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Release dates available for 184 of 197 models. Undated models are omitted; month-only dates are plotted at the start of the month.

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1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI92±2api $0.013/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)
2GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI88±2api $0.013/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)
3GPT Image 2 OpenAI85±1api $0.053/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)PaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)+5
4MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft AI81±2*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
5Nano Banana 2.1 Google81±2*api $0.034/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
6Grok Imagine Image 2.0 SpaceXAI80±2api $0.040/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
7Reve 2.1 Reve78±2api $0.25/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
8Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) Google76±1api $0.067/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1GenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings+7
9Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) Google76±1api $0.13/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)+10
10Muse Image Meta76±2api $0.010/imagedev.meta.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
11Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba75±2api $0.040/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
12Seedream 5.0 Pro ByteDance Seed74±2api $0.050/imagedeepinfra.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
13Reve 2.0 Reve74±2*api $0.25/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
14ChatGPT Image Latest (chatgpt-image-latest) OpenAI74±4*api $0.034/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
15MAI-Image-2.5 Microsoft AI74±2comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
16Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) Google73±2api $0.034/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1
17GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI71±1api $0.034/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)GEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+5
18Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba69±2local~12GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)
19Ideogram 4.5 Ideogram68±3*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
20Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) Alibaba67±2*api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
21Boogu-Image-0.1 Base Boogu project67±5*comparison onlyUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
22Uni-1.1 Luma AI67±2*api $0.040/imagelumalabs.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
23Qwen-Image 2.0 Pro Alibaba66±3api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
24MAI-Image-2 Microsoft AI66±3*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
25Ideogram 4.0 Ideogram66±2*api $0.060/image +local~6.1GBwww.together.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
26Grok Imagine Image SpaceXAI (xAI)66±2api $0.020/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
27Uni-1.1 Max Luma AI65±2api $0.10/imagelumalabs.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
28Grok Imagine Image Pro SpaceXAI (xAI)65±2api $0.050/imagedocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsTECCI: Tricky Edits of Collected and Curated Images
29Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance Seed65±2api $0.035/imagedocs.byteplus.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)ChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal ConsistencyRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)+2
30Seedream 4.5 ByteDance64±1api $0.040/imagedocs.byteplus.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+1
31Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro Recraft64±2*api $0.21/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
32FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs64±1api $0.070/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image EvaluationKnowledge Visualization: A Benchmark and Method for Knowledge-Intensive Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv:2604.22302v1)
33Wan 2.7 Image Pro Alibaba63±2api $0.075/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
34Reve V1.5 Reve63±3*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
35FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs63±2api $0.030/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetCan Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal ConsistencyGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
36Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image NVIDIA63±2local~154GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard datasetCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)
37FLUX.2 [flex] Black Forest Labs62±2api $0.050/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
38HunyuanImage 3.0-Instruct Tencent62±3*api $0.090/image +local~203GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetInfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)
39Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Google62±1api $0.039/imageai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)+10
40Wan 2.7 Image Alibaba62±2api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
41Imagen 4 Ultra Google61±2api $0.060/imagecloud.google.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
