Text to Image Leaderboard (Open Weights)Artificial AnalysisUpdated
Range | Creator | Model | Elo | 95% CI | Samples | Released | API Pricing 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-2 |  Ideogram | Ideogram 4.0  Open Weights | 1,223 | -9/9 | 7,578 | Jun 2026 | $60.0 /1k imgs |
| 2 | 1-2 | Ideogram | Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Open Weights | 1,216 | -8/8 | 11,349 | Jun 2026 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 3 | 3-5 |  Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [dev] Open Weights | 1,200 | -8/8 | 17,576 | Nov 2025 | $12.0 /1k imgs |
| 4 | 3-5 |  Fal | FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo Open Weights | 1,200 | -10/10 | 5,412 | Dec 2025 | $8.0 /1k imgs |
| 5 | 3-5 | Fal | Ideogram 4.0 Fast (Quality) Open Weights | 1,199 | -10/10 | 5,481 | Jul 2026 | $17.5 /1k imgs |
| 6 | 6-8 |  NVIDIA | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic) Open Weights | 1,189 | -9/9 | 10,269 | May 2026 | Coming soon |
| 7 | 6-10 | Fal | Ideogram 4.0 Instant Open Weights | 1,186 | -10/10 | 4,597 | Jul 2026 | $7.5 /1k imgs |
| 8 | 6-12 | Fal | Ideogram 4.0 Fast Open Weights | 1,180 | -10/10 | 4,604 | Jul 2026 | $10.5 /1k imgs |
| 9 | 7-12 | NVIDIA | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image Open Weights | 1,179 | -9/9 | 11,060 | May 2026 | Coming soon |
| 10 | 7-12 | Fal | FLUX.2 [dev] Flash Open Weights | 1,179 | -10/10 | 4,322 | Dec 2025 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 11 | 8-12 |  HiDream | HiDream-O1-Image Open Weights | 1,175 | -9/9 | 10,884 | May 2026 | Coming soon |
| 12 | 8-12 |  Alibaba | Qwen Image Max 2512 Open Weights | 1,172 | -9/9 | 3,833 | Dec 2025 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 13 | 13 | NVIDIA | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image-4Step Open Weights | 1,160 | -9/9 | 10,024 | Jul 2026 | Coming soon |
| 14 | 13-15 |  Tencent | HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct (Fal) Open Weights | 1,150 | -10/10 | 4,336 | Jan 2026 | $90.0 /1k imgs |
| 15 | 14-16 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Open Weights | 1,144 | -9/9 | 9,042 | Jan 2026 | $15.0 /1k imgs |
| 16 | 15-17 | Tencent | HunyuanImage 3.0 (Fal) Open Weights | 1,138 | -10/10 | 4,354 | Sept 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 17 | 16-17 | Alibaba | Z-Image Turbo Open Weights | 1,133 | -9/9 | 6,483 | Dec 2025 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 18 | 18-19 |  Baidu | ERNIE Image Open Weights | 1,116 | -9/9 | 10,908 | Apr 2026 | $31.5 /1k imgs |
| 19 | 18-19 | Baidu | ERNIE Image Turbo Open Weights | 1,116 | -9/9 | 10,719 | Apr 2026 | $10.5 /1k imgs |
| 20 | 20 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9B Open Weights | 1,100 | -8/8 | 4,205 | Jan 2026 | $11.0 /1k imgs |
| 21 | 21-23 | Tencent | SRPO Open Weights | 1,085 | -8/8 | 4,701 | Sept 2025 | $26.0 /1k imgs |
| 22 | 21-25 | Alibaba | Qwen Image Open Weights | 1,081 | -8/8 | 4,561 | Aug 2025 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 23 | 21-26 | Tencent | HunyuanImage 2.1 Open Weights | 1,079 | -8/8 | 4,407 | Sept 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 24 | 22-27 |  Bria | FIBO Open Weights | 1,075 | -8/8 | 4,359 | Oct 2025 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 25 | 22-27 | HiDream | HiDream-O1-Image-Dev Open Weights | 1,074 | -8/8 | 4,595 | May 2026 | $5.0 /1k imgs |
