Wan 2.6
AlibabaProprietary
Wan 2.6 is an AI image model from Alibaba. On LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard it ranks 41 of 82 with 1138±3 from 247,795 votes. It is not on LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard yet. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), LMArena · Image editing, AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- Solid quality with room to choose: #41 of 82 on Text-to-image, in the top half.
- Mainly text-to-image: no image-edit results yet.
- Use via Alibaba's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing Alibaba users: this vendor has 11 models on Text-to-image.
Neighbours on Text-to-image
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 |  FLUX.2 [dev] Black Forest Labs | 1145 | 77,975 | 1000 | flux-non-commercial-license | +7 |
| 39 |  Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance | 1140 | 141,120 | 1017 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 40 | Seedream 4.0 (2K) ByteDance | 1139 | 12,563 | – | Proprietary | +1 |
| 41 | Wan 2.6 Alibaba | 1138 | 247,795 | – | Proprietary | |
| 42 |  Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft | 1131 | 2,796 | – | Proprietary | -7 |
| 43 |  Imagen 4 (generate-001) Google | 1128 | 539,657 | – | Proprietary | -10 |
| 44 |  Krea 2 Medium Krea | 1128 | 69,957 | 1012 | Proprietary | -10 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro Alibaba | 1254 | 11,444 | 1095 | Proprietary |
| 19 | Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba | 1225 | 19,604 | 1042 | qwen-research |
| 21 | Qwen-Image-2.0-Pro (2026-06-22) Alibaba | 1191 | 13,092 | – | Proprietary |
| 45 | Qwen-Image (2512) Alibaba | 1125 | 98,272 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 46 | Wan 2.5 Preview Alibaba | 1117 | 290,257 | – | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba | 1225 | 19,604 | 1042 | qwen-research |
| 20 |  Ideogram 4.0 (Quality) Ideogram | 1200 | 72,865 | 1026 | Ideogram Open Model |
| 27 |  Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (Agentic) NVIDIA | 1164 | 10,803 | 993 | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| 33 |  HunyuanImage 3.0 Tencent | 1151 | 180,498 | 932 | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 34 | Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image NVIDIA | 1151 | 18,480 | 985 | OpenMDW-1.1 |
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 Wan 2.6 rank among AI image models?
Text-to-image rank 41 (1138) (LMArena, data as of Oct 27, 2026).
Is Wan 2.6 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Alibaba’s products or API.
Can Wan 2.6 edit images?
The LMArena image-edit board has no result for Wan 2.6 yet, so we cannot confirm its editing ability from the data.
Who makes Wan 2.6?
According to LMArena, Wan 2.6 is made by Alibaba.
How reliable is Wan 2.6's score?
The scores are based on 247,795 votes on Text-to-image (95% CI ±3). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Wan 2.6 from #1 on Text-to-image?
#1 on Text-to-image is GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst (1427); Wan 2.6 scores 1138, 289 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-image data published on Oct 26, 2026.
LMArena Image editing data published on Oct 26, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 27, 2026.
Price, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.