42GPT Image 1 OpenAI61±1api $0.042/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)+9
43Wan 2.6 Text-to-Image Alibaba61±3*api $0.030/imagedeepinfra.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
44Reve V1.1 Reve61±4*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
45Seedream 4.0 ByteDance Seed61±1api $0.040/imagedeepinfra.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched Edits+5
46Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft61±3*api $0.21/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
47ERNIE-Image-Turbo Baidu61±3†api $0.010/image +local~17GBfal.ai ↗ERNIE-Image model repository evaluation tables
48Emu3.5-Image BAAI60±5*local~85GBhow to run › TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)
49Krea 2 Medium Krea60±3*api $0.030/imagewww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
50ERNIE-Image Baidu60±2api $0.030/image +local~17GBfal.ai ↗ERNIE-Image model repository evaluation tablesQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
51Kling Image O1 Kuaishou (Kling AI)60±4*api $0.028/imagekling.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
52Imagen 4 Google59±2api $0.040/imagecloud.google.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
53Recraft V4 Recraft59±3*api $0.040/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
54Krea 2 Large Krea59±3*api $0.060/imagewww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
55Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview Alibaba59±3*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
56FireRed-Image-Edit-1.1 FireRedTeam (Xiaohongshu)59±4*comparison onlyChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)MultiTextEdit: Benchmarking Cross-Lingual Degradation in Text-in-Image Editing (arXiv:2605.08163v2), Table 3
57Krea 2 Turbo Krea59±3*api $0.015/image +local~20GBwww.krea.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
58GPT Image 1 Mini OpenAI59±2api $0.011/imagedevelopers.openai.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)
59Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 Alibaba59±3api $0.030/image +local~26GBfal.ai ↗Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)BAAI — OmniGen2 technical report
60HiDream-O1-Image HiDream58±2api $0.010/image +local~5.3GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsHiDream-ai/HiDream-O1-Image repository README results
61Reve V1 Reve58±4*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
62FLUX.2 [dev] Black Forest Labs58±1api $0.046/image +local~20GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)+8
63Z-Image (Base) Alibaba (Tongyi-MAI)58±2api $0.010/image +local~10GBfal.ai ↗Tongyi-MAI (Alibaba) — Z-Image technical reportQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
64Wan 2.6 Image Alibaba58±4*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
65HunyuanImage 2.1 Tencent58±2*api $0.10/image +local~64GBfal.ai ↗Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency
66Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 Alibaba58±2api $0.030/image +local~37GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingLMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)InfoEdit: Probing Global Layout Reasoning in Infographic Editing (arXiv:2609.33286v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingMultiTextEdit: Benchmarking Cross-Lingual Degradation in Text-in-Image Editing (arXiv:2605.08163v2), Table 3+2
67HunyuanImage 3.0 Tencent57±2api $0.080/image +local~49GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsFaithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)+3
68Recraft V4.1 Flash Recraft57±3*api $0.0070/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
69Emu3.5 BAAI57±5*local~85GBhow to run › TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)
70MAI-Image-1 Microsoft AI57±3*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
71JoyAI-Image-Edit JD (JoyAI)57±3*comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
72LongCat-Image-Edit Meituan56±2api $0.15/image +local~36GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingPaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
73Seedream 3.0 ByteDance Seed56±2comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)GenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
74P-Image-Edit Pruna56±4*api $0.010/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
75Qwen-Image-2512 Alibaba56±1api $0.020/image +local~22GBreplicate.com ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)LMArena leaderboard datasetVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency+1
76FireRed-Image-Edit-1.0 FireRedTeam (Xiaohongshu)56±4*comparison onlyChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)
77Z-Image-Turbo Alibaba (Tongyi-MAI)55±1api $0.0050/image +local~7.7GBreplicate.com ↗Tongyi-MAI (Alibaba) — Z-Image technical reportLMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Can Image Models Imagine Time? ImageTime: A Novel Benchmark for Probing Visual World Modeling Through Spatiotemporal Consistency+1
78Reve V1.1 Fast Reve55±4*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
79LLaDA-Image Ant Group55±3†local~22GBhow to run › LLaDA-Image: Building Strong Image Generators with Fully Open Training RecipesUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
80Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba55±2api $0.030/image +local~27GBfal.ai ↗Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportLMArena leaderboard datasetChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)GEBench: Benchmarking Image Generation Models as GUI EnvironmentsUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)+4
