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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 31, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,219Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewMicrosoft AI1,351
3Reve 2.1Reve1,322
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #23 overall1,219
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #38 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #39 overall1,198
This week's changes
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,174±8
2—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,171±9
3—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,152±10
4—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,136±10
5—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,133±9
6NewERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,117±9
7NewERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,115±9
8▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent1,083±8
9▼ 1HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,077±8
10▼ 3Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,076±8
11▼ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,071±9
12▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,068±8
13▼ 1HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,063±9
14▼ 3GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,062±8
15▼ 2Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,056±9
16▼ 2LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,050±8
17▼ 2SDXL LightningOpenByteDance910±8
18▼ 2BagelOpenByteDance908±9
19▼ 2Janus ProOpenDeepSeek721±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 “—”.