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1133 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated April 19, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,275Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,167Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,202Score
Top three by Score
3Riverflow 2.0Sourceful1,262
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #15 overall1,167
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #16 overall1,161
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #18 overall1,158
This week's changes
claude-opus-4-7Coding · #1New
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSSpeech · #2New
ImagineArt 2.0Image · #11New
AsyncFlow V2, asyncSpeech · #32New
Lightning v3.1Speech · #46New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,275±10
2—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,264±11
3—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,262±10
4—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,214±10
5—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,206±10
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,202±9
7▲ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,185±10
8▲ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,185±10
9▼ 2FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,184±10
10▼ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,184±10
11NewImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,178±10
12—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,174±10
13—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,173±10
14▼ 3Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169±9
15▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,159±9
16▲ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,155±9
17▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,155±9
18▼ 2Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±10
19▼ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147±10
20—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,140±9
21▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,139±10
22▼ 3Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±11
23▲ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,135±9
24▼ 3Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,135±10
25▼ 2Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,133±10
26▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,128±9
27▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,128±10
28▼ 3Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,125±10
29—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,121±9
30▲ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,117±9
31▼ 3Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,115±9
32▲ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,114±9
33▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,110±9
34—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,109±10
35▼ 5Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,108±9
36—FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,102±9
37▼ 2Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,097±10
38▼ 1Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,092±9
39▲ 4GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,087±9
40▼ 1Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,087±9
41▼ 3FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,086±9
42▼ 1FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,085±9
43▼ 3Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,082±10
44—FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,081±9
45▲ 2Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,079±9
46—Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,076±10
47▼ 2P-ImageClosedPruna AI1,075±10
48▼ 6Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,073±9
49▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,073±10
50▼ 1Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,073±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 “—”.