81FLUX.2 [klein] Base 9B Black Forest Labs55±4*comparison onlyChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)
82FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Black Forest Labs55±2api $0.015/image +local~11GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)Rapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankingsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingPaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)
83FLUX.1 Kontext [max] Black Forest Labs55±2api $0.080/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)EdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
84Qwen-Image Alibaba55±1api $0.025/image +local~13GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetT2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)GenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)+8
85Reve Edit Fast Reve55±4*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard dataset
86HiDream-O1-Image-Dev HiDream54±5*comparison onlyUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
87LLaDA-Image-Turbo Ant Group53±3†local~22GBhow to run › LLaDA-Image: Building Strong Image Generators with Fully Open Training RecipesUltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)
88LongCat-Image Meituan53±4api $0.13/image +local~15GBfal.ai ↗QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical report
89Step1X-Edit v1.2 StepFun53±2local~51GBhow to run › Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)stepfun-ai/Step1X-Edit-v1p2 model cardGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)CREval: An Automated Interpretable Evaluation for Creative Image Manipulation under Complex Instructions (arXiv:2603.26174v1)
90Imagen 4 Fast Google53±4*comparison onlyRapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboardRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
91Kling Image 2.1 Kuaishou53±7*api $0.014/imagekling.ai ↗Qwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
92Wan 2.5 Image-to-Image Preview Alibaba53±4*api $0.030/imagewww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
93MiniMax image-01 MiniMax53±5*api $0.0035/imageplatform.minimax.io ↗Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
94Ideogram 3.0 Ideogram52±2api $0.060/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
95UniPic 3 Skywork AI52±3*comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
96Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002) Google52±2comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)
97FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Black Forest Labs52±2api $0.0011/image +local~2.9GBdevelopers.cloudflare.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)UltraText Bench: A Comprehensive Bilingual Benchmark for Evaluating Visual Text Rendering in Image Generation (arXiv:2610.09823v1)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing
98P-Image Pruna51±2*api $0.0050/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetRapidata/text-to-image-human-preference-6M (Benchmark.ai Image Benchmark) published dataset-card rankings
99Photon Luma AI51±2api $0.019/imagefal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
100Recraft V3 Recraft51±2api $0.040/imagewww.recraft.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboard
101FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] Black Forest Labs50±2api $0.040/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)CREval: An Automated Interpretable Evaluation for Creative Image Manipulation under Complex Instructions (arXiv:2603.26174v1)
102GLM-Image Z.ai50±2api $0.015/image +local~39GB~64 s/imagedocs.z.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetQC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)GEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingQwen-Image-Bench: From Generation to Creation in Text-to-Image Evaluation
103Step1X-Edit v1.2 Preview StepFun50±5*†comparison onlystepfun-ai/Step1X-Edit-v1p2 model card
104Runway Gen-4 Image Runway50±3*api $0.050/imagedocs.dev.runwayml.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
105Lucid Origin Leonardo.Ai49±3*api $0.017/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
106Latent Diffusion text2img-large (LDM-KL-8-G, LAION-400M) CompVis48±15*local~7.5GBhow to run › tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
107Kandinsky 3 AI Forever48±11*local~32GBhow to run › REAL: Realism Evaluation of Text-to-Image Generation Models for Effective Data Augmentation (arXiv:2502.10663v1)
108Step1X-Edit v1.1 StepFun48±3local~51GBhow to run › stepfun-ai/Step1X-Edit-v1p2 model cardUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)
109FuseDream (BigGAN 512) FuseDream authors48±15*comparison onlytgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
110VQ-Diffusion (ITHQ) Microsoft48±15*local~4.1GBhow to run › tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
111Ovis-Image-7B Alibaba (AIDC-AI)48±7*local~12GBhow to run › Faithful, Enriched, and Precise: Benchmarking Natural-Science Illustration Generation by T2I models (FEPBench)
112LAFITE (HPS v2 checkpoint) LAFITE authors48±15*comparison onlytgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
113SeedEdit 3.0 ByteDance Seed47±3comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched Edits
114FLUX.1 Krea [dev] Black Forest Labs / Krea47±3api $0.025/image +local~41GBreplicate.com ↗ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksGenExam leaderboard (OpenGVLab/GenExam README, relaxed score)Knowledge Visualization: A Benchmark and Method for Knowledge-Intensive Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv:2604.22302v1)
