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481 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published August 7, 2025

Best images
Best open model
qwen-imageAlibaba1,022Score
Best from China
seedream-3ByteDance1,064Score
Most voted
imagen-3.0-generate-002Google148,016Votes
Top three by Score
2gpt-image-1OpenAI1,132
Top three open models
1qwen-imageAlibaba · #10 overall1,022
2flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #16 overall968
3flux-1-dev-fp8Black Forest Labs · #17 overall966
This week's changes
GLM-4.5Intelligence · #10New
EXAONE 4.0 32B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #14New
Sonar Reasoning ProIntelligence · #21New
GLM-4.5-AirIntelligence · #24New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1▲ 1imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,136±424,936
2▼ 1gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,132±450,260
3Newimagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,115±425,162
4▼ 1flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,070±342,264
5▼ 1flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,065±342,943
6▼ 1seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,064±436,903
7▼ 1imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,060±4148,016
8▼ 1photonClosedLuma AI1,031±466,346
9▼ 1ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,030±437,901
10Newqwen-imageOpenAlibaba1,022±75,315
11▼ 2recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,019±3123,820
12▼ 2ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,009±4120,080
13▼ 2flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,000±4110,979
14▼ 2gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle985±441,912
15▼ 2dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±4114,178
16▼ 2flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs968±523,604
17▼ 2flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs966±350,585
18▼ 2stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI935±424,050
19▼ 2bagelOpenByteDance914±512,342

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 “—”.