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1227 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 24, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream1,187Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,196Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
Top three open models
1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #12 overall1,187
2Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #22 overall1,159
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #23 overall1,159
This week's changes
Sonic 3.5Speech · #1New
Qwen3.7 MaxIntelligence · #5New
Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)Intelligence · #6New
gemini-3.5-flashCoding · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±10
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,266±10
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,264±10
4—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,256±10
5—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,220±10
6Newgrok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,210±11
7▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,197±9
8▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,196±9
9▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,195±10
10▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,188±9
11NewRecraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,188±11
12▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,187±9
13▼ 3Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,185±9
14▼ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,183±9
15▼ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,181±9
16▼ 2ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,178±9
17NewLuma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,174±11
18▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,171±9
19▼ 3Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,168±9
20▼ 3Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,165±9
21▼ 2Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,160±9
22▼ 2Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,159±9
23▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,159±9
24▼ 6FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,159±9
25▼ 2Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,155±9
26▼ 4ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,155±8
27▼ 3grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,150±9
28▼ 3Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,149±9
29NewLuma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,149±10
30▼ 3FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,143±9
31▼ 5Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,139±9
32▼ 3Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,139±9
33▼ 5GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,139±9
34▼ 4Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,137±9
35▼ 3Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,136±9
36▼ 3Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±10
37▼ 1Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,131±9
38▼ 3FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,129±9
39▼ 5HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,128±9
40NewRecraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,128±11
41▼ 10HiDream-O1-ImageOpenHiDream1,128±10
42▼ 5FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,126±9
43▼ 5image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,124±9
44▼ 5Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,123±9
45▼ 5Wan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,118±9
46▼ 5Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,118±9
47▼ 5Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,115±9
48▼ 4Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,113±9
49▼ 6Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,113±9
50▼ 5Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,111±9

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 “—”.