115MetaQuery-XL Meta / NYU47±6*comparison onlyWISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
116HiDream-I1-Full HiDream47±2api $0.050/image +local~76GBfal.ai ↗GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)HiDream-ai/HiDream-O1-Image repository README results
117GLIDE (filtered) OpenAI47±15*comparison onlytgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
118Ideogram 2.0 Ideogram46±2api $0.080/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)
119Infinity-8B ByteDance (FoundationVision)46±5*comparison onlyMMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)
120FLUX1.1 [pro] Black Forest Labs46±2api $0.040/imagedocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboardServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)
121Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation (preview) Google45±2comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)BAAI — OmniGen2 technical report
122Midjourney V6 Midjourney45±7*comparison onlyKwai-Kolors/Kolors repository README, human assessment
123Show-o2 1.5B Show Lab, NUS45±5*†comparison onlyShow Lab Show-o2 paper (arXiv:2506.15564v3), GenEval and DPG-Bench tables (own models)
124DeepGen 1.0 DeepGen Team45±3comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingChartSync: A Benchmark for Visuo-Logical Cascading Chart Editing (arXiv:2607.10301v1)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
125FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] Black Forest Labs44±1api $0.025/image +local~21GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingMeituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical reportHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image Editing+7
126DALL·E 3 OpenAI44±1comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetMMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)Kandinsky 3.0 — original human comparisons+4
127FLUX.1 [dev] Black Forest Labs44±1api $0.025/image +local~7.7GB~20 s/imagereplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetT2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)QC-T2I-Bench: Scalable Question-Centric Text-to-Image Evaluation (Reliable Ranking, Fine-Grained Diagnosis, and Cost-Aware Routing)TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)+5
128UniPic2-SD3.5M-Kontext-2B Skywork AI44±6*comparison onlyWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)
129ChronoEdit-14B NVIDIA43±3*local~34GBhow to run › Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
130UNO ByteDance43±4*local~16GBhow to run › ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksBAAI — OmniGen2 technical report
131Lumina-Image 2.0 Alpha-VLLM (Shanghai AI Lab)43±4*api $0.075/image +local~13GBfal.ai ↗TIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)
132BAGEL ByteDance Seed42±1api $0.10/image +local~12GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingTIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World Tasks+14
133BLIP3o-NEXT-GRPO-Text-3B Salesforce Research42±3*comparison onlyGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)
134Midjourney V6.1 Midjourney42±4*comparison onlyEvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)
135Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI42±1api $0.065/image +local~5.4GBreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetGenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)MMMG: a Comprehensive and Reliable Benchmark for Multitask Multimodal Generation (arXiv:2505.17613v2)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2)+4
136FLUX.1 [schnell] Black Forest Labs42±2api $0.0030/image +local~7.7GBreplicate.com ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Rapidata/Face_Generation_Benchmark (Human Face Generation Alignment) published dataset-card leaderboardVerifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
137OmniGen2 BAAI42±2api $0.15/image +local~17GBfal.ai ↗Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsGEditBench v2: A Human-Aligned Benchmark for General Image EditingWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)+6
138Show-o2 7B Show Lab, NUS42±3local~23GBhow to run › GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)Show Lab Show-o2 paper (arXiv:2506.15564v3), GenEval and DPG-Bench tables (own models)Beyond Accuracy: Benchmarking Cross-Task Consistency in Unified Multimodal Models (XTC-Bench, arXiv:2604.25072v1)
139Playground v2 (1024px aesthetic) Playground41±4*local~4.9GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)
140Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium Stability AI41±3api $0.035/image +local~20GBplatform.stability.ai ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)Verifiable Visual Rewards Transfer from Synthetic Scenes to Natural Prompts (VVRBench), arXiv:2609.35641v1WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
141Playground v2.5 Playground41±2local~8.8GBhow to run › T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Kwai-Kolors/Kolors repository README, human assessment+1
142CogView4-6B Z.ai41±6*comparison onlyMMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)HPSv3 repository README, image generation benchmark table (MizzenAI/HPSv3)
143Midjourney V7 Midjourney40±3*comparison onlyTIIF-Bench: How Does Your T2I Model Follow Your Instructions? (arXiv v3)
