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1371 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 20, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,338
2MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,266
3HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,264
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #10 overall1,217
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #19 overall1,186
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #28 overall1,168
This week's changes
kimi-k3-maxCoding · #1New
claude-opus-5-highCoding · #2New
Kimi K3Intelligence · #3New
glm-5.2-maxCoding · #5New
gemini-3.6-flashCoding · #13New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,338±8
2▲ 1MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,266±9
3▲ 1HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,264±9
4▲ 1Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,259±10
5▲ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,258±8
6▲ 1Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,254±8
7▲ 1Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,250±8
8▼ 6Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,246±10
9▲ 1Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,218±8
10▼ 1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,217±9
11▲ 1Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,208±9
12▼ 1MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,206±9
13—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,201±8
14▲ 1Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,199±9
15▼ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,196±9
16—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,191±8
17▲ 2Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,189±7
18—Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,187±8
19▲ 2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,186±8
20—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,185±8
21▼ 4MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,185±8
22▲ 1Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,178±8
23▼ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,177±8
24—grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,176±8
25▲ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,171±9
26▼ 1Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,170±9
27—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,170±8
28▲ 1Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,168±9
29▼ 1ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,167±7
30—Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,164±7
31—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,163±9
32—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,161±9
33—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,160±8
34—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,156±8
35—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,155±8
36▲ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±8
37▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,152±8
38▼ 2Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,152±9
39—FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,150±8
40—Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,149±9
41—ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,147±8
42—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,145±8
43—grok-imagine-image-proClosedSpaceXAI1,143±8
44▲ 1Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,142±8
45▼ 1Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,141±8
46—FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpenFal1,134±8
47▲ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,133±8
48▼ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,133±8
49—Wan 2.6 ImageClosedAlibaba1,132±8
50▲ 1Vivago 2.1ClosedHiDream1,132±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

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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.