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1275 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 14, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #6 overall1,235
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #17 overall1,190
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #26 overall1,172
This week's changes
claude-fable-5Coding · #1New
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5Image · #3New
MAI-Image-2.5 (Foundry)Image · #12New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,267±9
3NewHiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,264±10
4▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,257±9
5▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,254±9
6▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,235±11
7▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
8NewMAI-Image-2.5-Flash (Foundry)ClosedMicrosoft1,219±11
9▼ 2Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,209±11
10▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,204±10
11▼ 2Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,203±11
12NewMAI-Image-2.5 (Foundry)ClosedMicrosoft1,200±11
13▼ 3Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,197±10
14▼ 2FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,193±9
15▼ 4Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,193±8
16▼ 3MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,192±9
17▼ 3HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,190±9
18▼ 3FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,188±9
19▼ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,184±10
20▼ 4Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,183±9
21▼ 3FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,181±9
22▼ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,179±10
23▼ 4grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
24▼ 2Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,175±10
25▼ 2ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,174±8
26▼ 6ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,172±11
27▼ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,171±9
28▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,165±8
29▼ 3Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,164±9
30▼ 5ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,164±10
31▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,162±8
32▼ 4Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,160±9
33▼ 4MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,160±8
34▼ 3FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,159±9
35▼ 3FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,157±9
36NewIdeogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,156±10
37▼ 4Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,151±8
38▼ 4ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,150±8
39▼ 3Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,147±10
40▼ 5Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±9
41▼ 3Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,146±10
42▼ 5grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,145±9
43▼ 2Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,143±10
44▼ 5FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,140±9
45▼ 5Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,138±9
46▼ 3Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,138±9
47▼ 5Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,136±9
48▼ 4GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,134±9
49▼ 3Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,134±9
50▼ 5Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,133±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 “—”.