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

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

Best images
GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstOpenAI1,428Score
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,227Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,254Score
Top three by Score
3GPT-Image-2.5 FlareOpenAI1,400
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #20 overall1,227
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #21 overall1,199
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)NVIDIA · #28 overall1,164
This week's changes
Gemini 4 Carbon (High)Intelligence · #1New
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Intelligence · #6New
Fish Audio Drama 3Speech · #6New
P-Video-2-ProVideo · #11New
AssemblyAI-TTS-1Speech · #14New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstClosedOpenAI1,428±558,604
2NewGPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst (Medium)ClosedOpenAI1,406±132,720
3▼ 1GPT-Image-2.5 FlareClosedOpenAI1,400±557,645
4NewGPT-Image-2.6 Flare (Medium)ClosedOpenAI1,383±132,552
5▼ 2GPT-Image-2 (Medium)ClosedOpenAI1,382±4106,289
6▼ 2MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,330±538,967
7▼ 2Gemini Nano Banana 2.1ClosedGoogle1,328±94,966
8▼ 2Grok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedxAI · 1 more variant1,319±79,961
9▼ 2Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,302±87,909
10▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,268±615,323
11▼ 3Muse ImageClosedMeta1,266±557,616
12▼ 2Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2, Web Search)ClosedGoogle1,257±477,983
13▼ 2MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,253±459,125
14▼ 2Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image (nano-banana-2-lite)ClosedGoogle1,249±617,148
15▼ 2Gemini 3 Pro Image (nano-banana-pro, 2K)ClosedGoogle1,246±3185,024
16▼ 2GPT-Image-1.5 (High Fidelity)ClosedOpenAI1,236±3169,494
17▼ 2Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,231±583,833
18▼ 2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,199±477,744
19▼ 2UNI-1.1 MaxClosedLuma AI1,188±613,748
20▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±550,455
21▼ 2UNI-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,182±459,014
22▼ 2Grok Imagine ImageClosedxAI1,168±3288,223
23▼ 2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant1,164±710,161
24▼ 2Grok Imagine Image ProClosedxAI1,160±497,013
25▼ 2Reve v1.5ClosedReve1,154±438,511
26▼ 2Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,148±2894,573
27▼ 2Imagen 4 Ultra (generate-001)ClosedGoogle1,146±4385,852
28▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,128±475,002
29▼ 3Imagen 4 (generate-001)ClosedGoogle1,128±3533,363
30—Krea 2 TurboOpenKrea1,116±463,644
31▼ 2GPT-Image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3265,924
32▼ 4Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,114±468,031
33▼ 2GPT-Image-1 miniClosedOpenAI1,109±3167,856
34▼ 2MAI-Image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±496,286
35▼ 2Imagen 3 (generate-002)ClosedGoogle1,057±3358,317
36▼ 2Ideogram 3.0 (Quality)ClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,847
37▼ 2Luma PhotonClosedLuma AI1,036±4127,881
38▼ 2Runway Gen-4ClosedRunway1,024±453,240
39▼ 2Ideogram 2.0ClosedIdeogram1,013±472,090
40▼ 2Lucid OriginClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±3284,819
41▼ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image GenerationClosedGoogle976±3255,482
42▼ 2DALL-E 3ClosedOpenAI968±4238,180

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 “—”.