#1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Arena 1524 1518–1529, 59,825 votes · median $0.024 · Arena #1 · #1 among models priced here · also GPT Image 2.5 Flare, GPT Image 2
Best AI image editing models (Oct 2026)
The best image models for AI image editing models in Oct 2026 are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, Seedream 5 Pro, ranked by Arena.
#2 Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Arena 1439 1431–1448, 11,589 votes · median $0.080 · Arena #4 · #2 among models priced here · also Grok Imagine Image Quality, Grok Imagine Image
#3 Seedream 5 Pro
Arena 1394 1390–1397, 282,865 votes · median $0.041 · Arena #10 · #3 among models priced here · also Seedream 4.5, Seedream 4
Also consider
| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gemini 3 Pro Image | 1390 (1387–1392) | $0.140 | Arena #12 · #4 among priced · tied with #3 |
| 3 | Nano Banana Pro | 1386 (1383–1389) | $0.130 | Arena #15 · #5 among priced · tied with #3 |
| 6 | Qwen Image 2.1 | 1369 (1363–1375) | $0.040 | Arena #18 · #6 among priced |
How this list is ranked
Image-editing models ranked on Arena's image-edit board. Arena image-edit overall preference. It does not measure identity preservation across a long series. 8 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 |