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FLUX.1 [schnell] Black Forest Labs Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI

Settled by community votes across 13 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

FLUX.1 [schnell]

18.7 arena score

#48 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Grok Imagine Image Pro

24.5 arena score

#17 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Shared challenges 13

Challenge by challenge

The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.

Geometric Composition

Text-to-Image

“A glass cube on a wooden table. Inside the cube is a small blue sphere. On top of the cube sits a red book. A green plant is behind the cube, partially visible through the glass. Soft window light from the left.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent lens-like refraction and reflections in the glass cube.
  • + Clean, minimalist aesthetic with high vibrancy.
  • Included extra objects not in the prompt (an additional blue sphere on top of the book).
  • The internal sphere appears to be floating unnaturally.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect adherence to all spatial instructions in the prompt.
  • + Realistic wood texture and convincing plant placement.
  • + Includes legible, relevant text on the book spine.
  • The glass is very thin, looking more like a tank than a solid glass cube.
  • Lighting is slightly flatter compared to the vibrancy of the other model.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro followed the prompt instructions perfectly, placing every object exactly as requested without adding extras. While FLUX.1 [schnell] produced a more striking visual with impressive refractive effects, it failed the prompt by adding a second blue sphere on top of the book.

Candid Street Photography

Text-to-Image

“A candid street photo of an elderly Japanese man repairing a red bicycle in light rain, reflections on wet pavement, shallow depth of field, 50mm lens, natural skin texture, imperfect framing, motion blur from passing cars, cinematic but realistic, no stylization.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent street atmosphere with realistic wet pavement reflections
  • + Accurate 50mm lens depth of field effect
  • + Strong natural skin texture and cinematic lighting
  • Lack of motion blur on the passing cars as requested in the prompt
  • The man is holding the handlebars rather than actively repairing the bike
  • The bike design has some anatomical errors like the chain guard and pedal area

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Successfully captured motion blur from passing cars
  • + Shows an actual repair action using a tool
  • + Great composition with excellent reflections in the puddles
  • The wrench being used is floating/not properly gripped by the fingers
  • Subtle AI artifacting on the bicycle spokes and rear wheel hub
  • The 'imperfect framing' request is not as evident, appearing quite centered and professional

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the winner for adhering to more prompt details, specifically the motion blur of cars and the actual 'repairing' action. While FLUX.1 [schnell] has slightly better skin textures and lighting, it failed to incorporate the requested motion blur and the subject appears to be merely standing with his bicycle rather than fixing it.

Fantasy Warrior

Text-to-Image

“Close portrait of a battle-worn paladin in ornate engraved plate armor, hair braided with small beads, faint scars and dirt on the skin, warm torchlight reflecting off metal, shallow depth of field, bokeh sparks, lifelike eyes, highly detailed texture on leather straps and cloth underlayer.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent close-up focus and skin micro-textures.
  • + Strong intensity in the character's expression and eye detail.
  • + Good use of shallow depth of field for professional photography feel.
  • Failed to include the specific 'beads' requested in the hair effectively.
  • Armor is mostly cropped out, making it hard to see the requested leather and cloth layers.
  • Overall composition is a bit too tight for a character study.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect adherence to specific details like hair beads, scars, and bokeh sparks.
  • + Exceptional armor engraving and legible Latin text ('Lux in tenebris').
  • + Clearly visible texture on the cloth underlayer and leather straps as requested.
  • The facial features look slightly smoothed over compared to the grit of Model A.
  • Lighting feels a bit more synthetic than Model A's naturalistic warmth.

Verdict: While FLUX.1 [schnell] creates a more visceral and realistic skin texture, Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner for prompt adherence. Grok successfully included the beads, specific armor details, and bokeh sparks that FLUX overlooked, while also adding impressive creative flourishes like legible engraving.

Modern Clean Menu

Text-to-Image

“Modern minimalist restaurant menu design, white background with colorful food photos in grid, sections for appetizers/pizza/mains, bold sans-serif fonts, vibrant accents, clean professional layout for casual dining.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Strong minimalist aesthetic with a clean white border.
  • + Includes sections for Appetizers, Pizza, and Mains as requested.
  • + Realistic food photography within the grid.
  • Text consists of unreadable gibberish and artifacts.
  • The section title 'ORFEFUS' is nonsensical.
  • The layout is less practical for a real menu with disorganized text placement.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to the grid layout with corresponding text descriptions.
  • + Legible headlines and mostly readable body text with prices.
  • + Highly vibrant and appetizing food photography that fits the 'vibrant accents' prompt.
  • The font is slightly more stylized/handwritten than the requested 'bold sans-serif'.
  • Minor typos in body text (e.g., 'pepperani', 'avucado').

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it provides a functional, organized menu layout that realistically pairs food photos with descriptive text. While FLUX.1 [schnell] captures a minimalist vibe, its reliance on gibberish text and nonsensical headers makes it unusable compared to the coherent structure of Grok's output.

