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505 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 21, 2025

Best open model
qwen-imageAlibaba1,049Score
Best from China
seedream-3ByteDance1,075Score
Most voted
imagen-3.0-generate-002Google208,007Votes
Top three by Score
3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,130
Top three open models
1qwen-imageAlibaba · #9 overall1,049
2flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #18 overall968
3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #19 overall967
This week's changes
Mistral Medium 3.1Intelligence · #58New
Gemma 3 4B InstructIntelligence · #132Up 13
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)Intelligence · #32Up 7
GPT-4.1 miniIntelligence · #38Up 7
GPT-4.1 nanoIntelligence · #76Up 3
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,147±2154,546
2—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,133±2116,884
3—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,130±3102,303
4—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,118±2119,484
5—flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,075±375,844
6—seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,075±3104,450
7—flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,068±3108,459
8—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,061±3208,007
9▲ 2qwen-imageOpenAlibaba1,049±272,891
10—photonClosedLuma AI1,034±3129,620
11▼ 2ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,031±3106,027
12Newlucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,029±256,963
13▼ 1recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,020±3194,452
14▼ 1ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,010±3186,619
15▼ 1flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,003±3174,282
16▼ 1gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle988±3104,156
17▼ 1dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±3171,418
18▼ 1flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs968±350,585
19▼ 1flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs967±481,091
20▼ 1stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI936±424,050
21▼ 1bagelOpenByteDance916±512,345

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 “—”.