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

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,264Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,166Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,189Score
Top three by Score
2Riverflow 2.0Sourceful1,259
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #14 overall1,166
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #18 overall1,151
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #19 overall1,150
This week's changes
Riverflow 2.0Image · #2New
Vidu Q3 ProVideo · #2New
gemini-3.1-pro-previewCoding · #3New
glm-5Coding · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,264—
2NewRiverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,259—
3▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,222—
4▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,209—
5▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,202—
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,189—
7Newgrok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,189—
8▼ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,184—
9—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,177—
10—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,174—
11▼ 3Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,172—
12▲ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,166—
13▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,166—
14Newgrok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,154—
15▼ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,152—
16▼ 4ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,152—
17▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147—
18NewWan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,143—
19NewWan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,133—
20▼ 3Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,128—
21▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,124—
22▼ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,122—
23▼ 2FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,120—
24▼ 6Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,114—
25▲ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,112—
26▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,107—
27NewEigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,107—
28▼ 5Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,104—
29▲ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,099—
30▼ 6Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,095—
31▼ 3Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,093—
32▼ 5FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,091—
33▲ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,085—
34▼ 3Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,084—
35▼ 6FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,082—
36▼ 2Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,080—
37NewQwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,079—
38▼ 6FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,078—
39▲ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,074—
40▼ 7P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,074—
41▼ 5Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,070—
42▼ 4Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,069—
43▼ 4Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,064—
44▼ 2Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,060—
45▼ 8FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,060—
46▼ 5Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,051—
47▼ 4Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,050—
48▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft Azure1,048—
49▼ 5Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,044—
50NewZ-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,043—

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 “—”.