4▼ 2FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,204—
5▼ 1Riverflow 2 PreviewClosedSourceful1,187—
6▼ 3Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,185—
7▼ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,182—
8▼ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169—
9▼ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,166—
10▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,161—
11▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,157—
12NewImagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,157—
13▼ 4Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,154—
14NewgoldfishClosedAnonymous1,141—
15▼ 3Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,140—
16▼ 3Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,136—
17▼ 3Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,133—
18▼ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,124—
19▼ 4Kolors 2.1ClosedKuaishou KlingAI1,121—
20▼ 3FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,114—
21▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,109—
22▼ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,107—
23▼ 2Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,104—
24—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,102—
25▼ 7Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,099—
26▼ 3FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,098—
27NewImagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,095—
28▲ 3FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,084—
29▼ 4Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,083—
30▼ 3Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,083—
31▼ 2FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,081—
32▼ 6P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,080—
33▼ 3Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,080—
34▼ 15Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,078—
35▼ 7Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,078—
36▼ 4FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,068—
37▼ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,066—
38NewImagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,063—
39▼ 6GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,062—
40▼ 6Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,051—
41▼ 2Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,051—
42▼ 5Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,045—
43▼ 7Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,044—
44▼ 6Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,038—
45▼ 5Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,030—
46▼ 4Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,027—
47▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft Azure1,025—
48NewWan 2.6ClosedAlibaba1,020—
49▼ 4Stable Diffusion 3 LargeClosedStability.ai1,018—
50▼ 7Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,018—

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 “—”.