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Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview is a closed-weights image model from Alibaba, released September 2025.

Model information sources

Release date ↗

59.0±2.5#46 of 144 image modelsfrom 1 benchmark result across 1 source* thinly tested, treat the rank as provisional

Score within the LMArena text-to-image comparison set only.

$ how it compares

The image models ranked either side of Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview, out of 197 with a score, then more from Alibaba.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
51Krea 2 Medium Krea60±3api $0.030/image2026-05
52Imagen 4 Google59±2api $0.040/image2025-05
53Wan 2.5 Text-to-Image Preview Alibaba59±3api $0.030/image2025-09
54Recraft V4 Recraft59±3api $0.040/image2026-02
55FireRed-Image-Edit-1.1 FireRedTeam (Xiaohongshu)59±4comparison only2026-03
more from Alibaba
11Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba75±2api $0.040/image2026-07
18Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba69±2local~12GB2026-09
20Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) Alibaba67±2api $0.075/image2026-06

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$ what it's good at

text to image▂▅▅▃▄▄█▃▁▂▁▁ #43 of 126 * · 97% of its score · 1 test

Beats Wan 2.7 Image here, though they rank higher overall. Trails FLUX.2 [dev] here, though they rank lower overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
LMArena text-to-image1115.6 ✎▂▂▃▄▇█▄▂▄▂·▂ beats 31/75avg 1027▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 97%typical

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · $0.030/image · www.alibabacloud.com ↗ · price sourceUSD per output image, Singapore (international) deployment; only output is billed; China (Beijing) lists $0.028671. Free quota and promotions excluded. Product: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio image generation. API model: wan2.5-t2i-preview. Settings: region=Singapore (international), n=1. Price basis: published list rate. Currency: USD. Alibaba Cloud official model pricing page, observed 2026-09-26.

$ how the score was worked out · LMArena leaderboard dataset 97%

Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works

sourceresultsshare of the scorelicence
LMArena leaderboard dataset1▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 97%CC BY 4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇ 3%
weighted average= 59.0

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