Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519)
xAIProprietary
Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) is an AI image model from xAI. It is not on LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard yet. On LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard it ranks 12 of 60 with 1391±6 from 38,207 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- xAI
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), LMArena · Text-to-image, AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- Solid quality with room to choose: #12 of 60 on Image editing, in the top half.
- Mainly image editing: no text-to-image results yet.
- Use via xAI's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing xAI users: this vendor has 4 models on Image editing.
Neighbours on Image editing
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  MAI-Image-2.5 Microsoft AI | 1400 | 190,119 | 1127 | Proprietary | +9 |
| 10 |  Muse Image Meta | 1398 | 164,982 | 1129 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 11 |  Seedream 5.0 Pro ByteDance | 1391 | 307,763 | 1131 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 12 | Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) xAI | 1391 | 38,207 | – | Proprietary | |
| 13 |  Gemini 3 Pro Image (nano-banana-pro, 2K) Google | 1390 | 676,298 | – | Proprietary | -1 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2, Web Search) Google | 1387 | 253,535 | – | Proprietary | -4 |
| 15 |  ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) OpenAI | 1387 | 651,019 | – | Proprietary | -4 |
Alternatives · More from xAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Grok Imagine Image 2.0 xAI | 1439 | 30,542 | – | Proprietary |
| 7 | Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (20260801) xAI | 1415 | 76,730 | – | Proprietary |
| 23 | Grok Imagine Image xAI | 1329 | 792,122 | – | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 |  Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba | 1362 | 36,713 | 1081 | qwen-research |
| 29 |  HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct Tencent | 1302 | 331,438 | 1063 | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 38 | Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba | 1241 | 2,021,780 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 40 | Qwen-Image-Edit (2511) Alibaba | 1233 | 485,092 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 43 |  FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Black Forest Labs | 1224 | 540,679 | 1015 | flux-non-commercial-license |
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 Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) rank among AI image models?
Image editing rank 12 (1391) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through xAI’s products or API.
Who makes Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519)?
According to LMArena, Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) is made by xAI.
How reliable is Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519)'s score?
The scores are based on 38,207 votes on Image editing (95% CI ±6). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) from #1 on Image editing?
#1 on Image editing is GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst (1514); Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) scores 1391, 123 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 –.