Is GPT Image 1 SOTA? It used to be

Q: Is GPT Image 1 state of the art?

It used to be. Was SOTA in Image generation. As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 1 from OpenAI. Was SOTA in Image generation. Was SOTA in Image edit from 2025-06-24 to 2025-09-18. Currently ranked #8.

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Is GPT Image 1 state of the art?

It used to be.Was SOTA in Image generation.

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 1 from OpenAI. Was SOTA in Image generation. Was SOTA in Image edit from 2025-06-24 to 2025-09-18. Currently ranked #8.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 14, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium

Image generationWas SOTA#9 · 496d Image editWas SOTA#8 · 477d

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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Was SOTA in Image generation from 2025-06-05 to 2026-04-23. Currently ranked #9.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot

Source	Score	Date	Type	Receipt
LMArena Text-to-Image gpt-image-1	1115.5957480756792 1112.5–1118.7	2026-10-07	INDEP.	snap_a32ae245c60f
LMArena Image Edit gpt-image-1	1138.704678067326 1136.0–1141.4	2026-10-06	INDEP.	snap_305af53061c7

Reign history

Where it sits in the succession

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Image generation

Flux 1 Dev Fp8

GPT Image 1

GPT Image 2

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

Image edit

GPT Image 1

Qwen Image Edit

Qwen Image Edit 2511

GPT Image 2

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

Honest about the gaps

Where it is not the crown

Category	This model	Why
Image generation	Was SOTA	Was SOTA in Image generation from 2025-06-05 to 2026-04-23. Currently ranked #9.
Image edit	Was SOTA	Was SOTA in Image edit from 2025-06-24 to 2025-09-18. Currently ranked #8.