Model rankings

502 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

Week of August 11, 2025

September 22, 20258 changes September 15, 20251 change September 8, 202513 changes September 1, 20253 changes August 25, 202519 changes August 18, 20255 changes August 11, 202524 changes August 4, 20259 changes July 28, 20254 changes July 21, 20252 changes July 14, 20258 changes July 7, 2025

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 14, 2025

Best images

gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,155Score

Best open model

qwen-imageAlibaba1,031Score

Best from China

seedream-3ByteDance1,067Score

Most voted

imagen-3.0-generate-002Google157,878Votes

Top three by Score

1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,155

2imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001Google1,139

3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,136

Top three open models

1qwen-imageAlibaba · #11 overall1,031

2flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #17 overall968

3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #18 overall967

This week's changes

GPT-5 (high)Intelligence · #1New

GPT-5 miniIntelligence · #7New

Claude 4.1 Opus (Extended Thinking)Intelligence · #9New

gpt-oss-120BIntelligence · #10New

GPT-5 nanoIntelligence · #19New

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One row per model All variants

SortScore Votes

Rank	Change	Model	Score	95% interval	Votes
1	—	qwen-imageOpenAlibaba	1,031	±5	12,898
2	▲ 1	flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs	968	±3	50,585
3	▼ 1	flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs	967	±4	33,182
4	—	stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI	937	±4	24,050
5	—	bagelOpenByteDance	916	±5	12,344

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