GPT Image 2 API leads on human preference — 1338 vs 1145 Elo (#1 of 155 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Imagineart 1.5 Previewimagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-imagevs
GPT Image 2 API✓openai/gpt-image-2| Human-preference Elo | 1145 | 1338 |
| Arena rank | #46 of 155 | #1 of 155 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, GPT Image 2 API currently rates higher (1338 vs 1145 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 — Imagineart 1.5 Preview (imagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-image) and GPT Image 2 API (openai/gpt-image-2).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.