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1388 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 29, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,246Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,218
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,190
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #25 overall1,182
This week's changes
claude-opus-5-maxCoding · #1New
Reve 2.1Image · #2New
MiniMax H3Video · #2New
qwen3.8-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,340±7
2NewReve 2.1ClosedReve1,299±11
3▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,270±9
4▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,263±7
4▲ 2Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,263±7
6▼ 2Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,263±9
7—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,253±8
8▼ 5HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,246±8
9▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,241±10
10NewSeedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,240±9
11▼ 2Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,226±7
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,208±9
13—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,205±8
14▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,204±7
15▼ 5Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,201±7
16▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,197±7
17▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,192±7
18▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,190±7
19▼ 5Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,190±7
20▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±7
21NewKrea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,186±10
22▼ 4FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,186±7
23▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,182±7
24▼ 3FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,181±8
25▼ 2Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,174±8
26▼ 2Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,174±8
27▼ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
28▼ 2ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,169±7
29▼ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169±7
30▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±7
31—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,157±8
32▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±7
33▼ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,153±8
34—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,151±8
35▼ 2ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,148±7
36—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,146±8
37—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,145±8
38—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,140±7
39—Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,139±8
40▲ 3GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,138±8
41▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±8
42—Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,137±8
43▼ 2Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,135±8
44—Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,129±8
45—image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,125±7
46—FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,124±8
47▲ 2Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,120±7
48▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120±8
49▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,119±8
50▲ 1Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,110±7

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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Artificial Analysis data comes from its API (artificialanalysis.ai). Scores are unchanged; ranks follow the scores. artificialanalysis.ai

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