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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 4, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,382Score
Best open model
ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram1,204Score
Best from China
seedream-5.0-proByteDance1,258Score
Top three by Score
2mai-image-2.6Microsoft AI1,332
Top three open models
1ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram · #15 overall1,204
2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #22 overall1,168
3hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #28 overall1,151
This week's changes
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,382±477,830
2Newmai-image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,332±710,086
3Newgrok-imagine-image-2.0 (low)ClosedxAI1,315±122,682
4▼ 2reve-2.1ClosedReve1,301±87,576
5▼ 2muse-imageClosedMeta1,279±624,856
6▼ 2reve-2.0ClosedReve1,270±614,636
7▼ 2gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,261±540,649
8▼ 2mai-image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,254±457,295
9▼ 2gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,250±616,389
10▼ 2gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,246±3150,932
11▼ 2gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,239±3150,845
12▼ 2gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,744
13▼ 1ideogram-4.0-qualityOpenIdeogram1,204±440,898
14▼ 1uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,188±613,477
15▼ 1mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±549,204
16—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,182±533,847
17—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,171±3234,986
18▼ 3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,168±86,667
19▼ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,161±493,649
20▼ 1reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,154±436,781
21▼ 1gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,150±2843,075
22▼ 1imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4388,120
23▼ 1imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,129±3531,853
24▼ 1krea-2-mediumClosedKrea1,123±538,977
25▼ 1gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3264,914
26▼ 1krea-2-turboOpenKrea1,110±531,944
27▼ 1gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3163,859
28▼ 1krea-2-largeClosedKrea1,108±538,398
29▼ 1mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,579
30▼ 1imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3360,162
31▼ 1ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,422
32▼ 1photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,539
33▼ 1runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,025±451,765
34▼ 1lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3285,058
35▼ 1ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
36▼ 1gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3257,098
37▼ 1dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4239,064

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 “—”.