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1203 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 10, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,164Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,201Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #18 overall1,164
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #19 overall1,163
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #23 overall1,158
This week's changes
StepAudio 2.5 TTSSpeech · #3New
Bach-1.0 PreviewVideo · #7New
SIMBA 3.0Speech · #7New
qwen3.6-max-previewCoding · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,164±10
2—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,163±10
3—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±10
4—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,143±10
5—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,131±9
6—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,130±9
7—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,110±9
8—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,109±9
9—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,091±9
10▲ 1SRPOOpenTencent1,083±9
11▼ 1FIBOOpenBria1,082±9
12—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,077±9
13—FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,072±9
14—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,062±9
15—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,061±9
16—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,060±9
17—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,053±9
18—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,050±9
19—FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,037±12
20▲ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,036±10
21▼ 1FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,036±8
22—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,032±9
23—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,023±9
24—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
25—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs977±10
26—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab974±9
27—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI968±9
28—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai950±10
29—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA941±10
30—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai919±9
31—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance913±9
32—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab911±10
33—BagelOpenByteDance907±10
34—Bria 3.2OpenBria899±10
35—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai874±9
36—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai750±11
37—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek714±13
38—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai654±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

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 “—”.