Best · Best AI model for image edit — October 2026

Best AI model for image edit — October 2026

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is state of the art in Image edit (since Sep 22, 2026; sources LMArena Image Edit; methodology v1.0).

Category board for Image edit

Top 10

Ranks

  1. #1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
  2. #2 GPT Image 2.5 Flare
  3. #3 GPT Image 2
  4. #4 Mai Image 2.5
  5. #5 Qwen Image Edit
  6. #6 Qwen Image Edit 2511
  7. #7 Flux 2 Klein 4B
  8. #8 GPT Image 1
  9. #9 Bagel
  10. #10 Step1x Edit
Recent crowns

Last crown changes

  • Sep 22, 2026 — Image edit: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst takes the crown
  • Apr 23, 2026 — Image edit: GPT Image 2 takes the crown
  • Jan 9, 2026 — Image edit: Qwen Image Edit 2511 takes the crown
Weights

Which benchmarks count

Who is SOTA in Image edit?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is state of the art in Image edit (since Sep 22, 2026; sources LMArena Image Edit; methodology v1.0).

Since when is the Image edit crown current?

The current crown in Image edit has held since Sep 22, 2026.