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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 14, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #6 overall1,235
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #17 overall1,190
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #26 overall1,172
This week's changes
claude-fable-5Coding · #1New
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5Image · #3New
MAI-Image-2.5 (Foundry)Image · #12New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,267±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,257±9
4—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,235±11
5—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
6NewMAI-Image-2.5-Flash (Foundry)ClosedMicrosoft1,219±11
7▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,209±11
8▼ 1grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,204±10
9NewMAI-Image-2.5 (Foundry)ClosedMicrosoft1,200±11
10▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,192±9
11▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,184±10
12▼ 3Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,183±9
13▼ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
14▼ 2Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,171±9
15▼ 2Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,164±9
16▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,162±8
17▼ 3MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,160±8
18NewIdeogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,156±10
19▼ 3grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,145±9
20▼ 3GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,134±9
21▼ 3Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120±8
22▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,112±8
23▼ 4Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,110±9
24▼ 3Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,104±9
25▼ 3Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,096±9
26▼ 3GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,086±9
27▼ 3Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,084±8
28▼ 3Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,079±9
29▼ 3Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,075±9
30▼ 3Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,071±9
31▼ 3Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,070±8
32▼ 3Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,066±8
33▼ 3Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,056±8
34▼ 3Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,052±8
35▼ 3MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft1,043±9
36▼ 3Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,032±9
37▼ 3Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,031±8
38▼ 3Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,022±9
39▼ 3Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,018±9
40▼ 3Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,017±9
41▼ 3Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,012±9
42▼ 3Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,010±12
43▼ 3Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,005±9
44▼ 3Krea 1ClosedKrea1,005±9
45▼ 3Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai995±9
46▼ 3Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway976±9
47▼ 3Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle962±13
48▼ 3DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI958±8
49▼ 3DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI950±8
50▼ 2Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe937±9

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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

Artificial Analysis data comes from its API (artificialanalysis.ai). Scores are unchanged; ranks follow the scores. artificialanalysis.ai

Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.