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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 3, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,245Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,219
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #22 overall1,188
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #27 overall1,176
This week's changes
muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)Coding · #13New
gemini-3.5-flash-highCoding · #25New
Inkling SmallIntelligence · #36New
Celeris-1Intelligence · #221New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±7
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,299±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,270±9
4▲ 2Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,263±9
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,263±7
6▼ 2Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,262±7
7—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,238±10
8—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,225±7
9—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,219±8
10—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,208±9
11▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,191±7
12▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,190±7
13—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±7
14—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,188±10
15—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA1,176±10
16—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,174±8
17—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
18—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±7
19NewIdeogram 4.0ClosedIdeogram1,154±10
20▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,152±7
21▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,137±8
22▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,121±8
23▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±8
24▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,108±8
25▼ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,101±8
26▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,099±8
27▼ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,093±8
28▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,079±8
29▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,077±8
30▼ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,073±7
31▼ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,071±8
32▼ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,068±7
33▼ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,058±7
34▼ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,054±7
35▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,043±8
36▼ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,034±8
37▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,032±8
38▼ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,016±8
39▼ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,015±8
40▼ 1Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,009±8
41▼ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea1,005±8
42▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai995±8
43▼ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway977±8
44▼ 1DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI959±8
45▼ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI950±8
46▼ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA933±9
47▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon912±8
48▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon900±8
49▼ 1DALLE 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 “—”.