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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 31, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream1,191Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,195Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
Top three open models
1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #12 overall1,191
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #23 overall1,161
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #25 overall1,158
This week's changes
qwen3.7-max-20260517Coding · #3New
xAI Text to SpeechSpeech · #5New
Fun-Realtime-TTS-PreviewSpeech · #6New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,338±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,268±10
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,261±10
4—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,255±10
5—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
6NewRecraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,204±11
7▼ 1grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,203±10
8—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,195±9
9▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,194±9
10▲ 1Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,193±11
11▼ 2FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,193±9
12▼ 2FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,187±9
13▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,184±9
14▼ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,181±9
15▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
16▼ 1ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,174±9
17▼ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,172±11
18NewERNIE Image TurboClosedBaidu1,171±11
19▼ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,170±9
20▼ 2Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,166±9
21▼ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,164±9
22▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,159±9
23▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,151±8
24▼ 3Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,151±9
25▼ 2grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,150±9
26▼ 2Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,148±9
27▼ 2Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,147±10
28▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,139±9
29NewRecraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,138±11
30▼ 4Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±9
31▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,136±9
32▲ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,136±11
33▼ 5GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,135±9
34▼ 3Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±10
35▼ 6Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,132±9
36▼ 4Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,130±9
37▼ 2image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,122±9
38▼ 4FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,122±9
39▼ 3Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,122±9
40▼ 2Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,118±9
41▼ 4Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,117±8
42▼ 3Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,112±9
43▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,111±9
44▼ 4Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,110±9
45▼ 3Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,109±9
46▼ 2Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,107±9
47▼ 4Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,106±9
48▼ 3Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,104±9
49▼ 3Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,101±9
50▼ 3Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,096±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 “—”.