| 26 | 22-28 | HiDream | HiDream-I1-Dev Open Weights | 1,073 | -9/9 | 3,002 | Apr 2025 | $24.0 /1k imgs |
| 27 | 24-29 |  Z AI | GLM-Image Open Weights | 1,067 | -8/8 | 5,191 | Jan 2026 | $50.0 /1k imgs |
| 28 | 26-30 | HiDream | HiDream-I1-Fast Open Weights | 1,065 | -9/9 | 3,535 | Apr 2025 | $12.0 /1k imgs |
| 29 | 27-31 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Open Weights | 1,059 | -9/9 | 5,454 | Jan 2026 | $14.0 /1k imgs |
| 30 | 28-31 |  Bytedance | Infinity 8B Open Weights | 1,058 | -9/9 | 3,281 | Feb 2025 | $1.7 /1k imgs |
| 31 | 29-31 |  Meituan | LongCat Image Open Weights | 1,052 | -8/8 | 3,668 | Dec 2025 | $130.0 /1k imgs |
| 32 | 32-34 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 [dev] Open Weights | 1,043 | -7/7 | 9,198 | Aug 2024 | $25.0 /1k imgs |
| 33 | 32-35 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 Krea [dev] Open Weights | 1,038 | -9/9 | 2,288 | Jul 2025 | $25.0 /1k imgs |
| 34 | 32-35 |  Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo Open Weights | 1,036 | -8/8 | 5,914 | Oct 2024 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 35 | 32-35 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Open Weights | 1,036 | -8/8 | 6,045 | Oct 2024 | $65.0 /1k imgs |
| 36 | 36 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 [schnell] Open Weights | 1,000 | 0/0 | 12,204 | Aug 2024 | $3.0 /1k imgs |
| 37 | 37-39 |  OpenGVLab | Lumina Image v2  Open Weights | 979 | -8/8 | 5,303 | Jan 2025 | $75.0 /1k imgs |
| 38 | 37-39 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [klein] Base 4B Open Weights | 974 | -9/9 | 4,549 | Jan 2026 | $9.0 /1k imgs |
| 39 | 37-39 |  Playground AI | Playground v2.5 Open Weights | 973 | -8/8 | 12,742 | Feb 2024 | $80.0 /1k imgs |
| 40 | 39-40 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium Open Weights | 965 | -9/9 | 3,185 | Oct 2024 | $20.0 /1k imgs |
| 41 | 41 | NVIDIA | Sana Sprint 1.6B Open Weights | 941 | -10/10 | 3,048 | Mar 2025 | $1.5 /1k imgs |
| 42 | 42 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 3 Medium Open Weights | 924 | -8/8 | 10,920 | Jun 2024 | $35.0 /1k imgs |
| 43 | 42-46 |  VectorSpaceLab | OmniGen V2 Open Weights | 915 | -9/9 | 3,894 | Jun 2025 | $150.0 /1k imgs |
| 44 | 43-46 | Bytedance | SDXL Lightning Open Weights | 911 | -8/8 | 12,571 | Feb 2024 | $1.9 /1k imgs |
| 45 | 43-46 | Bytedance | Bagel Open Weights | 911 | -9/9 | 3,618 | May 2025 | $100.0 /1k imgs |
| 46 | 43-46 | Bria | Bria 3.2 Open Weights | 907 | -10/10 | 3,716 | Jul 2025 | $40.0 /1k imgs |
| 47 | 47 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Open Weights | 885 | -9/9 | 12,711 | Jul 2023 | $9.0 /1k imgs |
| 48 | 48 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 2.1 Open Weights | 755 | -10/10 | 14,624 | Dec 2022 | $3.9 /1k imgs |
| 49 | 49 |  DeepSeek | Janus Pro Open Weights | 723 | -12/12 | 5,531 | Jan 2025 | $0.0 /1k imgs |
| 50 | 50 | Stability.ai | Stable Diffusion 1.5 Open Weights | 667 | -12/12 | 11,345 | 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