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1539 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 24, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2.5-sunburstOpenAI1,424Score
Best open model
qwen-image-2.1Alibaba1,228Score
Best from China
seedream-5.0-proByteDance1,256Score
Top three by Score
2gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI1,401
Top three open models
1qwen-image-2.1Alibaba · #17 overall1,228
2ideogram-4.0-qualityIdeogram · #18 overall1,205
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #25 overall1,165
This week's changes
Eleven v4Speech · #1New
Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighCoding · #3New
gpt-6.1-sol-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2.5-sunburstClosedOpenAI1,424±810,884
2—gpt-image-2.5-flareClosedOpenAI1,401±810,058
3—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,383±488,744
4—mai-image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,335±618,625
5—reve-2.1ClosedReve1,302±88,305
6—grok-imagine-image-2.0 (low)ClosedxAI1,301±87,257
7—muse-imageClosedMeta1,276±535,422
8—reve-2.0ClosedReve1,269±615,802
9—gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,261±453,228
10—mai-image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,254±461,448
11—gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,250±617,851
12—gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,247±3168,447
13—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,238±3165,437
14—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,234±586,451
15—ideogram-4.0-qualityOpenIdeogram1,205±453,371
16—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,189±614,083
17—mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,184±551,477
18—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,183±441,412
19—grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,170±3262,132
20—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,165±710,856
21—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,162±499,444
22—reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,155±439,755
23—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,150±2878,451
24—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4388,772
25—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,129±3539,788
26—krea-2-mediumClosedKrea1,123±450,800
27—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,116±3268,466
28—krea-2-turboOpenKrea1,113±543,913
29—krea-2-largeClosedKrea1,110±449,906
30—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,110±3171,058
31—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±498,414
32—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3359,786
33—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,048±4118,542
34—photonClosedLuma AI1,036±4130,158
35—runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,024±454,376
36—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
37—lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3287,345
38—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle975±3257,241
39—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI968±4238,749

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 “—”.