Text to Image Leaderboard (Open Weights)Artificial Analysis
Range | Creator | Model | Elo | 95% CI | Samples | Released | API Pricing 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  NVIDIA | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)  Open Weights | 1,217 | -9/9 | 6,730 | May 2026 | Coming soon |
| 2 | 2 |  HiDream | HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604 Open Weights | 1,182 | -8/8 | 6,272 | May 2026 | No API available |
| 3 | 3-5 |  Ideogram | Ideogram 4.0 Quality Open Weights | 1,164 | -9/9 | 4,021 | Jun 2026 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 4 | 3-5 |  Baidu | ERNIE Image Open Weights | 1,162 | -9/9 | 3,984 | Apr 2026 | $30.0 /1k imgs |
| 5 | 3-7 | Baidu | ERNIE Image Turbo Open Weights | 1,159 | -9/9 | 4,944 | Apr 2026 | $10.0 /1k imgs |
| 6 | 5-8 |  Alibaba | Qwen Image Max 2512 Open Weights | 1,152 | -8/8 | 5,195 | Dec 2025 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 7 | 5-8 |  Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [dev] Open Weights | 1,151 | -8/8 | 7,105 | Nov 2025 | $12.0 /1k imgs |
| 8 | 6-8 |  Fal | FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo Open Weights | 1,149 | -8/8 | 5,796 | Dec 2025 | $8.0 /1k imgs |
| 9 | 9 | Fal | FLUX.2 [dev] Flash Open Weights | 1,132 | -8/8 | 5,729 | Dec 2025 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 10 | 10-12 |  Tencent | HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal) Open Weights | 1,120 | -8/8 | 5,779 | Sept 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 11 | 10-12 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Open Weights | 1,117 | -8/8 | 8,329 | Jan 2026 | $15.0 /1k imgs |
| 12 | 10-13 | Tencent | HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal) Open Weights | 1,112 | -8/8 | 7,787 | Jan 2026 | $90.0 /1k imgs |
| 13 | 11-13 | HiDream | HiDream-O1-Image Open Weights | 1,109 | -9/9 | 5,177 | May 2026 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 14 | 14 | Alibaba | Z-Image Turbo Open Weights | 1,099 | -8/8 | 8,593 | Dec 2025 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 15 | 15-16 | HiDream | HiDream-O1-Image-Dev Open Weights | 1,084 | -9/9 | 5,071 | May 2026 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 16 | 15-16 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9B Open Weights | 1,081 | -8/8 | 5,937 | Jan 2026 | $11.0 /1k imgs |
| 17 | 17-18 | Tencent | SRPO Open Weights | 1,071 | -8/8 | 5,582 | Sept 2025 | $26.0 /1k imgs |
| 18 | 17-20 |  Bria | FIBO Open Weights | 1,066 | -8/8 | 5,277 | Oct 2025 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 19 | 18-22 | Tencent | HunyuanImage 2.1 Open Weights | 1,063 | -8/8 | 5,889 | Sept 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 20 | 18-22 | HiDream | HiDream-I1-Dev Open Weights | 1,062 | -8/8 | 4,151 | Apr 2025 | $24.0 /1k imgs |
| 21 | 19-23 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Open Weights | 1,057 | -8/8 | 7,807 | Jan 2026 | $14.0 /1k imgs |
| 22 | 19-23 | Alibaba | Qwen Image Open Weights | 1,056 | -8/8 | 5,395 | Aug 2025 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 23 | 21-23 | HiDream | HiDream-I1-Fast Open Weights | 1,053 | -8/8 | 4,894 | Apr 2025 | $12.0 /1k imgs |
| 24 | 24-25 |  Z AI | GLM-Image Open Weights | 1,044 | -8/8 | 6,422 | Jan 2026 | $50.0 /1k imgs |
| 25 | 24-25 |  Bytedance | Infinity 8B Open Weights | 1,041 | -8/8 | 4,463 | Feb 2025 | $1.7 /1k imgs |
| 26 | 26-28 |  Meituan | LongCat Image Open Weights | 1,029 | -9/9 | 4,410 | Dec 2025 | $130.0 /1k imgs |
| 27 | 26-30 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 Krea [dev] Open Weights | 1,027 | -12/12 | 1,595 | Jul 2025 | $25.0 /1k imgs |
| 28 | 26-30 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 [dev] Open Weights | 1,025 | -8/8 | 9,867 | Aug 2024 | $25.0 /1k imgs |
| 29 | 27-30 |  Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Open Weights | 1,020 | -8/8 | 7,175 | Oct 2024 | $65.0 /1k imgs |
| 30 | 27-30 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo Open Weights | 1,019 | -8/8 | 7,036 | Oct 2024 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 31 | 31 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 [schnell] Open Weights | 1,000 | 0/0 | 11,293 | Aug 2024 | $3.0 /1k imgs |
| 32 | 32-34 |  OpenGVLab | Lumina Image v2  Open Weights | 964 | -8/8 | 6,429 | Jan 2025 | $75.0 /1k imgs |
| 33 | 32-34 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4B Open Weights | 964 | -9/9 | 6,381 | Jan 2026 | $9.0 /1k imgs |
| 34 | 32-34 |  Playground AI | Playground v2.5 Open Weights | 963 | -8/8 | 13,671 | Feb 2024 | $80.0 /1k imgs |
| 35 | 35 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium Open Weights | 943 | -9/9 | 4,321 | Oct 2024 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 36 | 36 | NVIDIA | Sana Sprint 1.6B Open Weights | 928 | -9/9 | 4,253 | Mar 2025 | $1.5 /1k imgs |
| 37 | 37-39 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3 Medium Open Weights | 907 | -8/8 | 12,079 | Jun 2024 | $35.0 /1k imgs |
| 38 | 37-41 | Bytedance | SDXL Lightning Open Weights | 902 | -8/8 | 13,458 | Feb 2024 | $1.9 /1k imgs |
| 39 | 37-41 |  VectorSpaceLab | OmniGen V2 Open Weights | 900 | -9/9 | 5,072 | Jun 2025 | $150.0 /1k imgs |
| 40 | 38-41 | Bytedance | Bagel Open Weights | 895 | -10/10 | 4,636 | May 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 41 | 38-41 | Bria | Bria 3.2 Open Weights | 894 | -10/10 | 5,029 | Jul 2025 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 42 | 42 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Open Weights | 870 | -9/9 | 13,579 | Jul 2023 | $9.0 /1k imgs |
| 43 | 43 |  DeepSeek | Janus Pro Open Weights | 708 | -12/12 | 6,701 | Jan 2025 | $0.0 /1k imgs |
| 44 | 44 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 1.5 Open Weights | 656 | -13/13 | 12,352 | Oct 2022 | $44.0 /1k imgs |
1 API Pricing reflects the cost to generate 1,000 images on the model creator's API at 1024x1024 with the model's default settings