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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated January 23, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,245Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,158Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,185Score
Top three by Score
3FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs1,206
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #13 overall1,158
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #15 overall1,143
3Qwen Image 2512Alibaba · #16 overall1,143
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% interval
1—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,245—
2—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,217—
3—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,206—
4—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,202—
5—Riverflow 2 PreviewClosedSourceful1,187—
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,185—
7—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,183—
8—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,168—
9—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,165—
10▲ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,165—
11▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,160—
12▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,158—
13—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,155—
14▲ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,139—
15▲ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,135—
16▲ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,133—
17▲ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,122—
18▲ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKuaishou KlingAI1,120—
19▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,114—
20▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,110—
21▲ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,105—
22▲ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,105—
23▲ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,102—
24▲ 2FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,097—
25—Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,096—
26▲ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,093—
27▲ 3Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,084—
28—FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,084—
29▲ 2FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,082—
30▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,082—
31▲ 1P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,080—
32▲ 1Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,080—
33▲ 1Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,079—
34▲ 1Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,077—
35▲ 1FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,069—
36▲ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,064—
37▲ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,064—
38▲ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,063—
39▲ 1Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,052—
40▲ 1Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,050—
41▲ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,046—
42▲ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,044—
43▲ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,038—
44▲ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,031—
45▲ 2MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft Azure1,026—
46—Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,026—
47▲ 2Stable Diffusion 3 LargeClosedStability.ai1,019—
48▲ 2Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,018—
49▲ 3Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,016—
50▲ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea1,015—

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 “—”.