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451 models · 2 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 1, 2025

Best images
gpt-image-1OpenAI1,137Score
Best open model
flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs969Score
Best from China
seedream-3ByteDance1,065Score
Most voted
imagen-3.0-generate-002Google143,004Votes
Top three by Score
1gpt-image-1OpenAI1,137
3flux-1-kontext-maxBlack Forest Labs1,073
Top three open models
1flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #14 overall969
2flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #15 overall967
3stable-diffusion-v35-largeStability AI · #16 overall936
This week's changes
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BIntelligence · #32New
Granite 3.3 Instruct 8BIntelligence · #130New
Gemma 3n E2B InstructIntelligence · #144New
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)Intelligence · #6Up 8
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,137±443,505
2—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,113±514,223
3—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,062±3143,004
4—photonClosedLuma AI1,033±360,928
5—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,031±332,537
6—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,009±3114,717
7—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle985±436,628
8—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±3109,553

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 “—”.