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1512 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 22, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)OpenAI1,188Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram1,012Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,088Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,171
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #32 overall1,012
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #39 overall1,000
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #40 overall999
This week's changes
claude-opus-5.5-maxCoding · #1New
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSSpeech · #2New
Grok Imagine Image 2.0Image · #4New
gpt-6-sol-maxCoding · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,188±11
2—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,182±11
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,171±9
4—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,147±11
5▲ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,122±8
6▲ 1Muse ImageClosedMeta1,111±10
7▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,102±9
8▲ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,102±9
9▲ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,100±9
10▲ 2MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,099±10
11—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,099±8
12▲ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,091±9
13▲ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,033±9
14▲ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,024±7
15▲ 1Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,018±9
16▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,012±7
17▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,011±7
18▲ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,009±9
19▲ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,007±9
20▲ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle997±10
21▲ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant992±8
22▲ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI989±10
23▲ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±9
24▲ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA970±8
25▲ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle916±9
26▲ 1GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI914±7
27▲ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve912±9
28▲ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai912±7
29▲ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle910±10
30▲ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai901±7
31▲ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram899±8
32▲ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle883±10
33▲ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram882±8
34▲ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney878±10
35▲ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney874±8
36▲ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram870±8
37▲ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI864±9
38▲ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney848±8
39▲ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram844±8
40▲ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai842±9
41▲ 1Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai833±7
42▲ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram832±10
43▲ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai823±8
44▲ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram819±10
45▲ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea819±9
46▲ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway791±9
47▲ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI777±8
48▲ 1DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI775±8
49▲ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA754±10
50▲ 1Amazon Titan G1 v2 (Standard)ClosedAmazon731±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 “—”.