Model rankings

443 models · 2 boards · 2 sources

Week of July 21, 2025

September 1, 20253 changes August 25, 202519 changes August 18, 20255 changes August 11, 202524 changes August 4, 20259 changes July 28, 20254 changes July 21, 20252 changes July 14, 20258 changes July 7, 2025 June 30, 20254 changes June 23, 20258 changes June 16, 20251 change

Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published July 25, 2025

Best images

gpt-image-1OpenAI1,137Score

Best open model

flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs970Score

Best from China

seedream-3ByteDance1,065Score

Most voted

imagen-3.0-generate-002Google136,407Votes

Top three by Score

1gpt-image-1OpenAI1,137

2imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001Google1,114

3flux-1-kontext-maxBlack Forest Labs1,074

Top three open models

1flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #14 overall970

2flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #15 overall968

3stable-diffusion-v35-largeStability AI · #16 overall936

This week's changes

Kimi K2Intelligence · #22New

Claude 4 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)Intelligence · #13Up 4

All Open Closed

All regions US China

One row per model All variants

SortScore Votes

Rank	Change	Model	Score	95% interval	Votes
1	—	gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI	1,137	±4	34,510
2	—	imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle	1,114	±5	14,219
3	—	imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle	1,063	±3	136,407
4	▲ 1	photonClosedLuma AI	1,034	±4	53,558
5	▼ 1	ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram	1,031	±3	25,202
6	—	ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram	1,008	±3	107,632
7	—	gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle	988	±4	29,565
8	—	dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI	978	±4	103,276

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