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LMArena (Arena)

LMArena Text-to-Image Arena

Arena score from pairwise human preference votes on text-to-image outputs

generative mediaactive

Score in Elo, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 2026

  1. 1OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,425 Eloindependent
  2. 2OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Flare1,398 Eloindependent
  3. 3OpenAIGPT Image 21,383 Eloindependent
16scores
16models
16independent
0maintainer-run
0vendor-reported

Definition

Version
not in the notes
Category
generative media
Maintainer
LMArena (Arena)
Status
active
Home page
https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image

Sources

  1. Text-to-Image Leaderboard: Best AI Image Generators arena.ai https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text-to-image
  2. Arena Leaderboard: Official AI Model Rankings & Benchmarks arena.ai https://arena.ai/leaderboard

Scores at a Glance

Score in Elo, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 2026

Higher is better for this unit. Elo has no zero, so the axis starts at 1,100.

1OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAIpreliminary
1,425 Elo
independent2OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAIpreliminary
1,398 Elo
independent3OpenAIGPT Image 2OpenAImedium
1,383 Elo
independent4SpaceXAI (xAI)Grok Imagine Image 2.0SpaceXAI (xAI)canvas; preliminary
1,334 Elo
independent5Microsoft AIMAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI
1,332 Elo
independent6Google DeepMindNano Banana 2.1Google DeepMind, Googlepreliminary
1,328 Elo
independent7Reve AI, Inc.Reve 2.1Reve AI, Inc.
1,302 Elo
independent8MetaMuse ImageMeta
1,274 Elo
independent9Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba (Qwen)
1,255 Elo
independent10ByteDanceSeedream 5.0 ProByteDance
1,255 Elo
independent11GoogleNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Googlegemini-3-pro-image-2k
1,248 Elo
independent12Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba (Qwen)preliminary
1,223 Elo
independent13IdeogramIdeogram 4.0Ideogramideogram-4.0-quality
1,205 Elo
independent14Luma AIUni-1.1-maxLuma AI
1,189 Elo
independent15Luma AIUni-1.1Luma AI
1,184 Elo
independent
1,1001,2001,3001,4001,500
Where this comes from
Each bar is one model, with its most independent recorded score. Hatched bars are vendor-reported; the word beside each bar says who ran it. Settings and dates differ between rows; the Scores table below has every result.

Scores

16 of 16 scores shown lmarena-text-to-image-scores.csv
ModelScoreWho ran itSettingView or populationDateSource
OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1,425 Elo ±7independentpreliminaryrank 1, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Flare1,398 Elo ±7independentpreliminaryrank 2, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
OpenAIGPT Image 21,383 Elo ±4independentmediumrank 3, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
SpaceXAI (xAI)Grok Imagine Image 2.01,334 Elo ±12independentcanvas; preliminaryrank 4, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Microsoft AIMAI-Image-2.61,332 Elo ±5independent–rank 5, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Google DeepMindNano Banana 2.11,328 Elo ±9independentpreliminaryrank 6, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Reve AI, Inc.Reve 2.11,302 Elo ±8independent–rank 7, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
MetaMuse Image1,274 Elo ±5independent–rank 9, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro1,255 Elo ±6independent–rank 13, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
ByteDanceSeedream 5.0 Pro1,255 Elo ±4independent–rank 12, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
GoogleNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1,248 Elo ±3independentgemini-3-pro-image-2krank 16, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen-Image-2.11,223 Elo ±7independentpreliminaryrank 19, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
IdeogramIdeogram 4.01,205 Elo ±4independentideogram-4.0-qualityrank 20, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Luma AIUni-1.1-max1,189 Elo ±6independent–rank 22, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
Luma AIUni-1.11,184 Elo ±4independent–rank 23, LMArena Text-to-Image, overall, updated 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026arena.ai
GoogleGemini Nano Banana 2.1–independent–rank 6, Arena Text-to-Image10 Oct 2026arena.ai
Where this comes from
Scores from different settings, harnesses or dates are not directly comparable; the row says which. Sorted by score, highest first, as a reading aid, not a ranking.

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "LMArena Text-to-Image Arena", https://aurion.semai.id/benchmarks/lmarena-text-to-image/, records of October 2026.