Model rankings

526 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

Week of September 8, 2025

October 20, 20252 changes October 13, 202518 changes October 6, 20257 changes September 29, 202516 changes September 22, 20258 changes September 15, 20251 change September 8, 202513 changes September 1, 20253 changes August 25, 202519 changes August 18, 20255 changes August 11, 202524 changes August 4, 20259 changes

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 8, 2025

Best images

gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,145Score

Best open model

qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,079Score

Best from China

qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,079Score

Most voted

qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba495,871Votes

Top three by Score

1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)Google1,145

2imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001Google1,128

3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,121

Top three open models

1qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba · #5 overall1,079

2qwen-imageAlibaba · #9 overall1,057

3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #19 overall970

This week's changes

Grok Code Fast 1Intelligence · #22New

Qwen3 Max (Preview)Intelligence · #23New

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #40New

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #45New

Kimi K2 0905Intelligence · #19Up 12

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SortScore Votes

Rank	Change	Model	Score	95% interval	Votes
1	—	qwen-image-prompt-extendOpenAlibaba	1,079	±2	495,871
2	—	seedream-3ClosedByteDance	1,076	±3	315,325
3	—	qwen-imageOpenAlibaba	1,057	±2	111,919
4	—	bagelOpenByteDance	915	±5	12,351

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