Magic Burger Explosion: Fiery Photorealism Challenge

Text-to-Image

“Ad for 'Magic Burger'. Dynamic, exploded burger with all components (bun, patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sauce) suspended in mid-air. Emphasize photorealistic detail and a sense of motion. Dark, fiery background with glowing embers. Integrate text: 'MAGIC BURGER' as a prominent title, 'LIMITED TIME ONLY' as a secondary message, and '€6.99' in a starburst, all rendered with a fiery, glowing effect.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent photorealistic rendering of textures like the bun and patty.
  • + Creative background with realistic fire and embers.
  • Failed the 'exploded' instruction by keeping the burger mostly assembled.
  • Significant text errors, including missing letters ('AGIC') and price mangling ('€699').

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfectly followed the 'exploded' composition with separated layers.
  • + Accurate text rendering for all requested strings, including symbols.
  • + Excellent fiery text effects that match the prompt's aesthetic.
  • The sauce looks slightly more digital than the other food elements.
  • Small resolution artifact near the top of the 'M' in Magic.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it successfully executed the complex 'exploded burger' layout and accurately rendered all requested text elements without error. FLUX.1 [schnell] produced a high-quality image of a burger, but it failed to separate the layers as requested and struggled significantly with the typography and price logic.

Chalkboard Menu

Text-to-Image

“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board. Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’. Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’. At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’. Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Legible chalk-like texture
  • + Correctly identifies the year 2026
  • Significant spelling errors and nonsense words (e.g., 'Taffle Mushmnctionn', 'Pril')
  • Fails to render the elegant cursive style requested for the title
  • Layout is cluttered with repetitive and nonsensical text at the bottom

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent prompt adherence with near-perfect spelling for all menu items
  • + Beautiful chalk texture with realistic flourishes and smears on the board
  • + Accurately follows the request for elegant cursive handwriting for the title
  • The word 'Specials' has a slightly inconsistent slant compared to the rest of the title
  • Very minor ghosting artifact on the 'P' in 'April'

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro significantly outperforms FLUX.1 [schnell] by following the text requirements almost perfectly, including complex dish names and specific formatting requests like cursive titles. FLUX.1 [schnell] struggled with basic spelling and failed to interpret the specific stylistic requests for the handwriting.

The Reversed Rodeo

Text-to-Image

“Horse riding astronaut in space — horse on top, not vice versa. Surreal, highly detailed, cinematic.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI judge analysis unavailable for this challenge.

The Capybara Taxi Driver

Text-to-Image

“Photorealistic scene inside a yellow New York taxi at night. A capybara is driving, wearing a yellow taxi driver cap and a dark jacket. It has a calm, professional expression and both front paws on the steering wheel. In the back seat sits a human businesswoman in a coat, looking at her phone with a completely normal, bored expression (as if this is just another normal ride). Through the windows you can see the streets of Manhattan at night with blurred lights. Realistic taxi interior, photorealistic, detailed fur and fabric, 35mm lens, night lighting with reflections, shallow depth of field.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent fur texture and lighting on the capybara.
  • + Successfully captures the bored expression of the passenger.
  • + Strong bokeh effect in the background makes the scene feel cinematic.
  • The capybara's paw placement is clumsy with only one hand near the wheel.
  • The passenger appears to be sitting in the front passenger seat rather than the back seat.
  • The 'TAXI' text on the cap is slightly simplified.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect adherence to the instruction for 'both front paws on the steering wheel'.
  • + Correct spatial arrangement with the passenger clearly in the back seat.
  • + Highly realistic details like the NYC TLC medallion text on the cap.
  • The passenger's expression looks more sad or concerned than bored.
  • The lighting on the capybara's face is a bit flat compared to the surrounding environment.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner for its superior attention to the specific compositions requested, such as the paws being on the steering wheel and the passenger correctly positioned in the back seat. While FLUX.1 [schnell] has slightly more artistic lighting, it failed to place the passenger in the back and had less accurate paw interaction with the steering wheel.

The Halloween Invitation

Text-to-Image

“Vintage gothic Halloween party invitation. Dark parchment poster, spooky border with webs and thorns, central glowing jack-o-lantern, bats, twisted trees, moody night sky. Add elegant gothic title text saying "Halloween Party Invitation", a small scroll banner saying "You are invited to a night of frights", and event details at the bottom: Date: 30.10.2026 Time: 7pm Location: The Arches, NYC Spooky but polished, cinematic lighting, square format.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Strong cinematic lighting on the jack-o-lantern
  • + Clean graphic design layout
  • Numerous spelling and grammar errors in the text
  • Failed to include a traditional scroll banner or parchment effect

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect text rendering for all requested information
  • + Excellent implementation of the 'dark parchment' and 'thorns' border requested
  • + Sophisticated gothic atmosphere with high visual fidelity
  • The twisted trees are slightly repetitive in form

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro significantly outperformed FLUX.1 [schnell] by accurately rendering all requested text, following the parchment paper aesthetic, and providing a clean gothic layout. While FLUX.1 [schnell] had good lighting, it failed on the text and parchment requirements, producing several spelling errors and repetitive lines of data.

Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes

Text-to-Image

“Create a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of Japan's signature dish: sushi, with soft refined textures, realistic PBR materials, gentle lighting, on a small raised diorama base with minimal garnish and plate. Solid light blue background. At top-center: 'JAPAN' in large bold text, 'SUSHI' below it, small flag icon. Perfectly centered, ultra-clean, high-clarity, square format.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Excellent 3D isometric diorama execution with a clean base
  • + High-quality material rendering for the rice and fish
  • + Accurate follow-through on the 'minimal garnish' instruction
  • Failed to include the word 'SUSHI' under 'JAPAN'
  • The sushi roll presentation is slightly unusual with the cucumber positioning

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect adherence to all text requirements including 'JAPAN', 'SUSHI', and flag icon
  • + Very clean, uniform 3D cartoon art style across a variety of sushi types
  • + Excellent composition with balanced color and shapes
  • The circular base is less like an 'isometric diorama base' compared to the square base in the other model
  • Rice grains look a bit like uniform plastic spheres rather than soft rice textures

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the winner because it followed all text prompts perfectly, including the secondary text 'SUSHI' which FLUX.1 [schnell] missed. While FLUX.1 [schnell] had a more interesting diorama base and slightly more realistic textures, Grok's overall adherence to the graphic design elements and variety of sushi made for a more complete response to the prompt.

Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow

Text-to-Image

“Hyper-photorealistic scene of fluffy baby animals—a golden retriever puppy, tabby kitten, baby bunny, and red fox kit—with big expressive eyes and ultra-detailed soft fur, playfully chasing butterflies and tumbling together in a lush wildflower meadow, warm golden sunrise light with god rays and dew sparkles, joyful wholesome vibe, 8K masterpiece.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Exquisitely soft lighting and bokeh effect.
  • + High-quality fur texture and expressive eyes.
  • Failed to include a rabbit.
  • The animals are sitting relatively still rather than chasing or tumbling.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Successfully included all four requested animals (dog, two kittens, rabbit, and fox).
  • + Excellent captures the 'playfully chasing' and 'tumbling' action from the prompt.
  • + Superior implementation of god rays and dew sparkles.
  • Anatomy on the fox's legs is slightly awkward.
  • Some animals appear slightly cut-and-pasted into the scene rather than fully integrated into the lighting.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it followed the complex prompt requirements, including all specific animal types and the requested action of tumbling/chasing. FLUX.1 [schnell] produced a beautiful, high-quality portrait, but missed the rabbit entirely and failed to capture the dynamic movement described.

Vintage Cafe Logo

Text-to-Image

“Vintage minimalist restaurant logo for "Caffè Florian", retro cloche dome with steam and "Est. 1720" banner, classic typography, warm brown and cream tones, subtle texture on light background, vector emblem style.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Strong vector emblem style
  • + Elegant line work and layout
  • Major spelling errors with 'Cafeé Framilan'
  • Incorrect date '7720' instead of '1720'
  • Missing the steam element requested in the prompt

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Perfect text rendering for 'Caffè Florian'
  • + Correct date 'EST. 1720' on the banner
  • + Includes the requested steam and minimalist cloche icon
  • The swirl of the steam is slightly clunky compared to the other vector elements

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it followed every part of the prompt, including the specific name, date, and visual elements like steam. FLUX.1 [schnell] failed significantly on the text rendering, hallucinating 'Framilan' and an incorrect year.

Apollo 11: Journey to Tranquility

Text-to-Image

“Create a clean, modern vector infographic poster about the Apollo 11 mission. NASA-inspired palette (navy, white, muted red, light gray). Flat-vector style, crisp lines, consistent iconography, subtle gradients only. Steps (stop at landing): 1. Launch (Saturn Vicon) 2. Earth Orbit (Earth + orbit ring icon) 3. Translunar (trajectory arc icon) 4. Lunar Orbit (Moon + orbit ring icon) 5. Descent (lunar module descending icon) 6. Landing (lunar module on the surface icon) Small supporting elements (minimal text): • Crew strip: three silhouette icons with only last names: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins. • Landing site marker: Moon pin labeled "Tranquility" only. Layout constraints: generous margins, large readable labels, clean background with subtle stars. Vector-only, print-poster look, high resolution.”

FLUX.1 [schnell]
Grok Imagine Image Pro

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX.1 [schnell]

  • + Successfully uses the navy and muted red palette requested.
  • + Clean graphic style for the central orbital rings.
  • Text is entirely illegible gibberish.
  • The iconography is disorganized and does not follow the requested six-step sequence.
  • The rocket icon is glitched and lacks a clean vector aesthetic.

Grok Imagine Image Pro

  • + Excellent adherence to all six requested steps with matching icons.
  • + Perfect, readable text including correct names and locations.
  • + Clean, consistent icon set with a professional flat-vector layout.
  • The red 'Translunar' arc is a bit thin and simple compared to other icons.

Verdict: Grok Imagine Image Pro is the clear winner as it followed every specific instruction for the six steps and produced high-quality, legible text. FLUX.1 [schnell] failed to create a logical sequence and the text is unreadable, making it useless as an infographic.

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