LMArena Text-to-Image leaderboard: who is #1

Name: LMArena Text-to-Image rankings
Creator: LMArena
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

LMArena · Arena rating, higher is better · 75 models · published Sep 21, 2026

Top 25 of 75 models, best variant per model as published

#	Model	Score
1	GPT Image 2.5 Sunburstas “gpt-image-2.5-sunburst”	1,423
2	GPT Image 2.5 Flareas “gpt-image-2.5-flare”	1,401
3	GPT Image 2as “gpt-image-2 (medium)”	1,381
4	MAI Image 2.6as “mai-image-2.6”	1,334
5	Grok Imagine Image 2.0as “grok-imagine-image-2.0 (low)”	1,302
6	Reve 2.1as “reve-2.1”	1,301
7	Muse Imageas “muse-image”	1,276
8	Reve 2.0as “reve-2.0”	1,270
9	Gemini 3.1 Flash Imageas “gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]”	1,260
10	Seedream 5.0 Proas “seedream-5.0-pro”	1,256
11	Qwen Image 3.0 Proas “qwen-image-3.0-pro”	1,254
12	MAI Image 2.5as “mai-image-2.5”	1,254
13	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Imageas “gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)”	1,250
14	Gemini 3 Pro Imageas “gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)”	1,246
15	GPT Image 1.5 Fidelityas “gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity”	1,239
16	Qwen Image 2.1as “qwen-image-2.1”	1,228
17	Ideogram 4.0 Qualityas “ideogram-4.0-quality”	1,204
18	Qwen Image 2.0 Proas “qwen-image-2.0-pro-2026-06-22”	1,191
19	Uni 1.1as “uni-1.1-max”	1,188
20	MAI Image 2as “mai-image-2”	1,183
21	Grok Imagine Imageas “grok-imagine-image”	1,171
22	Recraft V4.1 Utility Proas “recraft-v4.1-utility-pro”	1,169
23	Cosmos3 Super Text2imageas “Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)”	1,165
24	Flux 2as “flux-2-max”	1,162
25	Grok Imagine Image Proas “grok-imagine-image-pro”	1,161