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1371 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 20, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
2MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,266
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #10 overall1,217
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,186
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #28 overall1,168
This week's changes
kimi-k3-maxCoding · #1New
claude-opus-5-highCoding · #2New
Kimi K3Intelligence · #3New
glm-5.2-maxCoding · #5New
gemini-3.6-flashCoding · #13New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,217±9
2—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,186±8
3—Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,168±9
4—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,163±9
5—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,161±9
6—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,155±8
7—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,152±8
8—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,150±8
9—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,134±8
10—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,120±8
11—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,117±8
12—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,114±8
13—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,110±9
14—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,100±7
15—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,082±8
16—SRPOOpenTencent1,074±8
17—FIBOOpenBria1,068±8
18—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,064±8
19—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,062±8
20▲ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,057±8
21▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,057±8
22—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,057±8
23—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,045±8
24—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,044±8
25▲ 1FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,028±12
26▼ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,028±9
27—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,027±8
28▲ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,021±8
29▼ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,021±8
30—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
31—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab965±8
32—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs965±9
33—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI965±8
34—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai944±9
35—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA930±9
36—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai909±8
37—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance903±8
38—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab901±9
39—BagelOpenByteDance896±10
40—Bria 3.2OpenBria896±9
41—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai872±9
42—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai747±10
43—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek709±12
44—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai658±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 “—”.