Qwen-Image-2.1 Tops Open-Source Arena, Closing In on GPT-Image

Alibaba's Qwen-Image-2.1 ranks first among open-source models on both LMArena's text-to-image and image edit arenas, scoring 1228 and trailing GPT-Image by only a few points.

2026-09-22 ~ 2026-09-23 · 2 related posts

• Qwen-Image-2.1 Tops Open Text-to-Image Arena at 1228 pts, Just 11 Behind GPT-Image — arena · 2026-09-22
• Qwen-Image-2.1 Tops Open-Source Ranks in Both Image Arenas, 3 Pts From GPT-Image — Alibaba_Qwen · 2026-09-23