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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated January 23, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,245Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,158Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,185Score
Top three by Score
3FLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs1,206
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #13 overall1,158
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #15 overall1,143
3Qwen Image 2512Alibaba · #16 overall1,143
This week's changes
gpt-5.2-codexCoding · #17New
FLUX.2 [klein] 9BImage · #21New
FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BImage · #43New
FLUX.2 [klein] 4BImage · #48New
GLM-ImageImage · #49New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,158—
2—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,143—
3NewQwen Image 2512OpenAlibaba1,143—
4—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,128—
5NewFLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,127—
6▼ 3FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,126—
7▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,117—
8▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent1,073—
9NewFLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,072—
10NewFLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,061—
11NewGLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,057—
12▼ 4FIBOOpenBria1,056—
13▼ 6HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,055—
14▼ 5HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,049—
14NewQwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,049—
16▼ 5HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,046—
17▼ 5FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,043—
18▼ 5Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,032—
19▼ 5Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,020—
20▼ 5Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,019—
21▼ 4LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,019—
22▼ 6FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,016—
23▼ 5FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000—
24NewFLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs977—
25▼ 6Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI968—
26▼ 6Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab960—
27▼ 6Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai938—
28▼ 6Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA932—
29▼ 6BagelOpenByteDance913—
30▼ 6Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai904—
31▼ 5OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab891—
32▼ 7Bria 3.2OpenBria890—
33▼ 6SDXL LightningOpenByteDance887—
34▼ 6Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai855—
35▼ 6Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai706—
36▼ 6Janus ProOpenDeepSeek677—
37▼ 6Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai588—

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 “—”.