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1283 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 28, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
2MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,273
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #7 overall1,225
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,186
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #27 overall1,169
This week's changes
MAI-Image-2.5Image · #2New
MAI-Image-2.5-FlashImage · #9New
Luna TTSSpeech · #9New
Nex-N2-ProIntelligence · #20New
Grok Build 0.1 0616Intelligence · #29New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,225±10
2—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,186±8
3▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,169±10
4▼ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,166±10
5—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,159±9
6▲ 2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,157±9
7▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,156±9
8▼ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,155±9
9—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,136±9
10—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,123±8
11—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,120±8
12▲ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,113±8
13▼ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,112±9
14—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,106±8
15—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,086±9
16—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,081±8
17—SRPOOpenTencent1,073±8
18—FIBOOpenBria1,070±9
19—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,068±8
20—FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,064±8
21—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,062±9
22—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,059±8
23—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,057±8
24—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,048±8
25—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,046±9
26▲ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,033±9
27▼ 1FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,033±12
28—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,027±8
29—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,023±8
30—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,020±8
31—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
32—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs971±9
33—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab966±9
34—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI966±8
35—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai944±9
36—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA933±9
37—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai910±9
38—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance905±9
39—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab905±10
40—BagelOpenByteDance901±10
41—Bria 3.2OpenBria900±10
42—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai874±9
43—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai750±11
44—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek713±12
45—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai660±13

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

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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 “—”.