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1371 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published July 10, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,385Score
Best open model
ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram1,207Score
Best from China
seedream-5.0-proByteDance1,231Score
Top three by Score
2reve-2.1Reve1,302
3muse-imageMeta1,280
Top three open models
1ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram · #13 overall1,207
2hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #26 overall1,151
3flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #28 overall1,148
This week's changes
kimi-k3-maxCoding · #1New
claude-opus-5-highCoding · #2New
Kimi K3Intelligence · #3New
glm-5.2-maxCoding · #5New
gemini-3.6-flashCoding · #13New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,385±560,382
2—reve-2.1ClosedReve1,302±122,432
3—muse-imageClosedMeta1,280±88,384
4—reve-2.0ClosedReve1,271±613,675
5—gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,261±718,502
6—mai-image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,257±534,416
7—gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,250±89,392
8—gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,245±3129,467
9—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,240±3133,306
10—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,565
11—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,229±439,467
12—ideogram-4.0-qualityOpenIdeogram1,207±618,547
13—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,188±613,458
14—mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±549,043
15—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,177±520,320
16—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,173±3205,635
17—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,161±493,439
18—reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,154±431,694
19—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,151±3807,662
20—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4388,009
21—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,129±3531,357
22—krea-2-mediumClosedKrea1,120±617,491
23—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3264,724
24—krea-2-turboOpenKrea1,113±79,143
25—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3163,465
26—krea-2-largeClosedKrea1,100±617,210
27—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,383
28—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3360,193
29—Cosmos3-Super-Text2ImageOpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,057±618,247
30—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,137
31—photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,404
32—runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,025±551,604
33—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3285,498
34—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
35—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3257,095
36—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4239,288

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 “—”.