Image generation · Oct 14, 2026
Who is SOTA in Image edit?
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Instruction-guided image editing preference from LMArena. 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).
| # | Model | State | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI | SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 2 | OGPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI | Near-SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 3 | OGPT Image 2 OpenAI | Near-SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 4 | MSMai Image 2.5 Microsoft | #4 in Image edit | medium |
| 5 | QQwen Image Edit Alibaba / Qwen | Was SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 6 | QQwen Image Edit 2511 Alibaba / Qwen | Was SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 7 | BFFlux 2 Klein 4B bfl | #7 in Image edit | medium |
| 8 | OGPT Image 1 OpenAI | Was SOTA · Image edit | medium |
| 9 | BBagel ByteDance | #9 in Image edit | medium |
| 10 | STStep1x Edit stepfun | #10 in Image edit | medium |
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What can move this crown
- LMArena Image Edit — primary, weight 1
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.