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1363 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

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

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336
2Reve 2.0Reve1,278
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,266
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #9 overall1,219
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,183
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #29 overall1,164
This week's changes
kimi-k3Coding · #1New
Gemini Omni FlashVideo · #1New
HappyHorse-1.1Video · #3New
Wan2.7-260612Video · #6New
SkyReels V4Video · #17New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,336±8
2—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,278±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,266±10
4—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,263±9
5—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,257±11
6—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,257±8
7—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,252±8
8—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,249±9
9—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,219±9
10—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,216±8
11—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,206±10
12—Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,205±9
13—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,200±8
14—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,196±9
15—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,195±9
16—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,191±8
17▲ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,187±8
18—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,186±9
19▼ 2Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,185±7
20—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,185±8
21—HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream1,183±8
22—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,177±8
23—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,177±8
24—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,174±8
25—Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,172±9
26—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,170±9
27—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,169±8
28—ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,167±8
29—Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,164±9
30▲ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,163±8
31▼ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,163±9
32—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,161±9
33—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,159±8
34—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,155±8
35—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,154±8
36▲ 2Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,153±9
37—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±8
38▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,152±8
39—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,151±8
40—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,148±9
41—ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,147±8
42—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,145±9
43—grok-imagine-image-proClosedSpaceXAI1,144±8
44—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,143±8
45—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,142±8
46—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,134±8
47—Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,133±8
48—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,132±8
49—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,132±9
50▲ 1Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,131±8

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 “—”.