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Which model makes the images people prefer?
Our pickGPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI · No public API priceThe best model anyone can use, with enough evidence. When several tie, the cheapest of them.
Best you can downloadIdeogram 4.0 (quality)Ideogram · No public API price · downloadOpen weights: you can run it on your own computers.
| Place | Model | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI · Few votes yet | 1,425 | No public API price |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAI · Few votes yet | 1,398 | No public API price |
| =5 | MAI Image 2.6Microsoft | 1,332 | No public API price |
| =5 | Nano Banana 2.1Google · Few votes yet | 1,328 | No public API price |
| =7 | Reve 2.1Reve | 1,302 | No public API price |
| =7 | Grok Imagine Image 2.0xAI | 1,294 | No public API price |
| 9 | Muse ImageMeta | 1,274 | No public API price |
| =11 | Nano Banana 2Google | 1,262 | No public API price |
| =11 | Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance | 1,255 | No public API price |
| =11 | Qwen Image 3.0 ProAlibaba (Qwen) | 1,255 | No public API price |
Models with overlapping uncertainty share a place (shown as “=”). Prices are US dollars per million tokens from each company’s own price page.
Ranked by Arena Text-to-Image (Arena (LMArena)).