#1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Arena 1419 1409–1429, 5,898 votes · median $0.024 · Arena #1 · #1 among models priced here · also GPT Image 2.5 Flare, GPT Image 2
Best AI image models for ads and marketing design (Oct 2026)
The best image models for ads and marketing design in Oct 2026 are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Nano Banana 2.1, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, ranked by Arena.
The top 3 for this use case are the same as the overall top 3. See the overall image list
#2 Nano Banana 2.1
Arena 1328 1314–1343, 1,681 votes · median $0.037 · Arena #6 · #2 among models priced here · also Nano Banana Pro
#2 Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Arena 1346 1325–1368, 785 votes · median $0.080 · Arena #4 · #3 among models priced here · tied with #2 (intervals overlap)
Also consider
| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Seedream 5 Pro | 1239 (1233–1245) | $0.041 | Arena #16 · #4 among priced |
| 4 | Qwen Image 2.1 | 1236 (1226–1245) | $0.040 | Arena #19 · #5 among priced · tied with #4 |
| 6 | FLUX 2 Flex | 1173 (1168–1178) | $0.055 | Arena #27 · #6 among priced |
How this list is ranked
Text-to-image models ranked on Arena's commercial-design category. Human preference on prompts Arena classified as commercial design. 7 qualified after family collapse. Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking.
Notable models we cannot rank
| Model | Reason |
|---|---|
| Ideogram 2a Turbo | no counted public price |
| Ideogram 3 | no counted public price |
| Qwen Image 3 | no counted public price |
| Seedream V5 Lite | no counted public price |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | no counted public price |
| Seedream 4.5 | no counted public price |
| Seedream 4 | no counted public price |
| Emu 3.5 Image Edit | no counted public price |
| ERNIE Image | no counted public price |
| ERNIE Image LoRA | no counted public price |
| ERNIE Image LoRA Turbo | no counted public price |
| ERNIE Image Turbo | no counted public price |