GPT-Image 1.5 leads on human preference — 1263 vs 1155 Elo (#6 of 150 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1263 | 1155 |
| Arena rank | #6 of 150 | #41 of 150 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, GPT-Image 1.5 currently rates higher (1263 vs 1155 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — GPT-Image 1.5 (fal-ai/gpt-image-1.5) and Ideogram V4.0q Text to Image (LoRA) (ideogram/v4/lora).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.