Wan 2.6 T2I
LMArena ID: wan2.6-t2i
AlibabaProprietary
Wan 2.6 T2I is an AI image model from Alibaba. On LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard it ranks 41 of 82 with 1137±3 from 233,292 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 | 1146 | 77,988 | – | flux-non-commercial-license | +9 |
| 39 |  Seedream 4 2K ByteDance | 1140 | 12,562 | – | Proprietary | +3 |
| 40 | Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance | 1138 | 129,950 | 1017 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 41 | Wan 2.6 T2I Alibaba | 1137 | 233,292 | – | Proprietary | |
| 42 |  Recraft V4.1 Pro Recraft | 1133 | 2,795 | – | Proprietary | -4 |
| 43 |  Imagen 4.0 Generate 001 Google | 1129 | 539,732 | – | Proprietary | -8 |
| 44 | Qwen Image 2512 Alibaba | 1125 | 98,288 | – | Apache 2.0 | -12 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Qwen Image 3.0 Pro Alibaba | 1255 | 11,440 | 1095 | Proprietary |
| 19 | Qwen Image 2.1 Alibaba | 1223 | 11,441 | 1042 | qwen-research |
| 21 | Qwen Image 2.0 Pro 2026-06-22 Alibaba | 1192 | 13,096 | – | Proprietary |
| 44 | Qwen Image 2512 Alibaba | 1125 | 98,288 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 48 | Wan 2.5 T2I Preview Alibaba | 1116 | 279,229 | – | Proprietary |
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 Wan 2.6 T2I rank among AI image models?
Text-to-image rank 41 (1137) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Wan 2.6 T2I open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Alibaba’s products or API.
Can Wan 2.6 T2I edit images?
The LMArena image-edit board has no result for Wan 2.6 T2I yet, so we cannot confirm its editing ability from the data.
Who makes Wan 2.6 T2I?
According to LMArena, Wan 2.6 T2I is made by Alibaba.
How reliable is Wan 2.6 T2I's score?
The scores are based on 233,292 votes on Text-to-image (95% CI ±3). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Wan 2.6 T2I from #1 on Text-to-image?
#1 on Text-to-image is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (1425); Wan 2.6 T2I scores 1137, 288 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 –.