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1432 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 18, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,216Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368
2Reve 2.1Reve1,321
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #24 overall1,216
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #35 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,198
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,216±9
2▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant1,198±9
3▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,198±10
4▲ 2FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,198±7
5▲ 2Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal1,186±9
6▲ 4FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,177±10
7▲ 2HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,175±8
8▲ 3Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,172±8
9▲ 3HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,150±10
10▲ 3FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,142±8
11▲ 3HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,139±10
12▲ 3Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,130±9
13▲ 4FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,099±8
14▲ 5Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,081±8
15▲ 3SRPOOpenTencent1,080±8
16▲ 4HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,077±8
17▲ 4FIBOOpenBria1,075±8
18▼ 16HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,070±8
19▲ 3HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,069±9
20▲ 3GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,067±7
21▲ 3HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,063±8
22▲ 4Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,056±8
23▲ 2FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,055±9
24▲ 3LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,052±8
25▲ 3FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,041±7
26▲ 3FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,035±9
27▲ 3Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai1,034±8
28▲ 3Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai1,034±8
29▲ 3FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
30▲ 3Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab978±8
31▲ 3Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI973±8
32▲ 3FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs972±9
33▲ 3Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai963±9
34▲ 3Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA939±9
35▲ 3Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai923±8
36▲ 3OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab913±9
37▲ 4SDXL LightningOpenByteDance911±8
38▲ 2BagelOpenByteDance908±9
39▲ 3Bria 3.2OpenBria906±10
40▲ 3Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai883±8
41▲ 3Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai754±10
42▲ 3Janus ProOpenDeepSeek720±12
43▲ 3Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai665±12

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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