# Best AI model for image generation — October 2026

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is state of the art in Image generation (since Sep 24, 2026; sources LMArena Text-to-Image; methodology v1.0).

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/image-gen

## Top 10

- #1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
- #2 GPT Image 2.5 Flare
- #3 GPT Image 2
- #4 Mai Image 2.5
- #5 Ideogram 4.0 Quality
- #6 Cosmos3 Super Text2image
- #7 Qwen Image 2512
- #8 Hidream O1 Image
- #9 GPT Image 1
- #10 Z Image Turbo

## Crown changes

- Sep 24, 2026 — Image generation: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst takes the crown
- Apr 23, 2026 — Image generation: GPT Image 2 takes the crown
- Jun 5, 2025 — Image generation: GPT Image 1 takes the crown

## Weights

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