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1412 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,370Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram1,214Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance1,279Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,370
2Reve 2.1Reve1,324
Top three open models
1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #32 overall1,200
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #33 overall1,199
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #34 overall1,199
This week's changes
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
Qwen3.8 MaxIntelligence · #5New
grok-4.6-highCoding · #5New
Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)Intelligence · #7New
gemini-3.7-flash-highCoding · #8New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1▲ 3Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,214±9
2—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,200±8
3▲ 4Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant1,199±11
4▲ 6FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,199±11
5—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,198±10
6▲ 3FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,197±8
7▲ 4Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal1,187±11
8▼ 2ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,180±9
9▲ 7HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,179±10
10▲ 2FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,176±11
11▼ 3Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,174±9
12▲ 3HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,151±11
13▲ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,147±10
14▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,131±11
15▲ 2Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,127±10
16▼ 13Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA1,121±17
17▲ 1FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,100±9
18▲ 1SRPOOpenTencent1,083±8
19▲ 3Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,082±8
20▲ 1HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,079±9
21▼ 1FIBOOpenBria1,078±8
22▲ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,073±9
23▲ 3GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,069±8
24—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,063±9
25—FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,062±10
26▲ 1Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,057±9
27▲ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,054±9
28▲ 2FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,044±8
29—FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,036±10
30▲ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,036±9
31▲ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,035±8
32▲ 1FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
33▲ 2Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab980±9
34▲ 2Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI975±8
35▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs975±9
36▲ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai964±10
37▲ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA940±10
38▲ 1Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai925±9
39▲ 2OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab913±10
40▲ 3BagelOpenByteDance911±10
41▼ 1SDXL LightningOpenByteDance911±9
42—Bria 3.2OpenBria907±10
43▲ 1Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai888±9
44▲ 1Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai755±11
45▲ 1Janus ProOpenDeepSeek721±13
46▲ 1Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai665±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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.