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1542 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 12, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,036Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,087Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,172
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #20 overall1,036
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #39 overall1,012
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #43 overall1,000
This week's changes
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max)Coding · #1New
Eleven v4 TurboSpeech · #1New
GPT-6 Astra (Max)Coding · #2New
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)Coding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,036±9
2—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,012±7
3—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
4—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba999±10
5—Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI999±7
6—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal997±8
7—HunyuanImage 3.0 InstructOpenTencent996±9
8—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant995±8
9▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant987±8
10▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal987±9
11—Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal984±9
12—HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream982±8
13—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA972±8
14—HunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent944±11
15▲ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs941±8
16▼ 1Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba941±8
17—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu924±8
18—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu913±8
19—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs903±9
20—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI891±7
21—Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba889±7
22—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent887±9
23—FIBOOpenBria881±7
24—HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream875±8
25—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance875±9
26—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream874±10
27—HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream870±9
28▲ 1SRPOOpenTencent864±7
29▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs863±9
30—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan861±8
31—FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs847±9
32—FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs841±7
33—Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeOpenStability.ai840±9
34—Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboOpenStability.ai829±9
35—FIBO LiteOpenBria826±11
36—FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs803±7
37—FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs795±10
38—Lumina Image v2OpenOpenGVLab782±9
39—Playground v2.5OpenPlayground AI777±8
40—Stable Diffusion 3.5 MediumOpenStability.ai760±10
41—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA754±10
42—OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab727±9
43—Stable Diffusion 3 MediumOpenStability.ai721±9
44—SDXL LightningOpenByteDance720±9
45▲ 1BagelOpenByteDance706±9
46▼ 1Bria 3.2OpenBria706±10
47—Stable Diffusion XL 1.0OpenStability.ai678±9
48—Stable Diffusion 2.1OpenStability.ai549±11
49—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek533±12
50—Stable Diffusion 1.5OpenStability.ai456±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 “—”.