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1209 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published May 12, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,393Score
Best open model
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,151Score
Best from China
Top three open models
1hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #18 overall1,151
2flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #19 overall1,149
3qwen-image-2512Alibaba · #25 overall1,130
This week's changes
HiDream-O1-ImageImage · #31New
JT-35B-FlashIntelligence · #67New
granite-4.1-8bCoding · #68New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,393±734,556
2—gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,268±564,995
3—gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,242±4103,873
4—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,241±4108,703
5—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,641
6—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,223±611,002
7—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,192±94,569
8—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,183±95,275
9—mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,181±543,015
10▲ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,172±3155,103
11▼ 1reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,164±710,414
12—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,160±491,629
13—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,152±3771,728
14—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4389,638
15—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,130±3511,121
16—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3265,496
17—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,108±3152,316
18—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,467
19—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3361,370
20—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,272
21—photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,548
22—runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,027±541,889
23—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±372,090
24—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3286,547
25—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3258,162
26—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4240,069

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 “—”.