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1447 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 24, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,220Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,281Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2Reve 2.1Reve1,322
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #21 overall1,220
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,200
3Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #37 overall1,200
This week's changes
hy4-previewCoding · #5New
GLM-5.3 (max)Intelligence · #6New
MAI-Image-2.5-ProImage · #7New
qwen3.8-flash-nextCoding · #8New
glm-5.3-flashCoding · #11New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,369±10
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,322±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±9
4—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,310±9
5—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,305±9
6—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,298±9
7NewMAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,293±9
8▼ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,288±9
9▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,262±12
10▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,228±10
11▲ 1Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,220±9
12▼ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±8
13—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,216±8
14▼ 3Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,213±10
15—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,212±8
16▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,211±8
17▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,202±10
18▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,190±8
19▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,188±10
20NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,188±9
21▼ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,184±8
22NewCosmos3-Super-Text2ImageOpenNVIDIA1,178±9
23NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA1,158±9
24▼ 4Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,127±8
25▼ 3Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,125±8
26▼ 5Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,124±7
27▼ 4Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,115±9
28▼ 3Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,112±7
29▼ 5GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,107±8
30▼ 4Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,103±8
31▼ 4Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,100±8
32▼ 4Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,094±9
33▼ 4Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,084±8
34▼ 4Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,078±8
35▼ 4Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,077±8
36▼ 4MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,063±8
37▼ 4Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,059±8
38▼ 4Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,049±8
39▼ 4Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,043±8
40▼ 3Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,029±9
41▼ 5Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
42▼ 4Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,028±9
43▼ 4Krea 1ClosedKrea1,014±9
44▼ 4Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,007±8
45▼ 4Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway994±9
46▼ 4DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI970±8
47▼ 4DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI968±8
48▼ 4Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA941±10
49▼ 4Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon924±8
50▼ 4Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon915±8

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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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 “—”.