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1501 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 8, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2.5-sunburstOpenAI1,421Score
Best open model
ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram1,204Score
Best from China
seedream-5.0-proByteDance1,257Score
Top three by Score
2gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI1,399
Top three open models
1ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram · #17 overall1,204
2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #24 overall1,167
3hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #30 overall1,151
This week's changes
Agnes 3.0 FlashIntelligence · #27New
Ling-3.0-flash-VLIntelligence · #77New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2.5-sunburstClosedOpenAI1,421±133,149
2—gpt-image-2.5-flareClosedOpenAI1,399±132,856
3—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,381±478,731
4—mai-image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,331±711,213
5—grok-imagine-image-2.0 (low)ClosedxAI1,315±122,681
6—reve-2.1ClosedReve1,301±87,573
7—muse-imageClosedMeta1,277±626,045
8—reve-2.0ClosedReve1,270±614,632
9—gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,261±541,957
10—mai-image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,254±457,250
11—gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,250±616,371
12—gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,246±3152,220
13—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,239±3151,702
14—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,737
15—ideogram-4.0-qualityOpenIdeogram1,204±442,169
16—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,188±613,469
17—mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±549,198
18—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,181±533,836
19—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,171±3236,623
20—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,167±87,424
21—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,161±493,639
22—reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,154±436,748
23—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,150±2845,086
24—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4388,103
25—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,129±3531,811
26—krea-2-mediumClosedKrea1,123±540,205
27—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3264,897
28—krea-2-turboOpenKrea1,110±533,237
29—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3163,843
30—krea-2-largeClosedKrea1,108±539,614
31—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,562
32—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3360,152
33—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,413
34—photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,530
35—runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,025±551,755
36—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3285,042
37—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
38—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3257,085
39—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4239,060

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 “—”.