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Week of August 24, 2026
October 5, 202634 changesSeptember 28, 202617 changesSeptember 21, 2026115 changesSeptember 14, 2026174 changesSeptember 7, 2026144 changesAugust 31, 202620 changesAugust 24, 202615 changesAugust 17, 202633 changesAugust 10, 2026116 changesAugust 3, 202613 changesJuly 27, 202639 changesJuly 20, 202618 changes
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Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

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

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,220Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,281Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2Reve 2.1Reve1,322
3Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google1,320
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #21 overall1,220
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #36 overall1,200
3Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)Fal · #37 overall1,200
This week's changes
hy4-previewCoding · #5New
GLM-5.3 (max)Intelligence · #6New
MAI-Image-2.5-ProImage · #7New
qwen3.8-flash-nextCoding · #8New
glm-5.3-flashCoding · #11New
AllOpenClosed
All regionsUSChina
One row per modelAll variants
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,369±10
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,322±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±9
4—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,310±9
5—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,305±9
6—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,298±9
7NewMAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,293±9
8▼ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,288±9
9▼ 1Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,281±11
10▼ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,279±9
11▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,277±9
12▼ 1Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,272±11
13▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,262±12
14—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,237±10
15▼ 2grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,234±8
16—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,228±10
17—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,228±9
18▼ 3FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,225±9
19▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,225±11
20—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,222±10
21▲ 3Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,220±9
22▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±8
23▼ 4Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,219±10
24▲ 2Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,218±8
25▲ 2Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,216±8
26▼ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,216±10
27▼ 2Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,215±9
28▼ 6Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,213±10
29▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,212±8
30▼ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,211±8
31▼ 3Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,209±10
32▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,207±9
33▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,205±10
34▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,203±10
35▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,202±10
36▲ 2P-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI1,200±11
37—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,200±10
38▼ 2Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal1,200±10
39—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,199±7
40▼ 5Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,199±10
41▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,197±10
42—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,194±10
43▼ 2Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,193±10
44▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,190±8
45▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,188±10
46NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,188±9
47▲ 3P-Image-Ideogram (Medium)ClosedPruna AI1,187±11
48▼ 3Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,186±10
49▼ 3Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal1,184±10
50▼ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,184±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

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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.