LMArena Image Edit what it measures, how it is scored and who leads it

Name: LMArena Image Edit
Creator: LMArena

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Leaderboard

Scores from LMArena Image Edit, published Nov 9, 2026

Rank	Model	Arena rating
1	GPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI · as “GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst”	1,520
2	GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAI · as “GPT-Image-2.5 Flare”	1,484
3	GPT Image 2.6 SunburstOpenAI · as “GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst (Medium)”	1,477
4	MAI Image 2.7Microsoft · as “MAI-Image-2.7-Preview”	1,468
5	GPT Image 2OpenAI · as “GPT-Image-2 (Medium)”	1,461
6	GPT Image 2.6 FlareOpenAI · as “GPT-Image-2.6 Flare (Medium)”	1,460
7	Grok Imagine Image 2.0SpaceXAI · as “Grok Imagine Image 2.0”	1,437
8	MAI Image 2.6Microsoft · as “MAI-Image-2.6”	1,428
9	Gemini Nano Banana 2.1Google · as “Gemini Nano Banana 2.1”	1,427
10	Krea 3 UltraKrea · as “Krea 3 Ultra”	1,411
11	MAI Image 2.5Microsoft · as “MAI-Image-2.5”	1,400
12	Muse ImageMeta · as “Muse Image”	1,400
13	Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance · as “Seedream 5.0 Pro”	1,391
14	Grok Imagine ImageSpaceXAI · as “Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519)”	1,391
15	Gemini 3 Pro ImageGoogle · as “Gemini 3 Pro Image (nano-banana-pro, 2K)”	1,391
16	GPT ImageOpenAI · as “ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216)”	1,387
17	Gemini 3.1 Flash ImageGoogle · as “Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2, Web Search)”	1,387
18	Reve 2.1Reve · as “Reve 2.1”	1,373
19	GPT Image 1.5OpenAI · as “GPT-Image-1.5 (High Fidelity)”	1,367
20	Qwen Image 2.1Alibaba · as “Qwen-Image-2.1”	1,363
21	Reve 2.0Reve · as “Reve 2.0”	1,359
22	Ideogram 4.5Ideogram · as “Ideogram 4.5”	1,346
23	Uni 1.1Luma AI · as “UNI-1.1 Max”	1,333
24	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite ImageGoogle · as “Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image (nano-banana-2-lite)”	1,313
25	Qwen Image 2.0 ProAlibaba · as “Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22)”	1,303

About this benchmark

Task: Edit an image from an instruction; people vote for the better edit.
Dataset: Crowd-sourced images, instructions and votes.
Method: Pairwise votes fitted with a Bradley-Terry model.
Metric: Arena rating
Organization: LMArena
Official leaderboard: arena.ai/leaderboard/image-edit

Sources: each benchmark's paper (arXiv) and its official site or leaderboard. Scores are the boards captured here every day, exactly as published.