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1022 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

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

Best images
GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstOpenAI1,427Score
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,225Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,254Score
Top three by Score
2GPT-Image-2.5 FlareOpenAI1,401
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,225
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #19 overall1,200
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #26 overall1,164
This week's changes
HeyGen Video 1Video · #3New
Kimi K3.1 ProIntelligence · #4New
Gemini 4 Carbon (High)Coding · #4New
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Coding · #13New
MiniMax-M3.1-FlashIntelligence · #18New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstClosedOpenAI1,427±540,323
2—GPT-Image-2.5 FlareClosedOpenAI1,401±539,218
3—GPT-Image-2 (Medium)ClosedOpenAI1,381±4103,385
4▲ 1MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,329±534,596
5▲ 1Gemini Nano Banana 2.1ClosedGoogle1,325±95,290
6▼ 2Grok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedxAI · 1 more variant1,317±710,902
7—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,300±88,243
8—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,269±553,444
9—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,268±615,768
10NewGemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2, Web Search)ClosedGoogle1,257±473,278
11—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,253±461,286
12—Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,249±617,813
13▲ 2Gemini 3 Pro Image (nano-banana-pro, 2K)ClosedGoogle1,246±3188,288
14NewGPT-Image-1.5 (High Fidelity)ClosedOpenAI1,236±3174,012
15NewGemini 3 Pro Image Preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±586,470
16NewIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,200±472,865
17—UNI-1.1 MaxClosedLuma AI1,189±614,076
18▲ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±551,442
19▼ 1UNI-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,183±455,179
20—Grok Imagine ImageClosedxAI1,169±3286,515
21—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,164±710,803
22—Grok Imagine Image ProClosedxAI1,161±499,389
23—Reve v1.5ClosedReve1,154±439,704
24NewGemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,149±2907,282
25NewImagen 4 Ultra (generate-001)ClosedGoogle1,146±4388,723
26NewImagen 4 (generate-001)ClosedGoogle1,128±3539,657
27—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,128±469,957
28▲ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,115±468,477
29▼ 1GPT-Image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3268,430
30▼ 1Krea 2 TurboOpenKrea1,114±463,944
31—GPT-Image-1 miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3170,993
32—MAI-Image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,092±498,374
33NewImagen 3 (generate-002)ClosedGoogle1,057±3359,756
34NewIdeogram 3.0 (Quality)ClosedIdeogram1,049±4118,553
35NewLuma PhotonClosedLuma AI1,036±4130,177
36—Runway Gen-4ClosedRunway1,024±454,330
37NewIdeogram 2.0ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
38—Lucid OriginClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3287,340
39—Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image GenerationClosedGoogle976±3257,213
40—DALL-E 3ClosedOpenAI967±4238,731

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 “—”.