Reve 2.1 leads on human preference — 1325 vs 1176 Elo (#2 of 146 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1176 | 1325 |
| Arena rank | #50 of 146 | #2 of 146 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Reve 2.1 currently rates higher (1325 vs 1176 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 — Hidream O1 Image (fal-ai/hidream-o1-image/dev) and Reve 2.1 (reve/2.1/text-to-image).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.