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1190 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

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

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,163Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,201Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #17 overall1,163
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #19 overall1,160
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #20 overall1,159
This week's changes
Grok 4.3Intelligence · #8New
mimo-v2.5-proCoding · #9New
gpt-5.5 (codex-harness)Coding · #15New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,336±10
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,272±10
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,261±10
4—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,258±10
5—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,217±10
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,201±9
7—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,201±10
8—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,196±10
9▲ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,187±10
10▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,186±10
11▲ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,181±10
12▼ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,181±9
13—ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,180±9
14—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,174±10
15—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,170±9
16▲ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,168±9
17▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,163±10
18▲ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,161±9
19▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,160±10
20▼ 2Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,159±10
21▲ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,159±9
22▼ 1ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,157±9
23—grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,149±9
24—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±10
25—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,145±10
26▲ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,143±9
27▼ 1Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,139±9
28—Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,139±9
29—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,136±9
30▲ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,136±10
31▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,134±10
32▲ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,132±9
33▼ 2FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,131±9
34—Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,130±10
35—FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,129±9
36Newimage-1ClosedApi Airforce1,125±9
37▼ 1Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,123±10
38▼ 1Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,123±9
39▼ 1Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,116±9
40▼ 1Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,116±9
41—Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,114±9
42▼ 2Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,113±9
43▼ 1Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,112±10
44▼ 1Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,110±9
45▼ 1Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,108±9
46▼ 1HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,106±9
47▼ 1FLUX1.1 [pro] UltraClosedBlack Forest Labs1,099±9
48▼ 1Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,097±9
49▼ 1FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,093±9
50▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,091±9

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 “—”.