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502 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 14, 2025

Best open model
qwen-imageAlibaba1,031Score
Best from China
seedream-3ByteDance1,067Score
Most voted
imagen-3.0-generate-002Google157,878Votes
Top three by Score
3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,136
Top three open models
1qwen-imageAlibaba · #11 overall1,031
2flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #17 overall968
3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #18 overall967
This week's changes
GPT-5 (high)Intelligence · #1New
GPT-5 miniIntelligence · #7New
gpt-oss-120BIntelligence · #10New
GPT-5 nanoIntelligence · #19New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1Newgemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,155±514,356
2▼ 1imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,139±338,090
3▼ 1gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,136±463,335
4▼ 1imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,118±340,007
5▼ 1flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,073±355,429
6—seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,067±347,453
7▼ 2flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,067±355,937
8▼ 1imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,063±3157,878
9—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,033±349,003
10▼ 2photonClosedLuma AI1,033±376,492
11▼ 1qwen-imageOpenAlibaba1,031±512,898
12▼ 1recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,021±3135,023
13▼ 1ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,010±3130,747
14▼ 1flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,003±3120,968
15▼ 1gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle987±452,399
16▼ 1dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±3123,542
17—flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs968±350,585
18▼ 2flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs967±433,182
19▼ 1stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI937±424,050
20▼ 1bagelOpenByteDance916±512,344

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 “—”.