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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 18, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,216Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,368
2Reve 2.1Reve1,321
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #24 overall1,216
2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #35 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,198
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,368±10
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,321±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±8
4▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,310±9
5▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,303±9
6—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,295±9
7—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,290±9
8—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,255±11
9—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,227±10
10▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±7
11▼ 1Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,218±10
12—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,216±9
13—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,213±8
14▲ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,210±8
15▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,210±7
16—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,204±10
17—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,188±8
18—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,188±10
19—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,182±8
20—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,124±8
21—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,122±7
22▲ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,121±8
23▲ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,116±8
24▲ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,111±7
25—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±7
26▲ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,100±8
27▲ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,098±8
28▲ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,092±9
29▲ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,083±8
30▲ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,076±8
31▲ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,075±8
32▲ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,064±8
33▲ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,057±8
34▲ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,048±8
35▲ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,041±8
36▲ 3Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,028±8
37—Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,028±9
38—Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,027±9
39▲ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea1,013±9
40▲ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,007±8
41▲ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway992±9
42▲ 2DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI968±8
43—DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI967±8
44▲ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA939±9
45▲ 1Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon923±8
46▲ 1Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon914±8
47▲ 1DALLE 2ClosedOpenAI745±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 “—”.