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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 9, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,017Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,086Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178
2MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1,149
3Reve 2.1Reve1,127
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #28 overall1,017
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #38 overall1,000
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #41 overall999
This week's changes
GPT-6 Astra (max)Intelligence · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6Image · #2New
Realtime TTS-2Speech · #2New
Muse Spark 1.3 (max)Intelligence · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,017±9
2▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
3▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal999±10
4▲ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant995±9
5▼ 1Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant992±10
6—Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal987±10
7—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal980±10
8—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream978±9
9—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba972±9
10—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA965±9
11—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent953±10
12—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs945±9
13—HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent935±10
14—Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba928±9
15—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±10
16—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu922±10
17—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs899±8
18—SRPOOpenTencent880±8
19—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent879±8
20—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba878±8
21—FIBOOpenBria876±8
22▲ 1HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream874±8
23▼ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream872±9
24▲ 1GLM-ImageOpenZ AI869±8
25▼ 1HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream864±9
26—FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs861±9
27—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance857±9
28—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan853±8
29▲ 1FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs843±7
30▼ 1FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs837±10
31▲ 2FIBO LiteOpenBria835±12
32▼ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai835±8
33▼ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai835±8
34—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs799±7
35—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab778±9
36—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs773±9
37—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI773±8
38—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai764±9
39—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA741±10
40—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai723±8
41—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab712±10
42—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance712±8
43—BagelOpenByteDance710±10
44—Bria 3.2OpenBria707±10
45—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai685±9
46—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai556±10
47—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek522±12
48—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai465±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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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 “—”.