Image Generation · sub-raceClear lead
Text & Typography race
Legible, correctly spelled text in posters, logos, packaging and infographics.
- Leader
- Ideogram 4
- Margin
- 23 Elo
- 1.7% ahead
- Weeks at #1
- 27
- in a row
- Changes
- 1
- in 2026
Warming up the track…
Oct 19, 2026Ideogram 4 leads
2025Apr ’25Jul ’25Oct ’252026Apr ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
Score history
Top 6 today over the leader's frontier · click to jump to a week
#1 frontierIdeogram 4GPT Image 2Nano Banana 2.1Seedream 5Qwen Image 2.1FLUX.3 Klein
Reigns at #1
Longest: Ideogram 3, 34 weeks (from Mar 2025).
Sibling races
More image generation races
Why this race matters
Text rendering separates a usable design asset from a novelty.
How it is scored
Blend of OCR accuracy and design preference.
Unit: eloHigher is betterPhoto finish under 4 EloDominant over 28 Elo
Data provenance
Typography evals
OCR-checked spelling plus blind design votes.
Scores here are illustrative placeholders that mimic real benchmark patterns. Swap in live data through the score provider. Methodology