Kling Image O1
Kling (Kuaishou)Proprietary
Kling Image O1 is an AI image model from Kling (Kuaishou). It is not on LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard yet. On LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard it ranks 36 of 60 with 1250±4 from 143,646 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Kling (Kuaishou)
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- Dec 2025
Not yet available: LMArena · Text-to-image
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #36 of 60 on Image editing, in the bottom half; if quality matters most, check higher-ranked models first.
- Mainly image editing: no text-to-image results yet.
- Use via Kling (Kuaishou)'s service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
Neighbours on Image editing
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 |  Seedream 4.0 (2K) ByteDance | 1267 | 210,030 | – | Proprietary | +17 |
| 34 |  FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs | 1261 | 375,802 | – | Proprietary | +11 |
| 35 |  Reve v1.1 Reve | 1261 | 672,619 | – | Proprietary | +11 |
| 36 | Kling Image O1 Kling (Kuaishou) | 1250 | 143,646 | 944 | Proprietary | |
| 37 | FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs | 1247 | 663,378 | – | Proprietary | -3 |
| 38 |  Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba | 1241 | 2,021,780 | – | Apache 2.0 | -9 |
| 39 | Reve v1 Reve | 1235 | 395,141 | 987 | Proprietary | -15 |
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 Kling Image O1 rank among AI image models?
Image editing rank 36 (1250) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Kling Image O1 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Kling (Kuaishou)’s products or API.
Who makes Kling Image O1?
According to LMArena, Kling Image O1 is made by Kling (Kuaishou).
How reliable is Kling Image O1's score?
The scores are based on 143,646 votes on Image editing (95% CI ±4). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Kling Image O1 from #1 on Image editing?
#1 on Image editing is GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst (1514); Kling Image O1 scores 1250, 264 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 –.