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Edit images: the best AI models in October 2026

As of Oct 09, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst leads the “Edit images” ranking, ahead of GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2 (medium).

No model with open weights appears in this ranking.

Updated Oct 09, 2026, 16:45 UTC

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Edit images ranking

Elo from anonymous head-to-head user votes, as of Oct 06, 2026. ± is the uncertainty range: models whose ranges overlap are practically tied.

Edit images ranking
RankModelLicenceEloVotes · Via API
1GPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAIProprietary1,524 ±559,825 Votes · available via API
2GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAIProprietary1,481 ±557,408 Votes · available via API
3GPT Image 2 (medium)OpenAIProprietary1,462 ±3305,825 Votes · available via API
4Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (canvas)xAIProprietary1,439 ±911,589 Votes · available via API
5MAI Image 2.6MicrosoftProprietary1,428 ±551,384 Votes · available via API
6Gemini Nano Banana 2.1GoogleProprietary1,428 ±612,985 Votes · available via API
7Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (20260801)xAIProprietary1,425 ±550,427 Votes · available via API
8Muse ImageMetaProprietary1,403 ±4142,644 Votes · available via API
9MAI Image 2.5MicrosoftProprietary1,401 ±4190,081 Votes · available via API
10Seedream 5.0 ProByteDanceProprietary1,394 ±3282,865 Votes · available via API
11Grok Imagine Image Quality (20260519)xAIProprietary1,391 ±638,195 Votes · available via API
12Gemini 3 Pro Image 2K (nano-banana-pro)GoogleProprietary1,390 ±3651,674 Votes
13Chatgpt Image Latest High Fidelity (20251216)OpenAIProprietary1,389 ±3629,464 Votes
14Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2) [web-search]GoogleProprietary1,387 ±3229,782 Votes · available via API
15Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview (nano-banana-pro)GoogleProprietary1,386 ±3540,775 Votes · available via API

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