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1260 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 7, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
Seedream 4.0ByteDance Seed1,194Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #5 overall1,241
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #14 overall1,191
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #20 overall1,176
This week's changes
Fun-Realtime-TTSSpeech · #1New
claude-opus-4-8-thinkingCoding · #2New
minimax-m3Coding · #6New
Krea 2 MediumImage · #7New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,266±9
3—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,260±9
4—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,254±9
5NewCosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,241±11
6▼ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
7NewKrea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,210±11
8▼ 1grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,204±10
9▼ 3Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,202±11
10—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,197±11
11▼ 3Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,194±8
12▼ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,193±9
13▼ 4MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,191±9
14▼ 2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,191±9
15▼ 2FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,188±9
16▼ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,184±9
17NewKrea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,183±10
18▼ 3FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,180±9
19▼ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
20NewERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,176±11
21▼ 3Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,176±10
22NewQwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,174±10
23▼ 6ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,173±8
24▼ 4Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,171±9
25▼ 6ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,167±10
26▼ 5Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,166±9
27▼ 5Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,165±8
28▼ 5Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,161±9
29NewMAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,161±9
30▼ 6Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,161±8
31▼ 6FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,159±9
32▼ 6FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,156±9
33▼ 5Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,151±9
34▼ 7ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,151±8
35▼ 5Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,148±9
36▼ 5Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,147±10
37▼ 8grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,147±9
38▼ 4Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,144±11
39▼ 7FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,141±9
40▼ 4Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,140±9
41▼ 4Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,139±10
42▼ 9Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,137±9
43▼ 8Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±9
44▼ 6GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,135±9
45▼ 6Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,133±9
46▼ 5Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,132±9
47▼ 7Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,132±9
48▼ 6FLUX.2 [klein] 9BOpenBlack Forest Labs1,124±9
49▼ 6HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,124±9
50▼ 5FLUX.1 Kontext [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,123±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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

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 “—”.