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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—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,036±10
2—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba999±10
3—Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI998±8
4▲ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 InstructOpenTencent995±9
5▼ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream982±8
6—HunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent944±11
7—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba941±8
8—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±8
9—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu914±8
10—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI891±7
11—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba889±7
12—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent887±9
13—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream875±8
14—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance874±9
15—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream874±10
16—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream869±9
17—SRPOOpenTencent863±7
18—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan860±8
19—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance720±9
20—BagelOpenByteDance705±9
21—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek533±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 “—”.