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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 11, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,370Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram1,214Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance1,279Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,370
2Reve 2.1Reve1,324
Top three open models
1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #32 overall1,200
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #33 overall1,199
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #34 overall1,199
This week's changes
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
Qwen3.8 MaxIntelligence · #5New
grok-4.6-highCoding · #5New
Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)Intelligence · #7New
gemini-3.7-flash-highCoding · #8New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1▲ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,279±9
2▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,229±9
3▲ 2Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,228±11
4▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,225±12
5▲ 7Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,210±11
6▲ 7Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,209±11
7▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,207±11
8▼ 4HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,200±8
9▼ 2ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,198±10
10▲ 9Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,196±11
11▲ 6Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,181±11
12▼ 4ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,180±9
13▲ 7HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,179±10
14▼ 5Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,174±9
15▲ 6Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,174±11
16▼ 5Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,161±8
17▼ 3Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,153±9
18—HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,151±11
19▼ 9Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,151±9
20▼ 5Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,143±9
21▲ 2Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba1,134±8
22▼ 6HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,131±11
23▲ 1Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,127±10
24▼ 2Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,124±9
25▲ 1Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,118±8
26▼ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,115±8
27—Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,112±8
28▲ 1Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,104±8
29▼ 1SRPOOpenTencent1,083±8
30▲ 2Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,082±8
31—HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,079±9
32▼ 2HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,077±8
33—HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,073±9
34▲ 1Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,070±9
35▲ 1GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,069±8
36▼ 2HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,063±9
37▲ 1Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,061±8
38▼ 1Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,057±9
39—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,054±9
40—Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun1,001±11
41▲ 1BagelOpenByteDance911±10
42▼ 1SDXL LightningOpenByteDance911±9
43—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek721±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 “—”.