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1022 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published October 26, 2026

Best images
GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstOpenAI1,427Score
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,225Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,254Score
Top three by Score
2GPT-Image-2.5 FlareOpenAI1,401
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,225
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #19 overall1,200
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #26 overall1,164
This week's changes
HeyGen Video 1Video · #3New
Kimi K3.1 ProIntelligence · #4New
Gemini 4 Carbon (High)Coding · #4New
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Coding · #13New
MiniMax-M3.1-FlashIntelligence · #18New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,225±619,604
2NewIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,200±472,865
3—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,164±710,803
4NewHunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent1,151±3180,498
5—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,145±477,975
6—Qwen-Image (2512)OpenAlibaba · 2 more variants1,125±398,272
7NewHiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,115±477,624
8—Krea 2 TurboOpenKrea1,114±463,944
9—Z-Image-TurboOpenAlibaba1,082±524,963
10—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,070±3150,695
11▲ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,030±3152,289
12▲ 1GLM-ImageOpenZ.ai1,012±94,854
13NewFLUX.1 [dev] (FP8)OpenBlack Forest Labs969±449,221
14▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs942±4216,222
15NewStable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpen938±423,396
16▲ 1BAGELOpenByteDance897±612,361

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 “—”.