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1278 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Week of June 15, 2026
July 27, 202639 changesJuly 20, 202618 changesJuly 13, 202611 changesJuly 6, 202626 changesJune 29, 202641 changesJune 22, 202612 changesJune 15, 2026184 changesJune 8, 202624 changesJune 1, 202622 changesMay 25, 202617 changesMay 18, 202616 changesMay 11, 202665 changes
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Artificial AnalysisText-to-image arenaArenaText-to-image arena

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated June 21, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA1,230Score
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
2GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAI1,265
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,265
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #6 overall1,230
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #16 overall1,188
3ERNIE ImageBaidu · #25 overall1,167
This week's changes
glm-5.2 (max)Coding · #2New
GLM-5.2 (max)Intelligence · #6New
seed-2.1-pro-previewCoding · #6New
Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026)Speech · #11New
kimi-k2.7-codeCoding · #17New
AllOpenClosed
All regionsUSChina
One row per modelAll variants
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±9
2—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,265±9
3—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,265±10
4—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,256±9
5—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,253±9
6—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,230±10
7—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,219±9
8▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,209±10
9▲ 2Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,204±10
10—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedxAI1,201±10
11▲ 2Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,197±10
12▲ 3Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,191±8
13▲ 1FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,191±9
14▲ 2MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft1,190±8
15▲ 4Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,188±10
16▲ 1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,188±8
17▲ 1FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,186±9
18▲ 2Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,183±9
19▲ 2FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,183±9
20▲ 3grok-imagine-imageClosedxAI1,179±9
21▲ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,176±10
22▲ 3ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,175±8
23▲ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,175±10
24▲ 3Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,173±9
25▲ 1ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,167±10
26▲ 2Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,166±8
27▲ 9Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,166±10
28▲ 1Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,164±9
29▲ 1ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,160±10
30▲ 4FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,159±9
31▲ 2MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft1,159±8
32▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,159±8
33▼ 1Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±9
34▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,156±9
35▲ 6Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,152±10
36▲ 2ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,151±8
37—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,150±8
38▲ 2Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±9
39—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,147±9
40▲ 3Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,146±10
41▲ 1grok-imagine-image-proClosedxAI1,145±8
42▲ 3Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,143±9
43▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,138±9
44▲ 3Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,138±9
45▲ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,137±8
46▲ 3Recraft V4ClosedRecraft1,136±9
47▲ 3Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,134±9
48—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,133±9
49▲ 2Kolors 2.1ClosedKlingAI1,128±8
50▲ 2HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal)OpenTencent1,123±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 “—”.