GPT Image 2 API leads on human preference — 1339 vs 1122 Elo (#1 of 149 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1122 | 1339 |
| Arena rank | — | #1 of 149 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, GPT Image 2 API currently rates higher (1339 vs 1122 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 — Ideogram Text to Image (fal-ai/ideogram/v3) and GPT Image 2 API (openai/gpt-image-2).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.