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1371 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 20, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
2MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,266
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #10 overall1,217
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,186
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #28 overall1,168
This week's changes
kimi-k3-maxCoding · #1New
claude-opus-5-highCoding · #2New
Kimi K3Intelligence · #3New
glm-5.2-maxCoding · #5New
gemini-3.6-flashCoding · #13New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,338±8
2▲ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,266±9
3▲ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,259±10
4▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,258±8
5▲ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,254±8
6▼ 4Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,246±10
7▲ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,218±8
8▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,217±9
9—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,206±9
10—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,196±9
11▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,187±8
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,185±8
13—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,178±8
14—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,170±8
15—Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,168±9
16—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,160±8
17—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,156±8
18—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±8
19—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,129±8
20—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,118±8
21—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±8
22—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,105±8
23—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,097±8
24—Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,094±8
25—GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,087±8
26—Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,081±8
27—Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,075±8
28—Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,071±8
29▲ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,068±8
30▼ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,066±8
31—Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,064±8
32—Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,055±8
33—Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,049±8
34—MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,037±8
35—Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,030±8
36—Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
37—Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,022±8
38▲ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,012±9
39▼ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,011±9
40—Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,006±8
41—Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,005±12
42—Krea 1ClosedKrea1,004±8
43—Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,000±8
44—Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai991±8
45—Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway975±9
46—DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI957±8
47—Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle956±12
48—DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI947±8
49—Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe931±8
50—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA930±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

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