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1447 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 24, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,220Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,281Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2Reve 2.1Reve1,322
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #21 overall1,220
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,200
3Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #37 overall1,200
This week's changes
hy4-previewCoding · #5New
GLM-5.3 (max)Intelligence · #6New
MAI-Image-2.5-ProImage · #7New
qwen3.8-flash-nextCoding · #8New
glm-5.3-flashCoding · #11New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,173±8
2—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,172±9
3—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,150±10
4—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,138±10
5—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,131±9
6▲ 1SRPOOpenTencent1,086±8
7▼ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,081±8
8—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,079±8
9—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,073±8
10—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,072±9
11—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,069±8
12—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,064±9
13—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,057±9
14—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,052±8
15—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance912±8
16—BagelOpenByteDance909±9
17—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek722±12

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 “—”.