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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 5, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,036Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,090Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,172
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,036
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #37 overall1,011
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #41 overall1,000
This week's changes
Utopai XVideo · #2New
Dreamina Seedance 2.5Video · #3New
Gemini 4 Argon (High)Intelligence · #5New
MiniMax H3 MaxVideo · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,090±10
2—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,081±8
3—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,076±10
4—Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,036±10
5—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,031±9
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,029±9
7—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,026±9
8—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,023±9
9—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,020±8
10—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,016±9
11—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,012±9
12—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba999±10
13—Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI998±8
14NewHunyuanImage 3.0 InstructOpenTencent995±9
15▼ 1Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba990±9
16NewHunyuanImage 3.0 (Tencent Cloud)ClosedTencent985±11
17▼ 2Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba983±9
18▼ 2HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream982±8
19NewHunyuanImage 3.5 (Preview)ClosedTencent975±9
20▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba962±8
21▼ 3Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba961±9
22▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed959±9
23▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream945±9
24NewHunyuanImage 3.0OpenTencent944±11
25▼ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI944±9
26▼ 2Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba941±8
27▼ 2Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba938±7
28▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream924±9
29▼ 3ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu923±8
30▼ 2Vidu Q2ClosedVidu920±7
31▼ 2Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI915±7
32▼ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu914±8
33▼ 3Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance914±7
34▼ 2GLM-ImageOpenZ AI891±7
35▼ 2Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba889±7
36▼ 2HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent887±9
37▼ 1Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba877±7
38▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream875±8
39▼ 2Infinity 8BOpenByteDance874±9
40▼ 2HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream874±10
41▼ 2HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream869±9
42▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent863±7
43▼ 2Image-01ClosedMiniMax861±9
44▼ 2LongCat ImageOpenMeituan860±8
45▼ 2Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun798±11
46▼ 2SDXL LightningOpenByteDance720±9
47▼ 2BagelOpenByteDance705±9
48▼ 2Janus ProOpenDeepSeek533±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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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 “—”.