GLM Image
LMArena ID: glm-image
Z.aiOpenMIT
GLM Image is an AI image model from Z.ai. On LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard it ranks 76 of 82 with 1012±9 from 4,854 votes. It is not on LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard yet. License: MIT.
Key figures
- Developer
- Z.ai
- License
- MIT
- Released (per AA)
- Jan 2026
Not yet available: LMArena · Image editing
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #76 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.
- Self-hosting or on-premise use: LMArena lists its license as MIT.
Neighbours on Text-to-image
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 |  FLUX 1.1 Pro Black Forest Labs | 1016 | 70,460 | – | Proprietary | +4 |
| 74 |  Ideogram V2 Ideogram | 1013 | 72,090 | – | Proprietary | +1 |
| 75 | LLucid Origin Leonardo.Ai | 1013 | 287,341 | – | Proprietary | +1 |
| 76 | GLM Image Z.ai | 1012 | 4,854 | 885 | MIT | |
| 77 |  Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image Generation Google | 975 | 257,227 | – | Proprietary | -37 |
| 78 | FLUX 1 Dev FP8 Black Forest Labs | 969 | 49,221 | – | Open | -43 |
| 79 |  DALL·E 3 OpenAI | 968 | 238,743 | – | Proprietary | -44 |
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 GLM Image rank among AI image models?
Text-to-image rank 76 (1012) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is GLM Image open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as MIT (not proprietary); check the license text for commercial-use terms.
Can GLM Image edit images?
The LMArena image-edit board has no result for GLM Image yet, so we cannot confirm its editing ability from the data.
Who makes GLM Image?
According to LMArena, GLM Image is made by Z.ai.
How reliable is GLM Image's score?
The scores are based on 4,854 votes on Text-to-image (95% CI ±9). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is GLM Image from #1 on Text-to-image?
#1 on Text-to-image is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (1425); GLM Image scores 1012, 413 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 –.