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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated December 9, 2025

Best images
Best open model
Z-Image TurboAlibaba1,160Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,192Score
Top three by Score
2FLUX.2 [pro]Black Forest Labs1,193
3Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,192
Top three open models
1Z-Image TurboAlibaba · #9 overall1,160
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #13 overall1,147
3HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)Tencent · #23 overall1,110
This week's changes
gpt-5.2Coding · #5New
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)Intelligence · #7New
DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)Intelligence · #8New
Z-Image TurboImage · #9New
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)Intelligence · #16New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,223—
2—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,193—
3—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,192—
4—Riverflow 2 PreviewClosedSourceful1,191—
5—FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,188—
6—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,168—
7—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,167—
8—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,164—
9NewZ-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,160—
10▼ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,157—
11▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,155—
12—GPT-5ClosedOpenAI1,147—
13▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,147—
14▼ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,144—
15▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,135—
16▼ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,132—
17▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKuaishou KlingAI1,128—
18▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,126—
19▼ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,122—
20▼ 1Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,116—
21▼ 1Recraft V3ClosedRecraft1,112—
22▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,112—
23▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,110—
24▼ 1Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,109—
25▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,105—
26▼ 1FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,101—
27▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,097—
28▼ 1Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,094—
29NewP-ImageClosedPruna AI1,094—
30▼ 2Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,090—
31▼ 2Dreamina 3.1ClosedByteDance1,087—
32▼ 2FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,086—
33▼ 2Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,084—
34▼ 2FLUX1.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,084—
35▼ 2SRPOOpenTencent1,081—
36▼ 2HiDream-I1-DevOpenHiDream1,076—
37▼ 2HunyuanImage 2.1OpenTencent1,073—
38▼ 2FLUX.1 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,068—
39▼ 2GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,064—
40▼ 2Qwen-ImageOpenAlibaba1,062—
41▼ 2Image-01ClosedMiniMax1,054—
42▼ 2HiDream-I1-FastOpenHiDream1,053—
43▼ 2FIBOOpenBria1,051—
44▼ 2Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,050—
45▼ 2Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,048—
46▼ 2Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,046—
47▼ 2FLUX.1 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,044—
48▼ 2Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,043—
49▼ 2Luma PhotonClosedLuma Labs1,041—
50▼ 2Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,038—

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 “—”.