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1319 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 5, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
2Reve 2.0Reve1,280
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,271
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #8 overall1,227
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,187
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #28 overall1,169
This week's changes
Reve 2.0Image · #2New
claude-sonnet-5-thinkingCoding · #5New
Fish Audio S2.1 ProSpeech · #15New
OpenAudio S1 MiniSpeech · #50New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±8
2NewReve 2.0ClosedReve1,280±11
3▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,271±10
4▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,265±9
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,260±9
6▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,255±8
7▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,252±9
8▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,218±8
9▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,213±10
10▼ 1Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,204±9
11—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,202±9
12▼ 2Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,200±9
13▼ 1Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,198±10
14▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,193±8
15▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,191±8
16▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,190±8
17▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,188±9
18▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,186±8
19▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,181±8
20▼ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,179±9
21▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,177±8
22—Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,174±9
23▼ 2Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,173±9
24—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
25▼ 2ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,171±8
26▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,165±8
27▼ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,163±8
28▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,158±8
29—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,154±9
30▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,154±8
31▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,150±8
32▲ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,147±9
33▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,147±8
34▲ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147±8
35▼ 3Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,146±9
36▼ 2Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,145±8
37▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,138±8
38▲ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,136±8
39▼ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±8
40▼ 3Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,134±8
41▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,133±9
42▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,132±8
43▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,127±8
44▼ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,123±8
45▼ 1image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,120±8
46▲ 1Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,119±8
47▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,119±8
48▼ 3Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,118±8
49▲ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,108±8
50▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,107±8

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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.