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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated January 29, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,242Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,157Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,181Score
Top three by Score
3FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs1,205
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #11 overall1,157
2Qwen Image 2512Alibaba · #15 overall1,139
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #16 overall1,139
This week's changes
grok-imagine-videoVideo · #1New
Inworld TTS 1.5 MaxSpeech · #1New
GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)Intelligence · #3New
kimi-k2.5-thinkingCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,242—
2—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,216—
3—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,205—
4—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,198—
5—Riverflow 2 PreviewClosedSourceful1,183—
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,181—
7—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,178—
8—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,164—
9▲ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,162—
10▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,158—
11—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,157—
12—ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,155—
13—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,152—
14—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,135—
15NewWan Text to Image V2ClosedAlibaba1,133—
16▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,131—
17▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,127—
18▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120—
19NewWan 2.6ClosedAlibaba1,119—
20▼ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,118—
21▼ 2FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,114—
22▼ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,110—
23▼ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,103—
24▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,101—
25▼ 3Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,100—
26▼ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,094—
27▼ 3FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,093—
28▼ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,089—
29▼ 1FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,084—
30▼ 3Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,081—
31▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,080—
32▼ 3FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,080—
33▼ 2P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,079—
34▼ 1Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,079—
35▼ 3Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,077—
36▼ 2Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,075—
37▼ 2FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,068—
38▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,066—
39▼ 3Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,063—
40▼ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,057—
41▼ 2Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,053—
42▼ 2Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,051—
43▼ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,045—
44▼ 2Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,044—
45▼ 2Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,037—
46▼ 2Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,030—
47▼ 2MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft Azure1,023—
48▼ 2Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,021—
49▼ 2Stable Diffusion 3 LargeClosedStability.ai1,018—
50▼ 2Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,017—

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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.