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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 29, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,246Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,218
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,190
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #25 overall1,182
This week's changes
claude-opus-5-maxCoding · #1New
Reve 2.1Image · #2New
MiniMax H3Video · #2New
qwen3.8-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,246±8
2NewSeedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,240±9
3▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,192±7
4▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,190±7
5▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,174±8
6▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169±7
7▼ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,167±8
8▼ 1ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,163±8
9▼ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±8
10▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,146±8
11▼ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,145±8
12▼ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,140±7
13▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±8
14▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,135±8
15▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,129±8
16▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,126±8
17—Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,120±7
18▼ 2Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,119±8
19▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,119±8
20▼ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,116±8
21▼ 1Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,110±7
22▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,107±8
23▲ 1Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba1,105±8
24▼ 1Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,102±7
25▼ 3Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,102±7
26▼ 1Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,098±7
27▼ 1Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,091±8
28▼ 1Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,080±7
29▼ 1SRPOOpenTencent1,080±8
30▼ 1HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,065±8
31▼ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,063±8
32▼ 1Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,062±8
33▼ 1HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,058±8
34▼ 1Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,055±8
35▼ 1GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,049±8
36▼ 1Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,046±8
37▼ 1Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,037±8
38▼ 1LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,032±8
39▼ 1Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun984±10
40▼ 1SDXL LightningOpenByteDance907±8
41▼ 1BagelOpenByteDance901±9
42▼ 1Janus ProOpenDeepSeek712±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 “—”.