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1209 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 17, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream1,184Score
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 · #11 overall1,184
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #18 overall1,160
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #20 overall1,158
This week's changes
HiDream-O1-ImageImage · #31New
JT-35B-FlashIntelligence · #67New
granite-4.1-8bCoding · #68New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewHiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,184±9
2▼ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±10
3NewHiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,137±11
4▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,128±9
5▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,108±9
6▼ 3Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,106±9
7▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent1,075±9
8▼ 2HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,071±9
9—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,060±9
10▼ 3HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,060±9
11▼ 3HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,059±9
12▼ 2GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,053±9
13▼ 2Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,048±9
14▼ 2LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,035±10
15▼ 2SDXL LightningOpenByteDance912±9
16▼ 2BagelOpenByteDance904±10
17▼ 2Janus ProOpenDeepSeek714±13

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 “—”.