Historical Performance — Images

90-day score trends for top image generation AI models. Track composite score changes, model entry dates, and key events that impacted rankings.

Score Trends

Rank	Model	Provider	Score	30d	60d	90d
#1	GPT-5 Image	OpenAI	95.8	-0.1	+2.8	+5.0
#2	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)	Google	87.6	+3.5	+4.4	+3.9
#3	GPT-5 Image Mini	OpenAI	79.2	+0.4	+1.5	+3.2
#4	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)	Google	69.4	+0.8	-0.6	+3.4
#5	Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)	Google	63.4	+0.2	+0.9	+2.6

Date Entered	Model	Provider	Entry Rank	Current Rank
2025-11-15	Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)	Google	#6	#5
2025-10-23	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)	Google	#7	#4
2025-10-10	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)	Google	#11	#2
2025-09-23	GPT-5 Image	OpenAI	#1	#1
2025-08-19	GPT-5 Image Mini	OpenAI	#7	#3

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2026-02-01versionStable Diffusion 4 introduced with architectural overhaul

2026-01-20versionImagen 4 launched by Google with text rendering improvements

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2025-11-15versionMidjourney v6.5 update with improved hand and text generation