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1239 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published May 26, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,388Score
Best open model
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,151Score
Best from China
Top three open models
1hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #20 overall1,151
2flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #21 overall1,148
3qwen-image-2512Alibaba · #26 overall1,130
This week's changes
qwen3.7-max-20260517Coding · #3New
xAI Text to SpeechSpeech · #5New
Fun-Realtime-TTS-PreviewSpeech · #6New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,388±640,350
2—gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,271±570,937
3Newmai-image-2.5-previewClosedMicrosoft AI1,254±85,264
4▼ 1gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,244±4109,593
5▼ 1gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,241±4114,188
6▼ 1gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,642
7▼ 1grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,228±619,400
8▼ 1uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,192±78,945
9▼ 1mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,182±548,294
10▼ 1uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,176±710,027
11▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,174±3166,767
12▼ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,162±492,985
13▼ 1reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,155±614,926
14▼ 1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,152±3779,780
15▼ 1imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4389,625
16▼ 1imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,130±3516,873
17▼ 1gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3265,512
18▼ 1gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,108±3157,830
19▼ 1mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,475
20▼ 1imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3361,365
21▼ 1ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,282
22▼ 1photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,551
23▼ 1runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,027±546,576
24▼ 1lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3286,552
25▼ 1ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
26▼ 1gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3258,166
27▼ 1dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4240,068

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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.