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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated January 14, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,246Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,157Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,185Score
Top three by Score
3FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs1,207
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #13 overall1,157
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #15 overall1,143
3FLUX.2 [dev] FlashFal · #20 overall1,125
This week's changes
GPT Image 1.5 (high)Image · #1New
FLUX.2 [max]Image · #3New
Kling O1 ProVideo · #9New
Kling 2.6 Pro (No Audio)Video · #10New
Imagen 4 UltraImage · #12New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewFLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,157—
2—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,143—
3NewFLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,125—
4▼ 3Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,117—
5▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,116—
6▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent1,075—
7▼ 1HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,055—
8▲ 1FIBOOpenBria1,054—
9▼ 4HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,050—
10▼ 3Qwen-ImageOpenAlibaba1,049—
11▼ 3HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,047—
12▼ 2FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,042—
13—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,030—
14▼ 2Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,021—
15▼ 4Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,018—
16▼ 2FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,016—
17NewLongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,015—
18▼ 3FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000—
19▼ 3Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI968—
20▼ 3Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab960—
21▼ 3Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai938—
22—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA937—
23▼ 4BagelOpenByteDance915—
24▼ 4Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai903—
25▼ 4Bria 3.2OpenBria889—
26▼ 3OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab889—
27▼ 3SDXL LightningOpenByteDance887—
28▼ 3Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai854—
29▼ 3Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai705—
30▼ 3Janus ProOpenDeepSeek676—
31▼ 3Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai586—

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 “—”.