#1 GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Arena 1472 1461–1482, 5,909 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 text, typography and posters (Oct 2026)
The best image models for text, typography and posters in Oct 2026 are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, Nano Banana 2.1, ranked by Arena.
#2 Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Arena 1356 1336–1377, 911 votes · median $0.080 · Arena #6 · #2 among models priced here
#2 Nano Banana 2.1
Arena 1363 1347–1378, 1,598 votes · median $0.037 · Arena #5 · #3 among models priced here · tied with #2 (intervals overlap) · also Nano Banana Pro
Also consider
| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Seedream 5 Pro | 1255 (1249–1261) | $0.041 | Arena #16 · #4 among priced |
| 4 | Qwen Image 2.1 | 1252 (1242–1262) | $0.040 | Arena #19 · #5 among priced · tied with #4 |
| 6 | FLUX 2 Flex | 1172 (1167–1177) | $0.055 | Arena #28 · #6 among priced |
How this list is ranked
Text-to-image models ranked on Arena's text-rendering category. Human preference on prompts Arena classified as text rendering. It does not measure print colour accuracy. 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 |