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1203 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated May 10, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337Score
Best open model
FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal1,164Score
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,201Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,337
Top three open models
1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFal · #18 overall1,164
2FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · #19 overall1,163
3Qwen Image Max 2512Alibaba · #23 overall1,158
This week's changes
StepAudio 2.5 TTSSpeech · #3New
Bach-1.0 PreviewVideo · #7New
SIMBA 3.0Speech · #7New
qwen3.6-max-previewCoding · #9New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,337±10
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,270±10
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,262±10
4—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,258±10
5—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,220±10
6—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,201±9
7—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,200±10
8—MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,199±9
9NewPeanut (Open Weights Coming Soon)ClosedPeanut1,190±10
10▼ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,188±10
11▼ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,187±9
12▼ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,185±10
13—ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,182±9
14▼ 2grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,182±9
15▼ 1Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,174±10
16▼ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,170±9
17▼ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,168±9
18▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,164±10
19—FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,163±10
20▲ 2ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,159±9
21—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,159±9
22▼ 4Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,159±9
23▼ 3Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±10
24▼ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,152±9
25▼ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±10
26—Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,145±9
27▼ 2FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,143±10
28—Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,140±9
29▼ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,138±9
30▼ 1GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,137±9
31—Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,136±10
32▼ 2Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±10
33▲ 1Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,132±9
34▲ 1FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,132±9
35▼ 3HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,131±9
36▼ 3FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,130±9
37▼ 1image-1ClosedApi Airforce1,124±9
38—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,124±9
39▼ 2Seedream 5.0 LiteClosedByteDance1,121±9
40NewWan 2.7 ProClosedAlibaba1,119±9
41▼ 2Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,116±9
42▼ 2Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,116±9
43▼ 2Vivago 2.0ClosedHiDream1,115±9
44▼ 2Vidu Q2ClosedVidu1,113±9
45▼ 2Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,113±9
46▼ 2Z-Image TurboOpenAlibaba1,110±9
47▼ 2Eigen ImageClosedEigen AI1,109±9
48▼ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal)OpenTencent1,109±9
49NewKling Image 3.0 OmniClosedKlingAI1,106±9
50NewWan 2.7ClosedAlibaba1,105±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 “—”.