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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 22, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)OpenAI1,188Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram1,012Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,088Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,171
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #32 overall1,012
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #39 overall1,000
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #40 overall999
This week's changes
claude-opus-5.5-maxCoding · #1New
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSSpeech · #2New
Grok Imagine Image 2.0Image · #4New
gpt-6-sol-maxCoding · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,188±11
2—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,182±11
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,171±9
4NewGrok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedSpaceXAI1,154±12
5▼ 1MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,147±11
6—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,122±8
7—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,111±10
8—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,102±9
9—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,102±9
10—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,100±9
11▲ 1MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,099±10
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,099±8
13—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,091±9
14—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,088±10
15—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,078±8
16—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,076±10
17—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,043±7
18—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,033±9
19—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,029±9
20—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,026±10
21—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,025±9
22—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,024±7
23—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,023±9
24—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,022±8
25—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,021±8
26—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,021±9
27—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,020±9
28—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,018±9
29—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,018±9
30—Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,017±7
31—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,013±9
32—Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,012±9
33—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,011±7
34—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,010±9
35—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,009±9
36—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,007±9
37—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,001±8
38—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle997±10
39—P-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI997±11
40—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI989±10
41—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs989±9
42—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft988±9
43—Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba988±9
44—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±9
45—Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft984±9
46—Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba983±9
47—Recraft V4ClosedRecraft983±9
48—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft980±9
49—P-Image-Ideogram (Medium)ClosedPruna AI974±10
50—ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt972±9

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 “—”.