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1396 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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

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

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,245Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,339
2Reve 2.1Reve1,299
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,270
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #12 overall1,219
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #22 overall1,188
3Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepNVIDIA · #27 overall1,176
This week's changes
muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)Coding · #13New
gemini-3.5-flash-highCoding · #25New
Inkling SmallIntelligence · #36New
Celeris-1Intelligence · #221New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,339±7
2—Reve 2.1ClosedReve1,299±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,270±9
4▲ 2Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,263±9
5▼ 1GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,263±7
6▼ 2Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,262±7
7—Riverflow 2.0ClosedSourceful1,254±8
8—HiDream-O1-Image-1.5ClosedHiDream1,245±8
9▲ 1Seedream 5.0 ProClosedByteDance1,240±9
10▼ 1Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,238±10
11—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,225±7
12—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,219±8
13—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,208±9
14—Recraft V4.1 UtilityClosedRecraft1,205±8
15—grok-imagine-image-qualityClosedSpaceXAI1,204±7
16—Recraft V4.1 Utility ProClosedRecraft1,201±7
17—FLUX.2 [max]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,196±7
18—Seedream 4.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,192±7
19▲ 1Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,191±7
20▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,190±7
21▲ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,189±7
22▼ 1HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604OpenHiDream · 1 more variant1,188±7
23—Krea 2 Medium TurboClosedKrea1,188±10
24—FLUX.2 [pro]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,187±7
25▲ 1grok-imagine-imageClosedSpaceXAI1,181±7
26▲ 1FLUX.2 [flex]ClosedBlack Forest Labs1,180±8
27▼ 2Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4StepOpenNVIDIA1,176±10
28▲ 2Luma UNI 1 MaxClosedLuma Labs1,175±8
29▼ 1Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)OpenIdeogram · 1 more variant1,174±8
30▼ 1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (2026-04-22)ClosedAlibaba1,174±8
31—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,172±8
32▲ 1Seedream 4.5ClosedByteDance Seed1,169±7
33▼ 1ImagineArt 2.0ClosedImagineArt1,169±7
34—ERNIE ImageOpenBaidu1,166±8
35—ERNIE Image TurboOpenBaidu1,163±8
36—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,159±7
37—Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality)OpenFal · 1 more variant1,159±10
38—Qwen Image Max 2512OpenAlibaba1,158±8
39—Recraft V4.1 ProClosedRecraft1,157±8
40▲ 1FLUX.2 [dev]OpenBlack Forest Labs1,154±7
41▼ 1FLUX.2 [dev] TurboOpenFal1,154±8
42▲ 1Recraft V4.1ClosedRecraft1,153±8
43▼ 1Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,152±7
44—Luma UNI 1ClosedLuma Labs1,150±8
45—ImagineArt 1.5 PreviewClosedImagineArt1,149±7
46—Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpenFal1,149±10
47—Wan 2.5 PreviewClosedAlibaba1,147±8
48—Seedream 3.0ClosedByteDance Seed1,145±8
49▲ 1Recraft V4 ProClosedRecraft1,140±8
50▼ 1Wan2.6 Text to ImageClosedAlibaba1,139±7

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 “—”.