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Week of August 17, 2026
September 28, 202617 changesSeptember 21, 2026115 changesSeptember 14, 2026174 changesSeptember 7, 2026144 changesAugust 31, 202620 changesAugust 24, 202615 changesAugust 17, 202633 changesAugust 10, 2026116 changesAugust 3, 202613 changesJuly 27, 202639 changesJuly 20, 202618 changesJuly 13, 202611 changes
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Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 18, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,216Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368
2Reve 2.1Reve1,321
3Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google1,320
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #24 overall1,216
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #35 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,198
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
AllOpenClosed
All regionsUSChina
One row per modelAll variants
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,368±10
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,321±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±8
4▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,310±9
5▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,303±9
6—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,295±9
7—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,290±9
8NewQwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,284±11
9▼ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,280±8
10▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,276±9
11NewQwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,270±11
12▼ 2Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,255±11
13▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,235±7
14▲ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,233±10
15▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,227±9
16▼ 4MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,227±10
17▼ 4HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,225±8
18▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,223±10
19▲ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,221±10
20▼ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,221±10
21▼ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±7
22▼ 6Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,218±10
23▼ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,217±10
24▼ 1Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,216±9
25▼ 3Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,216±7
26—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,210±10
27▲ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,210±8
28▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,210±7
29▼ 4FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,207±9
30▼ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,205±10
31▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,204±10
32▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,204±10
33▼ 1Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,203±10
34NewP-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI1,198±11
35▼ 2Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,197±10
36▼ 2Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,192±10
37—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,190±9
38▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,188±8
39▼ 3Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,188±10
40▼ 1Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,187±9
41—Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,183±9
42▼ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,182±8
43▼ 5Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,180±10
44NewP-Image-Ideogram (Medium)ClosedPruna AI1,180±11
45▼ 2ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,172±10
46▼ 4Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,168±9
47▼ 3ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,165±7
48NewP-Image-Ideogram (Low)ClosedPruna AI1,164±11
49▼ 4Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,160±8
50▼ 4Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,150±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 “—”.