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1356 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 11, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337
2Reve 2.0Reve1,278
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,267
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #9 overall1,221
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,184
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #29 overall1,166
This week's changes
Simba 3.2Speech · #1New
GPT-5.6 Sol (max)Intelligence · #2New
GPT-5.6 Terra (max)Intelligence · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,221±9
2—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,184±8
3▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,166±9
4▼ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,163±9
5—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,161±9
6▲ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,154±8
7▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,153±8
8—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,151±8
9—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,135±8
10—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,121±8
11—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,118±8
12—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,114±8
13—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,111±9
14—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,101±8
15—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,087±9
16—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,083±8
17—SRPOOpenTencent1,071±8
18—FIBOOpenBria1,068±8
19—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,066±8
20—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,063±8
21▲ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,058±8
22▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,058±8
23—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,054±8
24—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,043±8
25—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,043±8
26—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,029±9
27▼ 1FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,028±12
28—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,027±8
29—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,021±8
30—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,019±8
31—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
32▲ 1Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab965±8
33▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs965±9
34—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI963±8
35—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai944±9
36—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA930±9
37—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai908±9
38—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance903±8
39—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab901±9
40—Bria 3.2OpenBria896±10
41—BagelOpenByteDance896±10
42—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai872±9
43—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai746±11
44—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek710±12
45—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai657±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 “—”.