Is GPT Image 2 SOTA? Close

Q: Is GPT Image 2 state of the art?

Close. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #3. As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT Image 2 from OpenAI. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #3. Close in Image generation: rank #3, 100.0 percentile points behind the leader.

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VERIFIEDOct 132026

Is GPT Image 2 state of the art?

Close.Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #3.

As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT Image 2 from OpenAI. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #3. Close in Image generation: rank #3, 100.0 percentile points behind the leader.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium

Image generationNear-SOTA#3 · 0d Image editNear-SOTA#3 · 0d

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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Close in Image generation: rank #3, 100.0 percentile points behind the leader.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot

Source	Score	Date	Type	Receipt
LMArena Text-to-Image gpt-image-2 (medium)	1383.0374000262734 1379.0–1387.1	2026-10-07	INDEP.	snap_18dd575b9b7a
LMArena Image Edit gpt-image-2 (medium)	1461.743879388987 1458.6–1464.9	2026-10-06	INDEP.	snap_496a2069cef7

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Where it is not the crown

Category	This model	Why
Image generation	Near-SOTA	Close in Image generation: rank #3, 100.0 percentile points behind the leader.
Image edit	Near-SOTA	Close in Image edit: rank #3, 66.7 percentile points behind the leader.