What is the best AI text to image model?

Based on blind community voting, GPT Image 1.5 is currently the #1 ranked AI text to image model with an Elo rating of 1278. Rankings update in real time as new votes come in.

How are AI text to image models ranked on Lumenfall?

Lumenfall Arena ranks AI models through blind community voting. In each matchup, two models generate from the same prompt and voters pick the better result without seeing model names. Votes are processed using TrueSkill, a Bayesian rating algorithm developed by Microsoft Research, that produces a single Elo score reflecting each model's relative quality.

What is an Elo rating for AI models?

An Elo rating is a numerical score representing a model's skill relative to other models. Under the hood, Lumenfall uses TrueSkill, which tracks two values per model: mu (estimated skill) and sigma (uncertainty). The displayed Elo is calculated as 1000 + 10 x (mu - 3*sigma), a conservative lower bound. A model must prove itself consistently across many matchups to earn a high rating.

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See how AI image models stack up against each other. How it works

Best AI Models for Art

Ranking the best AI text to image models for art, based on 2 blind community-voted challenges.

Highlights

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Best AI Models for Art

19 models ranked · Last update: June 23, 2026 3:36 AM

#	Model	Price	¢/img	Elo
1	GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI	$	0.9¢	1278
2	GPT Image 2 OpenAI	$$	3.9¢	1246
3	Seedream 4.5 ByteDance	$$	4¢	1206
4	FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Black Forest Labs	$	0.1¢	1188
5	Nano Banana 2 Google	$$	2.2¢	1183
6	Qwen Image 2.0 Alibaba	$$	3.5¢	1173
7	Nano Banana Pro Google	$$$	6.7¢	1172
8	FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 Black Forest Labs	Free	Free	1165
9	FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo fal	$	0.8¢	1161
10	DALL-E 3 OpenAI	$$	4¢	1147

11	Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI	$$$	7¢	1135
12	Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium Stability AI	$$	2¢	1124
13	Seedream 4.0 ByteDance	$$	3¢	1120
14	Nano Banana Google	$$	3.9¢	1113
15	Wan 2.7 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1113
16	DALL-E 2 OpenAI	$$	1.6¢	1101
17	Recraft V4 Recraft AI	$$	4¢	1099
18	FLUX.1 [dev] Black Forest Labs	$$	2.5¢	1087
19	Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Alibaba	$$$	7.5¢	1039

OpenAI dominates the Art category with GPT Image 1.5 (1278 Elo) and GPT Image 2 (1246 Elo) maintaining a significant lead over third-place Seedream 4.5 (1206 Elo). Despite the high Elo scores of the leaders, FLUX.2 [klein] 4B offers a notable value proposition with a 71.4% win rate at roughly 10% of the cost of the top-performing OpenAI models.

Elo vs Cost

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Elo vs Speed

10 models waiting for enough speed data

Highlighted Battles

The most competitive head-to-head matchups, selected by closeness and vote count.

Qwen Image 2.0 vs Wan 2.7

The Reversed Rodeo

50% · 25% · 25%

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium vs Wan 2.7

The Reversed Rodeo

50% · 0% · 50%

Seedream 4.0 vs Qwen Image 2.0

The Halloween Invitation

50% · 50%

FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo vs FLUX.2 [klein] 4B

The Halloween Invitation

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Challenges

The Halloween Invitation Text Rendering Art

Prompt

“Vintage gothic Halloween party invitation. Dark parchment poster, spooky border with webs and thorns, central glowing jack-o-lantern, bats, twisted trees, moody night sky. Add elegant gothic title text saying "Halloween Party Invitation", a small scroll banner saying "You are invited to a night of frights", and event details at the bottom: Date: 30.10.2026 Time: 7pm Location: The Arches, NYC Spooky but polished, cinematic lighting, square format.”

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