LMArena Text to Image leaderboard
- models measured
- 3
- lead over #2
- +78 Elo
- median
- 1250
Leader on LMArena Text to Image · read October 21
On October 21, 2026, 3 of our catalog's models had a LMArena Text to Image result, and Google Nano Banana 2.1 led with 1328, ahead of Google Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) at 1250.
Prompts that ask for an image; people compare the two images. People ask a question, compare two anonymous answers and vote for the better one; the rating is built from those votes, as LMArena publishes it.
Role in the index
LMArena Text to Image is shown as published and does not feed any of our indexes. Read the methodology
| # | Model | Result | Votes | Interval (±) | Evidence | Coding index | Output $/Mtok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nano Banana 2.1Google | 1328 | 5,310 | ±8.8 | Not benchmarked | $7.50 | |
| 2 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google | 1250 | 17,804 | ±6.0 | Not benchmarked | $1.50 | |
| 3 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google | 1234 | 86,464 | ±4.9 | Not benchmarked | $12.00 |
Only models in our catalog are listed, and each appears once with its best published run. 184 rows were read from the source on October 21, 2026, and rows that match no catalog model are left out. Every other column is a figure the board publishes for the same run.