Image Generation · compositeClear lead
Image Generation race
All image-generation subcategories blended.
- Leader
- GPT Image 2
- Margin
- 1.9 pts
- 2.1% ahead
- Weeks at #1
- 23
- in a row
- Changes
- 1
- in 2026
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Oct 19, 2026GPT Image 2 leads
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Score history
Top 6 today over the leader's frontier · click to jump to a week
#1 frontierGPT Image 2Nano Banana 2.1Seedream 5Ideogram 4MJ V8FLUX.3 Klein
Reigns at #1
Longest: NB Pro, 25 weeks (from Nov 2025).
Inside this race
What makes up image generation
Why this race matters
Image models are now production tools for marketing, design and entertainment.
How it is scored
Normalised subcategory scores, equally weighted.
Unit: indexHigher is betterPhoto finish under 0.6 ptsDominant over 3.5 pts
Data provenance
Artificial Analysis Image Arena ↗
Blind pairwise image votes.
Crowd-sourced blind pairwise votes, reported as Elo-style ratings.
Scores here are illustrative placeholders that mimic real benchmark patterns. Swap in live data through the score provider. Methodology