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1037 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 20, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,042Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance Seed1,101Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,186
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #21 overall1,042
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #29 overall1,026
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #43 overall1,000
This week's changes
Muse Wonder Full (Max)Intelligence · #3New
FLUX 3 Max (720p)Video · #4New
Muse Wonder Full (Max)Coding · #6New
Muse Wonder (Max)Intelligence · #7New
Kimi K3.1 Pro (Max)Coding · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,042±12
2—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,026±10
3—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
4▲ 1Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI999±9
5▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal994±11
6▲ 2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant993±10
7▲ 3FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal988±12
8▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 InstructOpenTencent987±12
9—Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant982±12
10▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal981±12
11▲ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream975±10
12▲ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA970±10
13▲ 3Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba935±11
14—HunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent932±17
15—FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs929±10
16▲ 1ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu914±10
17▲ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu908±10
18▲ 3Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba904±18
19▲ 12FLUX.1 Krea [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs892±40
20—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI885±18
21▲ 9LongCat ImageOpenMeituan856±19
22▲ 1FIBOOpenBria849±19
23▲ 6FLUX.2 [klein] 4BOpenBlack Forest Labs837±12
24▲ 4SRPOOpenTencent826±21
25▲ 7FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs823±45
26▲ 9FIBO LiteOpenBria813±16
27▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream810±20
28▲ 8FLUX.1 [schnell]OpenBlack Forest Labs739±20
29▲ 13OmniGen V2OpenVectorSpaceLab718±26
30▲ 15BagelOpenByteDance595±35

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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.