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1209 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published May 12, 2026

Best images
gpt-image-2 (medium)OpenAI1,393Score
Best open model
hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent1,151Score
Best from China
Top three open models
1hunyuan-image-3.0Tencent · #18 overall1,151
2flux-2-devBlack Forest Labs · #19 overall1,149
3qwen-image-2512Alibaba · #25 overall1,130
This week's changes
HiDream-O1-ImageImage · #31New
JT-35B-FlashIntelligence · #67New
granite-4.1-8bCoding · #68New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotes
1—gpt-image-2 (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,393±734,556
2—gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview (nano-banana-2) [web-search]ClosedGoogle1,268±564,995
3—gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,242±4103,873
4—gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelityClosedOpenAI1,241±4108,703
5—gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro)ClosedGoogle1,232±582,641
6—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,223±611,002
7—uni-1.1-maxClosedLuma AI1,192±94,569
8—uni-1.1ClosedLuma AI1,183±95,275
9—mai-image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,181±543,015
10▲ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,172±3155,103
11▲ 1qwen-image-2.0-pro-2026-04-22ClosedAlibaba1,168±85,106
12▼ 2reve-v1.5ClosedReve1,164±710,414
13—flux-2-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,164±4106,208
14—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,160±491,629
15—flux-2-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,156±3141,725
16—flux-2-flexClosedBlack Forest Labs1,156±4137,746
17—gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana)ClosedGoogle1,152±3771,728
18—hunyuan-image-3.0OpenTencent1,151±3172,941
19—flux-2-devOpenBlack Forest Labs1,149±557,608
20—imagen-ultra-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,148±4389,638
21—seedream-4.5ClosedByteDance1,142±3180,572
22—seedream-4-2kClosedByteDance1,141±712,625
23—wan2.6-t2iClosedAlibaba1,134±3136,784
24▲ 1imagen-4.0-generate-001ClosedGoogle1,130±3511,121
25▼ 1qwen-image-2512OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant1,130±465,741
26—seedream-5.0-liteClosedByteDance1,123±462,952
27—qwen-image-2.0-2026-03-03ClosedAlibaba1,119±548,083
28▲ 1wan2.5-t2i-previewClosedAlibaba1,117±3187,670
29▼ 1seedream-4-falClosedByteDance1,117±611,861
30—gpt-image-1ClosedOpenAI1,115±3265,496
31—seedream-4-high-res-falClosedByteDance1,112±3163,879
32—recraft-v4ClosedRecraft1,109±463,555
33—gpt-image-1-miniClosedOpenAI1,108±3152,316
34—wan2.7-image-proClosedAlibaba1,103±528,148
35—wan2.7-imageClosedAlibaba1,099±528,437
36—mai-image-1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,093±494,467
37—z-image-turboOpenAlibaba1,086±617,360
38—seedream-3ClosedByteDance1,082±536,920
39—flux-1-kontext-maxClosedBlack Forest Labs1,074±365,889
40—flux-2-klein-9bOpenBlack Forest Labs1,068±3125,752
41—qwen-image-prompt-extendOpenAlibaba1,061±3689,360
42—flux-1-kontext-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,059±3332,130
43—imagen-3.0-generate-002ClosedGoogle1,058±3361,370
44—ideogram-v3-qualityClosedIdeogram1,049±4115,272
45—photonClosedLuma AI1,035±4127,548
46—p-imageClosed1,035±491,309
47—flux-2-klein-4bOpenBlack Forest Labs1,028±3127,643
48—runway-gen4ClosedRunway1,027±541,889
49—recraft-v3ClosedRecraft1,021±4191,992
50—flux-1.1-proClosedBlack Forest Labs1,016±370,460

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 “—”.