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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 21, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #6 overall1,230
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #16 overall1,188
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #25 overall1,167
This week's changes
glm-5.2 (max)Coding · #2New
GLM-5.2 (max)Intelligence · #6New
seed-2.1-pro-previewCoding · #6New
kimi-k2.7-codeCoding · #17New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,230±10
2—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,188±8
3—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,167±10
4▲ 4Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,166±10
5▼ 1ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,160±10
6—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,159±9
7▼ 2Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±9
8▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,156±9
9—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,138±9
10—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,123±8
11—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,121±8
12—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,114±9
13—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,113±9
14—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,107±8
15—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,082±9
16—SRPOOpenTencent1,074±8
17—FIBOOpenBria1,070±9
18—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,069±8
19—FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,067±9
20▲ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,062±9
21▼ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,060±8
22—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,057±9
23—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,050±9
24—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,048±9
25▲ 1FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,034±12
26▼ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,034±9
27—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,028±8
28—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,024±8
29—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,021±8
30—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
31—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs973±9
32—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab967±9
33—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI966±8
34—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai945±9
35—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA935±10
36—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai911±9
37—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance906±9
38—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab905±10
39—BagelOpenByteDance903±10
40—Bria 3.2OpenBria901±10
41—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai874±9
42—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai750±11
43—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek714±13
44—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai661±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 “—”.