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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 9, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,017Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,086Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,178
2MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1,149
3Reve 2.1Reve1,127
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #28 overall1,017
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #38 overall1,000
3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #41 overall999
This week's changes
GPT-6 Astra (max)Intelligence · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6Image · #2New
Realtime TTS-2Speech · #2New
Muse Spark 1.3 (max)Intelligence · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,178±10
2NewMAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,149±12
3—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,127±9
4—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,121±9
5NewMuse ImageClosedMeta1,116±11
6▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,114±9
7▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,112±9
8NewMAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,099±10
9▼ 2Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,099±9
10▼ 2MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,096±9
11▼ 2Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,089±9
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,031±10
13—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,024±8
14▲ 2Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,023±10
15▼ 3Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,017±9
16▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,011±8
17▼ 3Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,011±8
18▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,007±10
19▲ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant995±9
20▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle991±10
21▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle990±8
22▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI984±8
23▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA965±9
24▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle927±8
25—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle925±8
26▼ 2Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai923±7
27▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve914±9
28▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai911±7
29▼ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI908±8
30▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram903±8
31▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle900±9
32▼ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney894±9
33▼ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram884±8
34▼ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney878±8
35▼ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram877±8
36▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI863±8
37▼ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney859±8
38▼ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram849±8
39▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai842±9
40—Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram829±9
41—Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram828±9
42▼ 3Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai825±8
43▼ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea814±9
44▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai809±8
45▼ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway793±9
46▼ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI769±8
47▼ 1DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI768±8
48▼ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA741±10
49▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon723±8
50▼ 1Amazon Titan G1 (Standard)ClosedAmazon715±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 “—”.