AA Image Edit
In plain words · Which AI edited pictures the way people preferred (Artificial Analysis)
- What does it measure?
- A ranking of how well an AI edits an existing picture as instructed. It works like the Arena Intelligence image edit ranking but uses a separate pool of votes from another organization.
- Who evaluates it, and how?
- In the Image Editing Arena of independent evaluator Artificial Analysis, two anonymous AIs’ edits of the same image with the same instruction are shown, and the choice is scored Elo-style.
- Reading the score
- This is a head-to-head record, not an exam score. There is no maximum; a 100-point gap means the leader is preferred about 64% of the time. When an AI has several quality settings, the setting with the most samples is shown, and AIs with few samples can swing widely. The scale differs from Arena Intelligence, so do not compare the numbers directly. Values in this table are currently about 900–1,200.
Rank
Top score1182GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Models tested23
Model release date (newest on the right)
Best score so farHigher on the chart is better
Which AI makes the images people prefer most?AA Text-to-Image
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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst🥇Which AI makes the videos people prefer most?AA Text-to-Video
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- 🥇OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst11971182—
- 🥈OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Flare11911162—
- 🥉MicrosoftMAI-Image-2.611511137—
- #4MicrosoftMAI-Image-2.6 Flash11061126—
- #5OpenAIGPT Image 211721122—
- #6MetaMuse Image11151118—
- #7MicrosoftMAI-Image-2.511041112—
- #8GoogleNano Banana 211251108—
- #9MicrosoftMAI-Image-2.5 Pro11001107—
- #9ByteDanceSeedream 5.0 Pro10811107—
- #11OpenAIGPT Image 1.511071102—
- #12GoogleNano Banana Pro11021099—
- #13xAIGrok Imagine Image Quality10451084—
- #14ByteDanceSeedream 5.0 Lite10121057—
- #15GoogleNano Banana 2 Lite10961045—
- #16ByteDanceSeedream 4.510231035—
- #17ByteDanceSeedream 4.010291013—
- #18Black Forest LabsFLUX.2 Pro10041007—
- #19Black Forest LabsFLUX.2 Flex10281006—
- #20Black Forest LabsFLUX.2 Max1020995—
- #21OpenAIGPT Image 11010979—
- #22Black Forest LabsFLUX.2 Klein 4B863948—
- #23OpenAIGPT Image 1 Mini917923—
Half of models ≤ 1099Measured by: User preference votesLast updated 2026-10-07
3 of the 7 AIs released in the last 60 days have no score here yet · Nano Banana 2.1, FLUX 3 Image, Hy Image 3.5 Preview
Source: Artificial Analysis Data sources & removal requestsWhat to keep in mind
- It’s a preference vote, not a check that the request was followed. A result that looks or sounds nicer can win even if it strays.
- Which requests got made depends on who voted — they may differ from your use.
- Scores labelled 'Self-reported' were published by the AI maker itself, not measured by a third party.