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Week of August 31, 2026
October 12, 2026127 changesOctober 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 changes
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Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated August 31, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369Score
Best open model
Ideogram 4.0Ideogram1,219Score
Best from China
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba1,284Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,369
2MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewMicrosoft AI1,351
3Reve 2.1Reve1,322
Top three open models
1Ideogram 4.0Ideogram · #23 overall1,219
2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #38 overall1,198
3FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #39 overall1,198
This week's changes
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
AllOpenClosed
All regionsUSChina
One row per modelAll variants
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,369±10
2NewMAI-Image-2.6-PreviewClosedMicrosoft AI1,351±12
3▼ 1Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,322±9
4▼ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,320±8
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,305±9
6▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,302±9
7▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,296±9
8▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,292±8
9▼ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,288±9
10▼ 1Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,284±11
11▼ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,279±9
12▼ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,275±9
13▼ 1Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,268±11
14▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,261±12
15—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,235±8
16▼ 2Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,235±10
17▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,228±10
18▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,226±9
19▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,225±9
20▼ 1Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,224±11
21▲ 2Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,222±10
22▼ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,221±10
23▼ 2Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,219±9
24▼ 2Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,219±8
25▼ 1Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,218±8
26—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,216±10
27—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,215±9
28▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,214±8
29▼ 4Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,213±8
30—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,210±8
31▼ 3Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,210±10
32▼ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,207±10
33▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,207±9
34▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,206±10
35▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,204±10
36▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,202±10
37▲ 3Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,199±10
38▼ 2P-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI1,199±11
39▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,198±10
40▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,198±7
41▼ 3Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal1,198±10
42▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,197±10
43▼ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,197±10
44▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,193±10
45▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,189±8
46▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,186±10
47▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,185±9
48—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,185±10
49—Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal1,184±10
50—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,183±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 “—”.