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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 18, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,216Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368
2Reve 2.1Reve1,321
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #24 overall1,216
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #35 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,198
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1NewQwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,284±11
2▼ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,280±8
3NewQwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,270±11
4▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,233±10
5▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,225±8
6▼ 2Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,223±10
7▼ 2Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,210±10
8▼ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,205±10
9▼ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,204±10
10—Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,197±10
11—Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,183±9
12▲ 1HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,175±8
13▲ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,172±8
14▲ 1Wan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,168±9
15▲ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,160±8
16▲ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,150±8
17▲ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,150±10
18▲ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,150±8
19▲ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,141±8
20▲ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,139±10
21—Qwen Image 2.0 (2026-03-03)ClosedAlibaba1,135±8
22▲ 1Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,130±9
23▲ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,125±8
24▲ 1Kling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,115±7
25▲ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,114±7
26▲ 2Qwen Image Plus 2601ClosedAlibaba1,110±7
27—Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,108±7
28▲ 2Qwen ImageOpenAlibaba1,081±8
29—SRPOOpenTencent1,080±8
30▲ 1HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,077±8
31▲ 2Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,070±9
32▼ 24HiDream-O1-Image-DevOpenHiDream1,070±8
33▼ 1HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,069±9
34—GLM-ImageOpenZ AI1,067±7
35▲ 1Z-Image BaseClosedAlibaba1,063±8
36▼ 1HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,063±8
37—Infinity 8BOpenByteDance1,056±8
38—LongCat ImageOpenMeituan1,052±8
39—Step Image Edit 2ClosedStepFun1,000±10
40▲ 1SDXL LightningOpenByteDance911±8
41▼ 1BagelOpenByteDance908±9
42—Janus ProOpenDeepSeek720±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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.