Arena Ranks Ideogram 4.0 Quality as Top Open Image Model

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Jun 4, 2026 · Updated Jun 20, 2026

Arena.ai has placed Ideogram 4.0 Quality at number eight on its Text-to-Image leaderboard with an Elo score of 1,204. The ranking establishes the model as the highest-rated open-weights system, rivaling proprietary performance from Google and OpenAI.

Arena.ai has ranked Ideogram 4.0 Quality as the top open-weight model in its Text-to-Image Arena, validating the Ideogram 4.0 launch. Debuting at number eight overall, the model achieved an Elo score of 1,204 through blind human-preference testing. It shows its largest gains over previous generations in Text Rendering and Product, Branding & Commercial Design.

Model: Ideogram 4.0 Quality
Arena Rank: 8 overall
Open Rank: 1
Elo Score: 1204
Largest Gains: Text Rendering, Branding & Commercial Design
Approaches: Google Nano Banana Pro

The ranking unseats HiDream-O1-Image-Dev as the top open-weights system. While GPT Image 2 still leads the overall leaderboard, Ideogram 4.0 Quality now approaches the performance of Google's Nano Banana Pro.

You can access Ideogram 4.0 Quality via the Ideogram AI platform today, or through the fal integration. As an open-weight model, it supports local execution and fine-tuning (adapting a model to specific tasks with custom data). The model is available for download and included in all standard subscription plans.

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@arenaJun 3

New open model Ideogram-4.0-Quality has landed at #8 in the Text-to-Image Arena. This makes the new model by @ideogram_ai the #1 open model in that arena! Scoring 1204, this open model approaches the performance of Nano Banana Pro. Congrats to the @ideogram_ai team on this release!

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