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1539 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 28, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,035Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,088Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,171
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,035
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #36 overall1,010
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #40 overall1,000
This week's changes
Eleven v4Speech · #1New
Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighCoding · #3New
gpt-6.1-sol-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewQwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,035±10
2▼ 1Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,010±7
3▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
4—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal999±9
5▼ 2Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba998±10
6NewMing-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI996±8
7▼ 2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant995±8
8▼ 2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant985±9
9▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal984±9
10▼ 2Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal982±9
11▼ 2HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream979±8
12▼ 2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA970±8
13▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent963±9
14▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent945±9
15▼ 2Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba940±9
16▼ 2FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs940±8
17▼ 2ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±8
18▼ 2ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu912±8
19▼ 2FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs902±9
20▼ 2GLM-ImageOpenZ AI889±7
21▼ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba887±7
22▼ 3HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent886±9
23▼ 1FIBOOpenBria879±8
24▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream878±8
25▼ 2Infinity 8BOpenByteDance873±9
26▼ 2HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream873±10
27▼ 2HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream868±9
28▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent864±8
29▼ 2FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs864±9
30▼ 2LongCat ImageOpenMeituan860±8
31▼ 2FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs844±9
32▼ 2FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs841±7
33▼ 2Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai839±9
34▼ 1Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai828±9
35▼ 3FIBO LiteOpenBria827±11
36▼ 2FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs802±7
37▼ 2FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs793±10
38▼ 2Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab781±9
39▼ 2Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI776±8
40▼ 2Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai758±10
41▼ 2Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA753±10
42▼ 2OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab726±9
43▼ 2Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai719±9
44▼ 2SDXL LightningOpenByteDance719±9
45▼ 2BagelOpenByteDance704±9
46▼ 2Bria 3.2OpenBria704±10
47▼ 2Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai677±9
48▼ 2Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai548±11
49▼ 2Janus ProOpenDeepSeek532±12
50▼ 2Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai455±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 “—”.