# Best open-weights AI model for image generation — October 2026

As of Oct 15, 2026, Ideogram 4.0 Quality is state of the art in Image generation, open weights (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena Text-to-Image; methodology v1.0).

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/image-gen?slice=open-weights

## Top 10

- #1 Ideogram 4.0 Quality
- #2 Cosmos3 Super Text2image
- #3 Qwen Image 2512
- #4 Hidream O1 Image
- #5 Z Image Turbo
- #6 Qwen Image Prompt Extend
- #7 Qwen Image
- #8 Flux 2 Klein 4B
- #9 GLM Image
- #10 Flux 1 Dev Fp8

## Crown changes

- Jun 5, 2026 — Image generation: Ideogram 4.0 Quality takes the crown
- Aug 28, 2025 — Image generation: Qwen Image Prompt Extend takes the crown
- Aug 14, 2025 — Image generation: Qwen Image takes the crown

## Weights

- LMArena Text-to-Image: primary, weight 1