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FLUX1.1 [pro] Black Forest Labs Nano Banana Google

Settled by community votes across 12 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.

FLUX1.1 [pro]

18.4 arena score

#50 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Nano Banana

23.8 arena score

#21 of 62 in Text-to-Image

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Where the votes landed

FLUX1.1 [pro]

100.0%

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0.0%

Nano Banana

0.0%

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100.0% 0.0% ties 0.0%
Shared challenges 12

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent photorealistic texture on the book cover and glass refractivity.
  • + Accurately represents the blue sphere as 'small' relative to the cube.
  • + Strong adherence to the lighting direction and clear visibility of the plant through the glass.
  • The glass container is more of a rectangular prism than a cube.
  • The perspective of the table surface is slightly steep.

Nano Banana

  • + Perfect cube geometry for the glass container.
  • + Highly atmospheric lighting with realistic dust motes and soft shadows.
  • + Beautiful composition that feels like a professional photograph.
  • The blue sphere is teal/cyan rather than a distinct blue.
  • The book is slightly too large for the top of the cube, creating a floating appearance on the edges.

Verdict: Both models followed the prompt instructions near-perfectly, including the complex request for a plant to be visible through the glass. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a sharper, more vibrant image with better color accuracy for the 'blue' sphere, while Nano Banana achieved a more artistic, atmospheric result with superior cube proportions.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent bokeh and rain puddle reflections.
  • + Human proportions are very realistic.
  • + Captures the requested cinematic night-time urban lighting well.
  • The bicycle geometry is broken, with the frame appearing severed behind the front wheel.
  • The man's hands on the handlebars look awkward and anatomically confused.
  • The bicycle is missing a rear wheel.

Nano Banana

  • + Successfully renders a complete, anatomically correct bicycle.
  • + The textures on the man's skin, hat, and jacket are very detailed.
  • + Authentic Japanese street atmosphere with appropriate background elements like the umbrella.
  • The cars in the background lack the motion blur requested in the prompt.
  • The 'shallow depth of field' is less pronounced than in Model A.
  • The crop cuts off the man's feet slightly, though this could be argued as 'imperfect framing'.

Verdict: While FLUX1.1 [pro] captures a more cinematic mood with superior reflections and lighting, it fails significantly on the technical rendering of the bicycle and hands. Nano Banana produces a much more coherent and believable scene where the bicycle is fully intact and the man's interaction with it is anatomically logical, making it the more successful image despite less motion blur.

Fantasy Warrior

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“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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Extremely lifelike eyes with realistic iris patterns and light refraction.
  • + Superb skin texture including pores, fine dirt, and subtle blood splatters.
  • + Cinematic lighting that feels integrated into the scene.
  • The braids are very subtle and messy, making the beads hard to distinguish.
  • The armor engraving is partially obscured by the tight cropping.

Nano Banana

  • + Excellent depiction of ornate engraved plate armor with clear grit and wear.
  • + Clearly defined braids with visible beads/cuffs as requested.
  • + Strong composition that highlights the leather straps and cloth underlayer textures.
  • The scars look a bit like uniform red lines rather than natural skin tissue.
  • The lighting on the face feels a bit flat compared to the dramatic background torches.
  • The hair rendering looks slightly painterly rather than photorealistic.

Verdict: FLUX1.1 [pro] excels at photorealism and raw detail, particularly in the eyes and skin, but it slightly misses the clarity of the 'beaded braids' prompt. Nano Banana provides a better overall interpretation of the Paladin archetype with superior armor detail and more faithful adherence to the specific hair styling requested, though it lacks the sheer realism of FLUX1.1 [pro].

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Elegant white-space management and professional layout.
  • + Higher degree of visual realism in the mock-up presentation.
  • + Strong adherence to the 'bold sans-serif' font instruction.
  • The text is completely illegible and contains gibberish.
  • The food photos lack the clarity and definition found in the competitor.

Nano Banana

  • + Excellent legibility with mostly correct spelling of menu items.
  • + High-quality, vibrant food photography that follows the grid prompt perfectly.
  • + Better adherence to the requested section headers (Appetizers, Pizza, Mains).
  • Slight spelling errors in 'Appetiers' and 'Remaigined'.
  • The layout is a bit more 'template-like' and less sophisticated than the professional mock-up style.

