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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 28, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,035Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,088Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,171
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,035
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #36 overall1,010
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #40 overall1,000
This week's changes
Eleven v4Speech · #1New
Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighCoding · #3New
gpt-6.1-sol-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1▲ 1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,196±9
2▼ 1GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,190±9
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,171±9
4—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,148±10
5—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,123±8
6—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,111±10
7—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,104±9
8—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,102±8
9▲ 1MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,102±9
10▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,101±8
11—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,100±8
12—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,093±8
13—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,033±9
14—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,025±7
15—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,018±9
16▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,012±7
17▲ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,011±9
18▼ 2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,010±7
19▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,008±9
20—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,003±8
21—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle997±10
22—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA995±8
23—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI989±10
24—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±9
25—Cosmos3-Super-Text2ImageOpenNVIDIA985±8
26—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA970±8
27—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle915±9
28—GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI914±7
29▲ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai913±7
30▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve912±9
31—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle909±10
32—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai899±7
33—Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram897±8
34—Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle882±10
35—Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram882±8
36—Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney878±10
37—Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney874±8
38—Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram870±8
39—MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI864±9
40—Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney847±8
41—Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram844±8
42—Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai842±9
43—Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai832±7
44—Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram831±9
45—Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai823±8
46—Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram819±10
47—Krea 1ClosedKrea819±9
48—Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway791±9
49—DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI776±8
50—DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI774±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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.