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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated February 21, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,265Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,166Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,189Score
Top three by Score
2Riverflow 2.0Sourceful1,261
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #14 overall1,166
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #17 overall1,151
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #18 overall1,150
This week's changes
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewIntelligence · #1New
Kling 3.0 ProVideo · #1New
claude-sonnet-4-6Coding · #2New
Veo 3.1Video · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,265—
2—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,261—
3—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,222—
4—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,209—
5—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,201—
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,189—
7—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,184—
8—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,184—
9—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,177—
10—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,175—
11—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,173—
12—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,167—
13—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,167—
14▲ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,152—
15▲ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,152—
16▲ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147—
17▼ 3grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147—
18—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,143—
19—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,135—
20—Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,128—
21—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,125—
22—Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,123—
23—FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,120—
24—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,114—
25—Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,112—
26▲ 1Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,109—
27▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,108—
28—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,105—
29—Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,099—
30—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,096—
31—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,093—
32—FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,092—
33▲ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,085—
34▼ 1Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,084—
35—FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,082—
36—Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,080—
37▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,079—
38▲ 2P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,075—
39—GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,075—
40▲ 1Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,071—
41▼ 4Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,070—
42—Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,070—
43—Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,065—
44—Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,061—
45—FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,060—
46—Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,051—
47—Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,051—
48—MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft Azure1,048—
49—Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,044—
50▲ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,040—

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 “—”.