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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 5, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,036Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,090Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,172
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,036
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #37 overall1,011
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #41 overall1,000
This week's changes
Utopai XVideo · #2New
Dreamina Seedance 2.5Video · #3New
Gemini 4 Argon (High)Intelligence · #5New
MiniMax H3 MaxVideo · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,197±9
2—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,191±9
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,172±9
4—Grok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedSpaceXAI1,155±11
5—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,151±10
6—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,125±8
7—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,115±9
8—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,107±8
9▲ 1MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,106±9
10▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,104±8
11—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,102±8
12—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,100±7
13—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,096±8
14—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,090±10
15—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,081±8
16—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,076±10
17—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,045±7
18—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,033±9
19—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,031±9
20—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,029±9
21▲ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,028±9
22▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,026±7
23▼ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,026±9
24▲ 2Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,023±8
25▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,023±9
26▲ 3Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,022±9
27—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,020±8
28▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,020±8
29▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,019±9
30—Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,018±7
31—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,016±9
32—Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,014±9
33NewIdeogram 4.5 (High)ClosedIdeogram1,013±11
34▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,012±7
35—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,012±9
36▼ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,010±9
37▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,009±9
38▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,004±8
39▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle998±10
40▼ 1P-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI · 4 more variants997±10
41▼ 1Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs992±9
42▼ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft990±9
43—Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba990±9
44▼ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI990±10
45▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft987±9
46—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft985±9
47▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±9
48NewHunyuanImage 3.0 (Tencent Cloud)ClosedTencent985±11
49▼ 1Recraft V4ClosedRecraft983±9
49▼ 2Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba983±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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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 “—”.