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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
1—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,088±10
2—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,078±8
3—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,074±10
4NewQwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,035±10
5▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,029±9
6▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,028±10
7▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,027±9
8—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,021±9
9▼ 2HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,021±8
10▼ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,014±9
11▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,009±9
12▼ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba998±10
13NewMing-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI996±8
14▼ 2Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba989±9
15▼ 2Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba983±9
16▼ 2HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream979±8
17▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent963±9
18▼ 2Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba961±9
19▼ 2Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba960±8
20▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed958±9
21▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent945±9
22▼ 2Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream944±9
23▼ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI943±9
24▼ 2Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba940±9
25▼ 2Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba935±7
26▼ 2ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±8
27▼ 2Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream923±9
28▼ 2Vidu Q2ClosedVidu919±7
29▼ 2Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI914±7
30▼ 1Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance913±7
31▼ 3ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu912±8
32▼ 2GLM-ImageOpenZ AI889±7
33▼ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba887±7
34▼ 3HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent886±9
35▼ 2HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream878±8
36▼ 2Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba875±8
37▼ 2Infinity 8BOpenByteDance873±9
38▼ 2HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream873±10
39▼ 2HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream868±9
40▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent864±8
41▼ 1Image-01ClosedMiniMax860±9
42▼ 3LongCat ImageOpenMeituan860±8
43▼ 2Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun797±11
44▼ 2SDXL LightningOpenByteDance719±9
45▼ 2BagelOpenByteDance704±9
46▼ 2Janus ProOpenDeepSeek532±12

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 “—”.