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1396 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 3, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,245Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,219
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #22 overall1,188
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #27 overall1,176
This week's changes
muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)Coding · #13New
gemini-3.5-flash-highCoding · #25New
Inkling SmallIntelligence · #36New
Celeris-1Intelligence · #221New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±7
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,299±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,270±9
4▲ 2Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,263±9
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,263±7
6▼ 2Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,262±7
7—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,254±8
8—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,245±8
9▲ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,240±9
10▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,238±10
11—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,225±7
12—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,208±9
13—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,205±8
14—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,204±7
15—Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,201±7
16—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,196±7
17—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,192±7
18▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,191±7
19▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,190±7
20—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±7
21—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,188±10
22—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,187±7
23—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,181±7
24—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,180±8
25▲ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,175±8
26▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,174±8
27—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
28▲ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169±7
29▼ 1ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,169±7
30—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±7
31—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,157±8
32NewIdeogram 4.0ClosedIdeogram1,154±10
33—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,153±8
34▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,152±7
35▼ 1Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,150±8
36▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,149±7
37▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±8
38▼ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,145±8
39—Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,140±8
40▼ 2Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,139±7
41▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,137±8
42—Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,137±8
43▼ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,136±8
44▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,135±8
45▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,129±8
46▼ 1image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,125±7
47▼ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,124±8
48—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,121±8
49▼ 2Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,120±7
50▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,119±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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.