GPT Image 2 Tops Text Rendering, Nano Banana Offers Best Value
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-08-08
Artificial Analysis has opened voting for the Text to Image Arena and released a new leaderboard specifically evaluating models' Text Rendering capabilities, which includes generating legible long text, small text, symbols, and artistic lettering.
Key rankings:
- GPT Image 2 ranks #1, followed by Reve 2.1 at #2.
- Nano Banana 2 offers the best value in the top 3, costing only $67 per 1,000 images, significantly cheaper than the $200+ rates of its peers.
The report notes that text rendering has one of the widest quality gaps among all measured capabilities, spanning 178 Elo points.
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