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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated November 3, 2026

Best images
Best open model
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba1,043Score
Best from China
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance Seed1,101Score
Top three by Score
3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,189
Top three open models
1Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba · #21 overall1,043
2FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs · #22 overall1,043
3Fibo 2.0Bria · #23 overall1,040
This week's changes
Gemini 4 Carbon (High)Intelligence · #1New
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Intelligence · #6New
Fish Audio Drama 3Speech · #6New
P-Video-2-ProVideo · #11New
AssemblyAI-TTS-1Speech · #14New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)ClosedOpenAI1,223±10
2—GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)ClosedOpenAI1,207±10
3—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,189±11
4—Nano Banana 2.1ClosedGoogle1,176±12
5▲ 1Grok Imagine Image 2.0ClosedSpaceXAI1,168±12
6▼ 1MAI-Image-2.6ClosedMicrosoft AI1,167±12
7—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,140±10
8—Muse ImageClosedMeta1,127±11
9—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,123±11
10—MAI-Image-2.6-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,120±12
11▲ 2FLUX 3 ImageClosedBlack Forest Labs1,119±12
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,118±11
13▼ 2Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,118±10
14—MAI-Image-2.5-ProClosedMicrosoft AI1,114±10
15—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,107±10
16—Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance Seed1,101±11
17—Qwen-Image-3.0-ProClosedAlibaba1,097±12
18—Qwen-Image-3.0ClosedAlibaba1,072±12
19—Qwen-Image-2.1-ProClosedAlibaba1,058±12
20—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,049±9
21▲ 1Qwen-Image-2.1OpenAlibaba1,043±12
22▼ 1FLUX 3 Image KleinOpenBlack Forest Labs1,043±12
23—Fibo 2.0OpenBria1,040±12
24—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,034±9
25—Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,030±11
26—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,029±11
27—Qwen-Image-2.1-TurboClosedAlibaba1,028±12
28▲ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,027±12
29▼ 1Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,026±12
30▲ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,026±11
31▼ 2Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,026±11
32—Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram1,025±10
33—Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,024±12
34—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,022±11
35—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,021±10
36—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,021±11
37▲ 2Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance Seed1,019±12
38▼ 1Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,018±9
39▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,017±11
40—Ideogram 4.5 (High)ClosedIdeogram1,016±15
41—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,015±12
42—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,014±12
43—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,012±9
44—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,003±10
45—Ideogram 4.0OpenIdeogram1,002±10
46—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,000±0
47—Ming-Image-0.1-DesignOpenInclusionAI999±9
48—P-Image-Ideogram (High)ClosedPruna AI997±14
49—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal995±11
50—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA993±10

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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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 “—”.