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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 5, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,036Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,090Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,172
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #18 overall1,036
2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram · #37 overall1,011
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #41 overall1,000
This week's changes
Utopai XVideo · #2New
Dreamina Seedance 2.5Video · #3New
Gemini 4 Argon (High)Intelligence · #5New
MiniMax H3 MaxVideo · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,197±9
2—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,191±9
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,172±9
4—MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,151±10
5—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,125±8
6—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,115±9
7—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,107±8
8▲ 1MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,106±9
9▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,104±8
10—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,102±8
11—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,100±7
12—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,096±8
13—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,033±9
14—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,026±7
15—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,022±9
16NewIdeogram 4.5 (High)ClosedIdeogram1,013±11
17▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,012±7
18—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,011±7
19▼ 2GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,010±9
20▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,009±9
21▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle998±10
22▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant995±8
23▼ 1MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI990±10
24▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle985±9
25▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA971±8
26—GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI917±7
27▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle916±9
28▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai913±7
29▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve913±9
30▼ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle910±10
31▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai901±7
32▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram897±8
33▼ 1Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle883±10
34▼ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram883±8
35▼ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney878±10
36▼ 1Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney875±8
37▼ 1Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram870±8
38▼ 1MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI864±9
39▼ 1Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney848±8
40▼ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram844±8
41▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai843±9
42▼ 1Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai834±7
43▼ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram832±9
44▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai823±8
45▼ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram820±10
46▼ 1Krea 1ClosedKrea820±9
47▼ 1Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway792±9
48▼ 1DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI777±8
49▼ 1DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI775±8
50▼ 1Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA754±10

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 “—”.