Best Models
GPT Image 2 (high) is currently the highest-ranked model for Design & Image Generation in the available data.
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Artificial Analysis Elo ratings for image generation from text prompts.
| Rank | Model | Provider | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | GPT Image 2 (high) | OpenAI | 1,337 Elo |
| #2 | GPT Image 1.5 (high) | OpenAI | 1,272 Elo |
| #3 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | 1,261 Elo | |
| #4 | Riverflow 2.0 | Sourceful | 1,258 Elo |
| #5 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
This ranking uses the current Elo results from the matching Artificial Analysis media leaderboard.
Source: Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image leaderboard. Updated: May 4, 2026.
| 1,218 Elo |
| #6 | Seedream 4.0 | ByteDance Seed | 1,201 Elo |
| #7 | FLUX.2 [max] | Black Forest Labs | 1,201 Elo |
| #8 | MAI-Image-2 | Microsoft | 1,197 Elo |
| #9 | FLUX.2 [pro] | Black Forest Labs | 1,187 Elo |
| #10 | Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606 | 1,186 Elo |
| #11 | FLUX.2 [flex] | Black Forest Labs | 1,182 Elo |
| #12 | grok-imagine-image | xAI | 1,181 Elo |
| #13 | ImagineArt 2.0 | ImagineArt | 1,180 Elo |
| #14 | Imagen 4 Ultra | 1,174 Elo |
| #15 | Imagen 4 Preview 0606 | 1,170 Elo |
| #16 | Seedream 4.5 | ByteDance Seed | 1,168 Elo |
| #17 | FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo | Fal | 1,164 Elo |
| #18 | FLUX.2 [dev] | Black Forest Labs | 1,161 Elo |
| #19 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 1,160 Elo |
| #20 | Qwen Image Max 2512 | Alibaba | 1,160 Elo |