144UniWorld-V1 PKU-YuanGroup40±2comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingHP-Edit: A Human-Preference Post-Training Framework for Image Editing (arXiv:2604.19406v1)UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsWISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)CREval: An Automated Interpretable Evaluation for Creative Image Manipulation under Complex Instructions (arXiv:2603.26174v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
145UniPic2-Metaquery-9B Skywork AI40±6*comparison onlyWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
146Show-o2 1.5B-HQ Show Lab, NUS40±3*local~7.9GBhow to run › GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)
147Skywork UniPic 1.5B Skywork AI40±6*comparison onlyWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)
148Stable Diffusion XL 0.9 (base) Stability AI40±6*local~4.9GBhow to run › WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
149Stable Diffusion 3 Medium Stability AI40±2api $0.035/image +local~11GBfal.ai ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)HPSv3 repository README, image generation benchmark table (MizzenAI/HPSv3)
150Kolors Kuaishou (Kolors team)39±3local~22GBhow to run › EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)Kwai-Kolors/Kolors repository README, human assessmentHPSv3 repository README, image generation benchmark table (MizzenAI/HPSv3)
151BLIP3-o 8B Salesforce Research38±3local~41GBhow to run › GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Beyond Accuracy: Benchmarking Cross-Task Consistency in Unified Multimodal Models (XTC-Bench, arXiv:2604.25072v1)
152Stable Cascade Stability AI38±4*local~13GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)
153Janus-Pro-7B DeepSeek38±2api $0.0020/image +local~18GBdeepinfra.com ↗T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)DeepSeek-AI — Janus-Pro technical reportMMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)Beyond Accuracy: Benchmarking Cross-Task Consistency in Unified Multimodal Models (XTC-Bench, arXiv:2604.25072v1)
154NextStep-1-Large-Edit StepFun37±3comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingUnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)
155SDXL-Lightning (4-step UNet) ByteDance37±3*local~4.9GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)SDXL-Lightning: Progressive Adversarial Diffusion Distillation (arXiv:2402.13929v3)
156Step1X-Edit v1.0 StepFun37±4*comparison onlyLMArena leaderboard datasetEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
157Kandinsky 2.2 AI Forever37±5*†local~12GBhow to run › Kandinsky 3.0 — original human comparisons
158Show-o (show-o-demo-512) Show Lab, NUS36±3*local~7.9GBhow to run › T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)
159Janus-Pro-1B DeepSeek36±4api $0.0005/image +local~5.5GBdeepinfra.com ↗DeepSeek-AI — Janus-Pro technical reportWISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
160DALL·E 2 OpenAI36±3comparison onlyImageReward: Learning and Evaluating Human Preferences for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv 2304.05977v4)ImagenHub: Standardizing the evaluation of conditional image generation models (arXiv v4)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
161SSD-1B Segmind36±4*local~3.3GBhow to run › EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)
162JanusFlow-1.3B DeepSeek36±6*comparison onlyMMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)
163PixArt-α (PixArt-XL-2-1024-MS) PixArt (Huawei Noah's Ark Lab et al.)36±2local~14GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
164Emu3 BAAI36±2local~22GBhow to run › T2I-ReasonBench: Benchmarking Reasoning-Informed Text-to-Image Generation (Findings of ACL 2026)GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam (arXiv v5)MMMG: A Massive, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Tier Generation Benchmark for Text-to-Image Reasoning (arXiv:2506.10963v2)WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
165Ovis-U1-3B Alibaba (AIDC-AI)35±6*comparison onlyWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
166IF-XL DeepFloyd35±2local~29GBhow to run › EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)ImagenHub: Standardizing the evaluation of conditional image generation models (arXiv v4)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)+1
167Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Stability AI34±1api $0.0019/image +local~4.9GB~31 s/imagewww.together.ai ↗GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)+8
168LCM-SDXL latent-consistency34±3local~8.9GBhow to run › EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)SDXL-Lightning: Progressive Adversarial Diffusion Distillation (arXiv:2402.13929v3)
169OmniGen (v1) BAAI34±4local~9GBhow to run › WEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)EdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)BAAI — OmniGen2 technical report
170SDXL-Turbo Stability AI34±2local~4.9GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)SDXL-Lightning: Progressive Adversarial Diffusion Distillation (arXiv:2402.13929v3)
171IF-L DeepFloyd33±3local~14GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)
172Lumina-DiMOO Alpha-VLLM (Shanghai AI Lab)32±4*local~39GBhow to run › Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
173UltraEdit (SD3, with mask) Peking University / BIGAI (UltraEdit)32±7*comparison onlyEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
174VILA-U 7B (256px) MIT Han Lab / NVIDIA32±7*local~20GBhow to run › WISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
175LCM-SSD-1B latent-consistency32±4*local~3.6GBhow to run › EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)
