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526 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 8, 2025

Best open model
qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,079Score
Best from China
qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba1,079Score
Most voted
qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba495,871Votes
Top three by Score
3gpt-image-1OpenAI1,121
Top three open models
1qwen-image-prompt-extendAlibaba · #5 overall1,079
2qwen-imageAlibaba · #9 overall1,057
3flux-1-kontext-devBlack Forest Labs · #19 overall970
This week's changes
Grok Code Fast 1Intelligence · #22New
Qwen3 Max (Preview)Intelligence · #23New
Kimi K2 0905Intelligence · #19Up 12
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,145±3256,943
2—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,128±2411,891
3—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,121±3184,286
4—imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,114±2413,303
5—qwen-image-prompt-extendOpenAlibaba1,079±2495,871
6—seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,076±3315,325
7—flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,074±378,073
8—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,060±3396,993
9—qwen-imageOpenAlibaba1,057±2111,919
10—flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,048±2312,102
11—photonClosedLuma AI1,035±3229,741
12▲ 1ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,035±3317,756
13▼ 1lucid-originClosedLeonardo.Ai1,033±2250,660
14—recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,024±3411,840
15—ideogram-v2ClosedIdeogram1,012±3305,697
16—flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,008±3273,032
17—gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationClosedGoogle991±3262,496
18—dall-e-3ClosedOpenAI978±3263,852
19▲ 1flux-1-kontext-devOpenBlack Forest Labs970±3187,359
20▼ 1flux-1-dev-fp8OpenBlack Forest Labs969±350,585
21—stable-diffusion-v35-largeOpenStability AI938±424,050
22—bagelOpenByteDance915±512,351

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 “—”.