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1492 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 9, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,017Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,086Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178
2MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1,149
3Reve 2.1Reve1,127
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #28 overall1,017
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #38 overall1,000
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #41 overall999
This week's changes
GPT-6 Astra (max)Intelligence · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6Image · #2New
Realtime TTS-2Speech · #2New
Muse Spark 1.3 (max)Intelligence · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream978±9
2—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba972±9
3—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent953±10
4—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent935±10
5—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba928±9
6—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±10
7—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu922±10
8—SRPOOpenTencent880±8
9—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent879±8
10—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba878±8
11▲ 1HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream874±8
12▼ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream872±9
13▲ 1GLM-ImageOpenZ AI869±8
14▼ 1HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream864±9
15—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance857±9
16—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan853±8
17—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance712±8
18—BagelOpenByteDance710±10
19—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek522±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 “—”.