Muse Image
MetaProprietary
Muse Image is an AI image model from Meta. On LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard it ranks 9 of 82 with 1274±5 from 42,262 votes. On LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard it ranks 10 of 60 with 1398±4 from 164,982 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Meta
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- Jul 2026
Who it is for (from the data)
- Best-quality seekers: #9 of 82 on Text-to-image, in the top 10.
- Generating and editing images: it is ranked on both boards.
- Use via Meta's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
Neighbours on Text-to-image
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 Google | 1328 | 5,310 | 1176 | Proprietary | +54 |
| 7 |  Reve 2.1 Reve | 1302 | 8,249 | – | Proprietary | +28 |
| 8 |  Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (20260801) xAI | 1294 | 14,483 | – | Proprietary | +20 |
| 9 | Muse Image Meta | 1274 | 42,262 | 1127 | Proprietary | |
| 10 | Reve 2.0 Reve | 1269 | 15,773 | – | Proprietary | -5 |
| 11 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) [Web Search] Google | 1262 | 60,515 | – | Proprietary | -12 |
| 12 |  Seedream 5.0 Pro ByteDance | 1255 | 94,181 | 1100 | Proprietary | -19 |
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 Muse Image rank among AI image models?
Text-to-image rank 9 (1274); Image editing rank 10 (1398) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Muse Image open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Meta’s products or API.
Can Muse Image edit images?
Yes. Muse Image is #10 of 60 on the LMArena image-edit board (1398, 164,982 votes).
Who makes Muse Image?
According to LMArena, Muse Image is made by Meta.
How reliable is Muse Image's score?
The scores are based on 42,262 votes on Text-to-image (95% CI ±5); 164,982 votes on Image editing (95% CI ±4). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Muse Image from #1 on Text-to-image?
#1 on Text-to-image is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (1425); Muse Image scores 1274, 151 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.
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