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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 7, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,194Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #5 overall1,241
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #14 overall1,191
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #20 overall1,176
This week's changes
Fun-Realtime-TTSSpeech · #1New
claude-opus-4-8-thinkingCoding · #2New
minimax-m3Coding · #6New
Krea 2 MediumImage · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,266±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,260±9
4NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,241±11
5▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
6NewKrea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,210±11
7▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,204±10
8▼ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,191±9
9▼ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,184±9
10NewKrea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,183±10
11▼ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
12▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,171±9
13▼ 3Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,166±9
14NewMAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,161±9
15▼ 4Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,161±8
16▼ 4grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147±9
17▼ 4GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,135±9
18▼ 4Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,120±8
19▼ 3Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,111±9
20▼ 5Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,111±8
21▼ 4Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,104±9
22▼ 4Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,097±9
23▼ 3GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,086±9
24▼ 5Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,085±9
25▼ 4Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,081±9
26▼ 4Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,073±9
27▼ 4Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,071±9
28▼ 4Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,069±8
29▼ 4Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,067±8
30▼ 4Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,056±8
31▼ 4Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,052±8
32▼ 4MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft1,045±9
33▼ 3Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,032±9
34▼ 5Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,032±8
35▼ 4Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,024±9
36▼ 4Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,018±9
37▼ 4Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,017±9
38▼ 4Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,013±9
39▼ 4Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,010±12
40▼ 4Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,006±9
41▼ 4Krea 1ClosedKrea1,005±9
42▼ 4Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai996±9
43▼ 4Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway976±9
44▼ 4Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle962±12
45▼ 4DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI958±8
46▼ 4DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI949±8
47▼ 3Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA936±10
48▼ 5Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe936±9
49▼ 4Grok 2ClosedxAI927±14
50▼ 4Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon908±9

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 “—”.