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner for this task because it generates legible, relevant text and high-quality food photography that strictly follows the requested grid format. FLUX1.1 [pro] creates a more stylistically pleasing professional mock-up, but the text is composed of nonsense characters, making it less useful for a design challenge.

Magic Burger Explosion: Fiery Photorealism Challenge

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“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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent photographic quality and texture on the burger patties and bun.
  • + Clean layout with a professional advertising aesthetic.
  • + Good atmospheric lighting matching the fiery background.
  • Failed to create an 'exploded' view; the burger is mostly assembled.
  • Included redundant text and missed the fiery glowing effect on the letters.
  • Missed the starburst element for the price.

Nano Banana

  • + Followed the 'exploded' instruction perfectly with all components suspended in mid-air.
  • + Accurately rendered the fiery glowing text and the starburst for the price.
  • + Creative and dynamic composition that matches the energy of the prompt.
  • The textures are slightly more illustrative/rendered than strictly photorealistic.
  • The cheese melt looks a bit like plastic or thick liquid rather than realistic dairy.

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner as it followed every specific instruction in the prompt, including the complex exploded view, the flaming text effects, and the starburst price tag. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a high-quality image, but it largely ignored the layout requirements by presenting a mostly-assembled burger and standard white text.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent chalk-like texture in the handwriting.
  • + High legibility for most of the text.
  • Failed to include 'Lemon & Herbs' on a single line, splitting it into two separate nonsensical items with wrong prices.
  • Hallucinated words like 'Chipkies' instead of 'Cookies' and 'giluten'.
  • The title is not in all caps as implies/requested by the prompt style.

Nano Banana

  • + Highly accurate adherence to the menu item text and pricing.
  • + Realistic café environment and perspective.
  • + Excellent chalk texture and unified handwriting style that feels authentic.
  • The perspective makes the text slightly more compressed on the right side.
  • Minor spacing jitter in the bottom sentence.

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner as it followed the complex menu text perfectly, including prices and complete ingredient lists, whereas FLUX1.1 [pro] hallucinated incorrect items and misspelled basic words like 'cookies'. Nano Banana also captured the requested elegant cursive for the header while maintaining a consistent chalk aesthetic throughout.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent color grading and lighting depth consistent with a nighttime city scene.
  • + High-quality fur texture and realistic passenger details.
  • + Creative interpretation of the 'taxi hat' with clear text.
  • The composition places the two characters side-by-side rather than front-and-back as typically found in a taxi.
  • The capybara's paws are not clearly on the steering wheel.

Nano Banana

  • + Accurately depicts the taxi seating arrangement with the passenger in the back seat.
  • + Follows the instruction for paws on the steering wheel correctly.
  • + Captures the 'bored' expression of the businesswoman very well.
  • The capybara has strange, human-like hands rather than animal paws.
  • The lighting is flatter and less cinematic compared to the other model.
  • The hat is slightly clipping through the capybara's head.

Verdict: FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a much more visually stunning image with superior lighting and texture, though it failed to correctly place the passenger in the back seat. Nano Banana followed the spatial instructions and pose requirements more accurately but suffered from unsettling anatomical errors in the capybara's hands and lower technical visual quality.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana
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AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent moody atmosphere with high contrast lighting
  • + The jack-o-lantern has a very cinematic, glowing quality
  • + Creative torn-edge parchment effect for the card layout
  • Serious text repetition issues, displaying the date, time, and location twice
  • Typos in the main scroll text (e.g., 'You inivted to a n night of frights')
  • Does not feature the 'webs' requested in the border

Nano Banana

  • + Perfect text rendering with no typos or repetitions
  • + Highly detailed and accurate border featuring both thorns and spiderwebs
  • + Consistent gothic typography that fits the vintage theme perfectly
  • Lighting is a bit flatter compared to the other image
  • The composition feels slightly crowded near the top curve of the text

Verdict: While FLUX1.1 [pro] excels in mood and lighting, it fails significantly on the text requirements by repeating the event details and including multiple typos. Nano Banana followed every instruction perfectly, including the specific border details of thorns and webs, and provided clean, legible text without errors. Nano Banana is the clear winner for its superior prompt adherence and technical execution of the invitation elements.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent soft-texture 3D rendering that matches the 'cartoon miniature' aesthetic perfectly.
  • + Clean, professional typography that integrates well with the scene color palette.
  • + High visual clarity and smooth gradients on the light blue background.
  • Failed to include the requested flag icon.
  • The garnish includes odd small tomatoes/onions which feel culturally inaccurate for sushi.