176Janus-1.3B DeepSeek32±4local~5.5GBhow to run › DeepSeek-AI — Janus-Pro technical reportWISE: A World Knowledge-Informed Semantic Evaluation for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv v4)
177IF-M DeepFloyd31±3local~14GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)
178AnyEdit (AnySD) Zhejiang University / NUS (AnyEdit)30±4comparison onlyEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingWEAVE: Unleashing and Benchmarking the In-context Interleaved Comprehension and Generation (arXiv:2511.11434v1)EdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
179Dreamlike Photoreal 2.0 Dreamlike.art30±3local~2.1GBhow to run › EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
180Stable Diffusion v2.1 Stability AI29±2comparison onlyEvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)TIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)Evaluating Numerical Reasoning in Text-to-Image Models (GeckoNum, arXiv v3)+1
181Stable Diffusion v2.0 Stability AI29±3comparison onlyGenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
182Versatile Diffusion v1.0 SHI Labs29±4local~7.2GBhow to run › ImageReward: Learning and Evaluating Human Preferences for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv 2304.05977v4)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
183DALL·E Mega (minDALL-E) DALL·E Mini / minDALL-E29±4local~8GBhow to run › TIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
184MagicBrush (InstructPix2Pix fine-tune, jul7) Ohio State University (OSU NLP)29±7*comparison onlyEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)
185Openjourney PromptHero28±2local~2.1GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ImagenHub: Standardizing the evaluation of conditional image generation models (arXiv v4)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
186Stable Diffusion v1.4 CompVis27±2local~2.1GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)ConceptMix: A Compositional Image Generation Benchmark with Controllable Difficulty (arXiv v1)ImageReward: Learning and Evaluating Human Preferences for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv 2304.05977v4)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
187Stable Diffusion v1.3 CompVis27±4*local~2.1GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1
188Stable Diffusion v1.1 CompVis26±3local~2.1GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1TIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)REAL: Realism Evaluation of Text-to-Image Generation Models for Effective Data Augmentation (arXiv:2502.10663v1)
189Stable Diffusion v1.2 CompVis26±3*local~2.1GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)
190HiDream-E1.1 HiDream26±11*comparison onlyViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners? (arXiv:2603.25823v1)
191Stable Diffusion v1.5 Stability AI25±2local~2.1GBhow to run › GenEval authors' results: djghosh13/geneval README and arXiv 2310.11513v1EvalAlign: Supervised Fine-Tuning Multimodal LLMs with Human-Aligned Data for Evaluating Text-to-Image Models (arXiv:2406.16562v3)EvalMuse-40K: A Reliable and Fine-Grained Benchmark with Comprehensive Human Annotations for Text-to-Image Generation Model Evaluation (arXiv v2)TIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)Evaluating Numerical Reasoning in Text-to-Image Models (GeckoNum, arXiv v3)+1
192OneCAT-3B Meituan (OneCAT team)24±5*local~25GBhow to run › Edit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward Modeling
193LCM Dreamshaper v7 SimianLuo (LCM authors)23±4*local~1.7GBhow to run › GenAI Arena: An Open Evaluation Platform for Generative Models (arXiv v3)
194InstructPix2Pix UC Berkeley (Brooks, Holynski, Efros)19±3local~2.6GBhow to run › UnicEdit-10M: A Dataset and Benchmark Breaking the Scale-Quality Barrier via Unified Verification for Reasoning-Enriched EditsEdit-Compass & EditReward-Compass: A Unified Benchmark for Image Editing and Reward ModelingImagenWorld: Stress-Testing Image Generation Models with Explainable Human Evaluation on Open-ended Real-World TasksEdiVal-Agent: An Object-Centric Framework for Automated, Fine-Grained Evaluation of Multi-Turn Editing (arXiv:2509.13399v3)MultiTextEdit: Benchmarking Cross-Lingual Degradation in Text-in-Image Editing (arXiv:2605.08163v2), Table 3PaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editing (arXiv:2606.00188v1)
195X-LXMERT UNC Chapel Hill16±4*comparison onlyTIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)
196AttnGAN (COCO) Microsoft / Rutgers / Duke16±4*comparison onlyTIFA: Accurate and Interpretable Text-to-Image Faithfulness Evaluation with Question Answering (arXiv v3)
197CogView2 THUDM1±4local~14GBhow to run › ImageReward: Learning and Evaluating Human Preferences for Text-to-Image Generation (arXiv 2304.05977v4)HEIM: Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models (arXiv 2311.04287v1)tgxs002/HPSv2 repository README, HPS v2 benchmark table
—FLUX.3 Image Klein Black Forest Labsno reviewed resultsapi price unknownbfl.ai ↗
—Kandinsky 2.1 AI Forevernot scored yetlocal~12GBhow to run ›
—Mage-Flow Microsoftnot yet calibratedlocal~8.9GBhow to run › Mage-Flow: An Efficient Native-Resolution Foundation Model for Image Generation and Editing
—Mage-Flow-Base Microsoftnot yet calibratedlocal~14GBhow to run › Mage-Flow: An Efficient Native-Resolution Foundation Model for Image Generation and Editing
—Mage-Flow-Turbo Microsoftnot yet calibratedlocal~8.9GBhow to run › Mage-Flow: An Efficient Native-Resolution Foundation Model for Image Generation and Editing
—MOSS-Image SFT OpenMOSSno reviewed resultsapi price unknownplatform.mosi.cn ↗

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