DALL·E 3
LMArena ID: dall-e-3
OpenAIProprietary
DALL·E 3 is an AI image model from OpenAI. On LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard it ranks 79 of 82 with 968±4 from 238,743 votes. It is not on LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard yet. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), LMArena · Image editing, AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #79 of 82 on Text-to-image, in the bottom half; if quality matters most, check higher-ranked models first.
- Mainly text-to-image: no image-edit results yet.
- Use via OpenAI's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing OpenAI users: this vendor has 7 models on Text-to-image.
Neighbours on Text-to-image
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 |  GLM Image Z.ai | 1012 | 4,854 | 885 | MIT | +44 |
| 77 |  Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image Generation Google | 975 | 257,227 | – | Proprietary | +7 |
| 78 |  FLUX 1 Dev FP8 Black Forest Labs | 969 | 49,221 | – | Open | +1 |
| 79 | DALL·E 3 OpenAI | 968 | 238,743 | – | Proprietary | |
| 80 | FLUX 1 Kontext Dev Black Forest Labs | 941 | 216,225 | – | flux-1-dev-non-commercial-license | -27 |
| 81 | ?Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | 938 | 23,396 | – | Open | -30 |
| 82 |  BAGEL ByteDance | 898 | 12,363 | 594 | Apache 2.0 | -70 |
Alternatives · More from OpenAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst OpenAI | 1425 | 17,752 | 1222 | Proprietary |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Flare OpenAI | 1398 | 16,889 | 1207 | Proprietary |
| 3 | GPT Image 2 (Medium) OpenAI | 1383 | 93,334 | 1186 | Proprietary |
| 17 | GPT Image 1.5 High Fidelity OpenAI | 1237 | 169,927 | – | Proprietary |
| 49 | GPT Image 1 OpenAI | 1116 | 268,453 | 1013 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 |  Qwen Image 2.1 Alibaba | 1223 | 11,441 | 1042 | qwen-research |
| 20 |  Ideogram 4.0 Quality Ideogram | 1205 | 60,591 | – | Ideogram Open Model |
| 27 |  Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic) NVIDIA | 1165 | 10,805 | – | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| 33 | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image NVIDIA | 1152 | 18,485 | – | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| 35 |  Hunyuan Image 3.0 Tencent | 1150 | 180,518 | 989 | tencent-hunyuan-community |
How to read the scores
- LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous images for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
- Text-to-image and image edit are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
- If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.
FAQ
Where does DALL·E 3 rank among AI image models?
Text-to-image rank 79 (968) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is DALL·E 3 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through OpenAI’s products or API.
Can DALL·E 3 edit images?
The LMArena image-edit board has no result for DALL·E 3 yet, so we cannot confirm its editing ability from the data.
Who makes DALL·E 3?
According to LMArena, DALL·E 3 is made by OpenAI.
How reliable is DALL·E 3's score?
The scores are based on 238,743 votes on Text-to-image (95% CI ±4). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is DALL·E 3 from #1 on Text-to-image?
#1 on Text-to-image is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (1425); DALL·E 3 scores 968, 457 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-image data published on Oct 7, 2026.
LMArena Image editing data published on Oct 20, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 26, 2026.
Price, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.