Nano Banana

  • + Included all text elements and the requested flag icon correctly.
  • + Better adherence to the 'raised diorama base' with the stone-block foundation.
  • + Features more traditional sushi accompaniments like ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce.
  • The rice texture is slightly repetitive and looks more like beads than stylized rice grains.
  • The typography is basic and less aesthetically integrated than in the other model.

Verdict: FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a more visually polished and artistically cohesive 3D render, though it missed the specific detail of the flag icon. Nano Banana followed the prompt instructions more literally by including all text elements and the flag, but the render quality and lighting are slightly less refined. FLUX1.1 [pro] is generally preferred for its superior texture work and professional presentation.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Excellent backlit lighting that creates a warm, ethereal atmosphere.
  • + Incredibly high detail on fur and whiskers with realistic textures.
  • Failed to include the red fox kit, showing only three animals.
  • The butterflies are simplistic glowing shapes rather than detailed insects.

Nano Banana

  • + Successfully included all four requested animals (dog, cat, bunny, fox).
  • + Excellent adherence to all prompt elements including god rays, dew sparkles, and butterflies.
  • + Better dynamic posing with the fox 'tumbling' as requested.
  • The fox has an anatomical error with too many paws visible in its cluster of limbs.
  • The rendering is slightly more stylized/cutesy than 'hyper-photorealistic'.

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner for prompt adherence, as it correctly included all four specific animals and better captured the 'tumbling' action and 'dew sparkles.' While FLUX1.1 [pro] offered superior fur lighting and texture, it missed the red fox entirely and produced more generic butterfly effects.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Strong vector emblem style with balanced weight
  • + Intricate detailing on the ornate elements
  • + Accurate interpretation of 'warm brown and cream tones'
  • Major spelling error in the primary text ('FRANILIAN' instead of 'FLORIAN')
  • Dome looks more like a building cupola than a restaurant cloche

Nano Banana

  • + Perfect text rendering for both 'Caffè Florian' and 'Est. 1720'
  • + Accurate representation of a restaurant cloche dome
  • + Excellent subtle paper texture on the background
  • Stylized 'steam' line is a bit thin compared to the rest of the logo
  • Slightly less 'minimalist' than Model A due to the ornate script and circular border

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner because it correctly spelled the name of the restaurant while FLUX1.1 [pro] made a significant typo. Additionally, Nano Banana accurately depicted a restaurant cloche as requested, whereas FLUX1.1 [pro] designed an architectural-style dome.

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.”

FLUX1.1 [pro]
Nano Banana

AI Judge Analysis

FLUX1.1 [pro]

  • + Strong vertical composition that utilizes the whole frame.
  • + Excellent use of the requested NASA-inspired palette.
  • + Clean vector-style illustration of the rocket and lunar surface.
  • Text is largely illegible gibberish despite clear headings.
  • The sequence of numbers is repetitive and logically flawed (two 2s and two 6s).
  • Failed to include specific icon requests like the trajectory arc and lunar module descend.

Nano Banana

  • + Perfect adherence to the flat-vector infographic style.
  • + Clear, legible labels and icons that match the steps provided in the prompt.
  • + Professional layout with accurate supporting details like the crew names.
  • Missed one of the steps (step 5: Descent) in the sequence.
  • Composition is a bit safe, leaving a lot of empty border space.

Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner as it successfully produces a functional infographic with legible text and icons that actually represent the prompt's steps. FLUX1.1 [pro] has a more dynamic artistic style but fails completely on the 'infographic' aspect, providing garbled text and a nonsensical numbered sequence.

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