Model rankings

1470 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Week of August 31, 2026

October 12, 2026127 changes October 5, 202634 changes September 28, 202617 changes September 21, 2026115 changes September 14, 2026174 changes September 7, 2026144 changes August 31, 202620 changes August 24, 202615 changes August 17, 202633 changes August 10, 2026116 changes August 3, 202613 changes July 27, 202639 changes

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

All Open Closed

All regions US China

One row per model All variants

Rank	Change	Model	Score	95% interval
1	—	Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant	1,219	±9
2	—	Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant	1,185	±9
3	—	Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA	1,157	±9
4	—	Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA	939	±10

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