Skip to content
IFAI

Model rankings

1356 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 11, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337
2Reve 2.0Reve1,278
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,267
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #9 overall1,221
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,184
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #29 overall1,166
This week's changes
Simba 3.2Speech · #1New
GPT-5.6 Sol (max)Intelligence · #2New
GPT-5.6 Terra (max)Intelligence · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,337±8
2—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,278±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,267±10
4NewNano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,262±11
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,258±8
6▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,252±8
7▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,221±9
8▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,216±8
9▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,205±10
10—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,197±9
11▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,187±9
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,186±8
13—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,176±8
14▲ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,170±8
15▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,166±9
16▲ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,159±8
17▲ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,156±8
18▲ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±8
19▲ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,128±8
20▲ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,117±8
21▲ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,107±8
22▲ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,105±8
23▲ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,097±8
24▲ 2Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,094±8
25▲ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,086±8
26▲ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,078±8
27▲ 2Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,074±8
28▲ 2Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,071±8
29▲ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,066±8
30▲ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,066±8
31▲ 2Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,064±8
32▲ 2Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,053±8
33▲ 2Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,048±8
34▲ 2MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,039±8
35▲ 3Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±8
36▲ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,029±8
37▲ 2Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,021±8
38▲ 2Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,012±9
39▲ 2Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,012±9
40▲ 2Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,007±8
41▲ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,005±12
42▲ 2Krea 1ClosedKrea1,003±9
43▲ 2Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,000±8
44▲ 2Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai991±8
45▲ 2Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway974±9
46▲ 2DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI956±8
47▲ 2Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle956±12
48▲ 2DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI947±8
49▲ 2Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe930±8
50▲ 2Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA930±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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.