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Model Arena

Objective AI image model comparisons with ELO rankings. Same prompt, multiple models, judged by our panel of 3 AI critics.

View All 10 Battles

10

Total Battles

17

Active Models

3

AI Judges

170

Images Judged

ELO Leaderboard

Rankings based on head-to-head performance

Period:

Rank	Model	ELO	Win Rate	W/P/B	Avg Score	Avg Speed	Trend
1	DALL-E 3 OpenAI	1708	30%	3 / 7 / 10	424 /500	19.9s
2	Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra Black Forest Labs	1602	10%	1 / 3 / 10	415 /500	11.7s
3	Luma Photon Luma AI	1591	10%	1 / 3 / 10	421 /500	17.0s
4	Imagen 4 Google	1572	30%	3 / 4 / 10	418 /500	10.5s
5	Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI	1560	10%	1 / 1 / 10	417 /500	13.0s
6	Nano Banana Pro Google	1539	0%	0 / 2 / 10	416 /500	69.9s
7	Playground v2.5 Playground AI	1533	0%	0 / 1 / 10	412 /500	13.8s
8	Flux 1.1 Pro Black Forest Labs	1504	0%	0 / 2 / 10	413 /500	7.3s
9	Nano Banana Google	1497	10%	1 / 3 / 10	407 /500	9.1s
10	Luma Photon Flash Luma AI	1488	0%	0 / 2 / 10	416 /500	14.4s
11	MiniMax Image-01 MiniMax	1487	0%	0 / 1 / 10	413 /500	24.1s
12	Ideogram v2 Ideogram	1459	0%	0 / 1 / 10	415 /500	21.3s
13	SD 3.5 Large Turbo Stability AI	1453	0%	0 / 1 / 10	415 /500	3.9s
14	Recraft V3 Recraft	1425	10%	1 / 2 / 10	412 /500	7.3s
15	Ideogram v2 Turbo Ideogram	1424	0%	0 / 2 / 10	413 /500	15.5s
16	Flux Schnell Black Forest Labs	1346	0%	0 / 0 / 10	408 /500	1.4s
17	Stable Diffusion XL Stability AI	1312	0%	0 / 0 / 10	409 /500	6.7s

W = Wins (1st place) P = Podiums (top 3) B = Battles

ELO calculated from 10 battles • Last updated: 2/24/2026

Our Judges

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Marcus Chen

The Technical Perfectionist

Elena Vasquez

The Creative Spirit

Kenji Nakamura

The Balanced Critic

Highlights

Top Ranked

DALL-E 3

ELO 1708 • 3 wins

Fastest

Flux Schnell

1.1s

Best Value

Playground v2.5

2,150,000 pts/$

Recent Battles

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2/17/2026 3d artistic

Retrofuturistic 1960s space station interior, curved white surfaces, orange accent furniture, HAL 9000 aesthetic

2/13/2026 photorealistic artistic

Haunted Victorian mansion on stormy hill, lightning flash, twisted dead trees, gothic horror atmosphere

1st: Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra

2/13/2026 anime artistic

Anime style magical girl transformation sequence, sparkles and ribbons, dynamic pose, pastel color palette with pink and lavender accents

How Arena Works

1

Same Prompt

Every model receives the exact same prompt.

2

Parallel Generation

All models generate simultaneously.

3

3-Judge Panel

Three AI judges rate each image independently.

4

ELO Rankings

Head-to-head results update ELO scores.