Model rankings

521 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

Week of September 1, 2025

October 13, 202518 changes October 6, 20257 changes September 29, 202516 changes 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

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 28, 2025

Best images

gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,145Score

Best open model

qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,081Score

Best from China

qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,081Score

Most voted

recraft-v3Recraft290,850Votes

Top three by Score

1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,145

2imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001Google1,133

3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,124

Top three open models

1qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba · #5 overall1,081

2qwen-imageAlibaba · #9 overall1,051

3flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #19 overall968

This week's changes

Exaone 4.0 1.2B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #81New

Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Intelligence · #26Up 59

Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #148Up 10

All Open Closed

All regions US China

One row per model All variants

SortScore Votes

Rank	Change	Model	Score	95% interval	Votes
1	—	qwen-image-prompt-extendOpenAlibaba	1,081	±3	213,916
2	—	qwen-imageOpenAlibaba	1,051	±3	79,388
3	—	flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs	968	±3	50,585
4	—	flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs	965	±3	153,384
5	—	stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI	937	±4	24,050
6	—	bagelOpenByteDance	915	±5	12,351

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