LMArena Text-to-Image what it measures, how it is scored and who leads it

Name: LMArena Text-to-Image
Creator: LMArena

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Leaderboard

Scores from LMArena Text-to-Image, published Sep 24, 2026

Rank	Model	Arena rating
1	GPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI · as “gpt-image-2.5-sunburst”	1,424
2	GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAI · as “gpt-image-2.5-flare”	1,401
3	GPT Image 2OpenAI · as “gpt-image-2 (medium)”	1,383
4	MAI Image 2.6Microsoft · as “mai-image-2.6”	1,335
5	Reve 2.1Reve · as “reve-2.1”	1,302
6	Grok Imagine Image 2.0SpaceXAI · as “grok-imagine-image-2.0 (low)”	1,301
7	Muse ImageMeta · as “muse-image”	1,276
8	Reve 2.0Reve · as “reve-2.0”	1,269
9	Gemini 3.1 Flash ImageGoogle · as “gemini-3.1-flash-image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]”	1,261
10	Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance · as “seedream-5.0-pro”	1,256
11	Qwen Image 3.0 ProAlibaba · as “qwen-image-3.0-pro”	1,256
12	MAI Image 2.5Microsoft · as “mai-image-2.5”	1,254
13	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite ImageGoogle · as “gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (nano-banana-2-lite)”	1,250
14	Gemini 3 Pro ImageGoogle · as “gemini-3-pro-image-2k (nano-banana-pro)”	1,247
15	GPT Image 1.5 FidelityOpenAI · as “gpt-image-1.5-high-fidelity”	1,238
16	Qwen Image 2.1Alibaba · as “qwen-image-2.1”	1,228
17	Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · as “ideogram-4.0-quality”	1,205
18	Qwen Image 2.0 ProAlibaba · as “qwen-image-2.0-pro-2026-06-22”	1,192
19	Uni 1.1Luma AI · as “uni-1.1-max”	1,189
20	MAI Image 2Microsoft · as “mai-image-2”	1,184
21	Grok Imagine ImageSpaceXAI · as “grok-imagine-image”	1,170
22	Recraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft · as “recraft-v4.1-utility-pro”	1,169
23	Cosmos3 Super Text2imageNvidia · as “Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic)”	1,165
24	Grok Imagine Image ProSpaceXAI · as “grok-imagine-image-pro”	1,162
25	Flux 2Black Forest Labs · as “flux-2-max”	1,162