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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 29, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,246Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,340
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,218
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,190
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #25 overall1,182
This week's changes
claude-opus-5-maxCoding · #1New
Reve 2.1Image · #2New
MiniMax H3Video · #2New
qwen3.8-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,340±7
2NewReve 2.1ClosedReve1,299±11
3▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,270±9
4—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,263±7
4▲ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,263±7
6▼ 3Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,263±9
7▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,241±10
8▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,226±7
9▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,218±8
10▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,208±9
11—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,190±7
12▼ 2Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,190±7
13▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±7
14NewKrea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,186±10
15NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA1,182±10
16NewIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,175±8
17▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
18▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±7
19▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±7
20▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,138±8
21▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120±8
22▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±8
23▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,107±8
24▼ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,101±8
25▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,099±8
26▼ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,093±8
27—Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,078±8
28—Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,075±8
29—Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,073±7
30—Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,069±8
31—Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,068±7
32—Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,058±7
33—Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,053±7
34—MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,042±8
35—Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,034±8
36—Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,032±8
37▲ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,015±8
38▲ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,015±8
39▲ 1Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,011±8
40▲ 2Krea 1ClosedKrea1,005±8
41▲ 3Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai995±8
42▲ 3Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway977±8
43▲ 3DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI959±8
44▲ 4DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI950±8
45▲ 5Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA934±9
46▲ 5Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon912±8
47▲ 5Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon900±8
48▲ 5DALLE 2ClosedOpenAI744±10

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 “—”.