Ant's Ming-Image-0.1-Design tops open-weights UI/UX design on image leaderboard
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-09-24
Artificial Analysis' latest evals crown inclusionAI's Ming-Image-0.1-Design — a 6B text-to-image model from Ant Group's AI initiative — as the top open-weights model for UI/UX Design, ranking #17 of 81 overall in that category.
Key points:
- Built for UIs, infographics, posters and text-rich visuals; supports RGBA output with transparent backgrounds; MIT licence
- Evaluated at 2K resolution with 12 inference steps per inclusionAI's recommendation
- Highest-ranked open-weights model in Layout (#19/67) and Text Rendering (#23/65)
- Its UI/UX Design Elo sits 88 points above its overall Elo — the largest gap across 10 use cases
A notable open-source option for UI mockups, ad creatives and diagram-heavy workflows.
Related event: Ant Group Open-Sources 6B Ming-Image-0.1-Design, Tops Open UI Design Chart(15 posts)→
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