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1043 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated February 27, 2026

Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,165Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,188Score
Top three by Score
3Riverflow 2.0Sourceful1,252
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #14 overall1,165
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #16 overall1,151
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #17 overall1,150
This week's changes
Kling 3.0 Omni ProVideo · #2New
Kling 3.0 Omni StandardVideo · #10New
qwen3.5-397b-a17bCoding · #14New
Recraft V4 ProImage · #34New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,270—
2▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,268—
3▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,252—
4▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,220—
5▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,207—
6▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,192—
7▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,188—
8—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,178—
9▲ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,175—
10▼ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,174—
11▼ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,173—
12▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,173—
13▼ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,169—
14▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,164—
15—ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,149—
16▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,149—
17▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,148—
18—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,137—
19—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,136—
20▼ 3grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,134—
21—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,128—
22▼ 2Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,126—
23▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,125—
24▼ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,116—
25—Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,113—
26▼ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,111—
27NewRecraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,109—
28—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,107—
29▼ 3Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,105—
30NewRecraft V4ClosedRecraft1,104—
31▼ 4Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,104—
32▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,101—
33▼ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,095—
34▼ 5Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,092—
35▼ 3FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,089—
36▼ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,085—
37—FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,084—
38▲ 2Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,081—
39▼ 6Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,078—
40▼ 5FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,076—
41▼ 5Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,072—
42▼ 3GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,070—
43—Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,070—
44▼ 6P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,068—
45—FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,067—
46▼ 4Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,065—
47▼ 3Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,062—
48▼ 7Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,062—
49▼ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,055—
50—Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,047—

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 “—”.