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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 5, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,036Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,090Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,172
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,036
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #37 overall1,011
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #41 overall1,000
This week's changes
Utopai XVideo · #2New
Dreamina Seedance 2.5Video · #3New
Gemini 4 Argon (High)Intelligence · #5New
MiniMax H3 MaxVideo · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,036±10
2—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,011±7
3—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,004±8
4—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
5▲ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba999±10
6▲ 1Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI998±8
7▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal997±9
8NewHunyuanImage 3.0 InstructOpenTencent995±9
9▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA995±8
10▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal987±9
11▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2ImageOpenNVIDIA987±8
12▼ 3Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal985±9
13▼ 1Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal982±9
14▼ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream982±8
15▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA971±8
16▼ 1Ideogram 4.0 FastOpenFal969±9
17NewHunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent944±11
18—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba941±8
19—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs941±8
20—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±8
21—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu914±8
22—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs902±9
23—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI891±7
24—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba889±7
25—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent887±9
26—FIBOOpenBria881±8
27—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream875±8
28—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance874±9
29—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream874±10
30—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream869±9
31▲ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs863±9
32▼ 1SRPOOpenTencent863±7
33—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan860±8
34—FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs844±9
35—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs841±7
36—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai840±9
37—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai829±9
38—FIBO LiteOpenBria827±11
39—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs803±7
40—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs794±10
41—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab781±9
42—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI776±8
43—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai759±10
44—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA754±10
45—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab727±9
46—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai720±9
47—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance720±9
48▲ 1Bria 3.2OpenBria705±10
49▼ 1BagelOpenByteDance705±9
50—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai678±9

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 “—”.