Black Forest Labs' enhanced 12-billion parameter flow transformer with 6x faster generation than FLUX.1 [pro], delivering superior composition, detail, and artistic fidelity
Settled by community votes across 13 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
FLUX1.1 [pro]
#50 of 62 in Text-to-Image
Wan 2.7
#39 of 62 in Text-to-Image
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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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Exceptional clarity and photorealism in the glass and sphere textures.
- + Perfect color saturation on the red book and blue sphere.
- + Expertly rendered soft window light reflections on the glass and sphere.
- − The glass container is a tall rectangular prism rather than a cube.
- − The blue sphere is floating rather than sitting on a surface.
Wan 2.7
- + Accurate geometric shape for the cube.
- + High level of realistic detail on the weathered wooden table and the vintage red book.
- + Excellent spatial composition showing the plant through the glass correctly.
- − The blue sphere has a slightly rough, stone-like texture instead of a smooth sphere look.
- − The glass edges appear somewhat thick and green-tinted, which while realistic for old glass, is less aesthetically 'clean' than Model A.
Verdict: Both models followed the prompt instructions perfectly in terms of object placement and environment. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a more striking, high-fidelity image with beautiful lighting, though it failed to make a true cube; Wan 2.7 produced a more grounded, physically accurate scene with a correct cube and a much more detailed table texture. Wan 2.7 is preferred for its superior adherence to the geometric 'cube' request and the authentic feel of the materials.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent shallow depth of field and bokeh effects.
- + Great cinematic lighting and moody atmosphere.
- + Strong adherence to the 'reflections on wet pavement' prompt.
- − Physical anatomy of the bicycle is broken (missing rear half/frame).
- − The 'motion blur' on the cars looks like static bokeh rather than movement.
- − The composition feels a bit too staged compared to the 'candid' request.
Wan 2.7
- + Very realistic bicycle structure and mechanical details.
- + Authentic japanese street setting and clothing.
- + Effective 'candid' feel with natural rain streaks and wet clothing textures.
- − Lacks the requested 'motion blur from passing cars'.
- − The depth of field is deeper than the 'shallow' request suggested.
- − Lighting is a bit flat compared to the 'cinematic' prompt.
Verdict: Wan 2.7 provides a much more coherent and realistic scene, particularly in how the character interacts with a physically sound bicycle and the natural textures of wet clothes. While FLUX1.1 [pro] captures a more 'cinematic' and moody atmosphere with better bokeh, it fails significantly on the anatomy of the objects, rendering a bicycle that is missing most of its frame and wheels.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Intense, high-quality skin texture including pores and fine hairs
- + Compelling cinematic lighting and color grading
- + Very high visual appeal with a strong focus on the eyes
- − The 'hair braided with small beads' requirement is very poorly represented
- − The armor is mostly cropped out, failing to show the requested ornate engravings and leather straps
Wan 2.7
- + Excellent adherence to all prompt elements including braided hair with beads, leather straps, and ornate engraving
- + Strong representation of 'battle-worn' with distinct scars and dirt
- + Accurately captures the warm torchlight and sparks in the background
- − Slightly less lifelike eyes compared to Model A
- − The composition is a bit more standard and less 'cinematic' than the competitor
Verdict: While FLUX1.1 [pro] produces a more visually stunning and realistic face, it fails to include several key elements of the prompt like the braided beads, leather straps, and engraved armor detail. Wan 2.7 followed every instruction of the complex prompt perfectly, including the specific hair details and armor textures, making it the superior choice for prompt adherence.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent professional depth with the inclusion of realistic silverware and layered menu cards.
- + Clean minimalist aesthetic that feels high-end and spacious.
- + Good use of color accents to highlight specific sections.
- − The text is largely nonsensical and illegible.
- − Food photos are clustered at the bottom rather than integrated throughout the layout as a functional grid.
Wan 2.7
- + Highly legible text with clear price points and realistic dish names.
- + Excellent adherence to the 'food photos in grid' instruction.
- + Very functional design that looks like a real-world ready-to-print menu.
- − The layout is a bit crowded compared to Model A's minimalist feel.
- − The font choice for the header is slightly generic for 'modern minimalist'.
Verdict: Wan 2.7 provides a much more usable result with functional text and a clear grid of food photos that perfectly matches the requested prompt. While FLUX1.1 [pro] captures a more artistic and high-end photographic composition, its inability to produce coherent text or a structured grid of food items makes it less successful for a design-focused task.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent photorealism of the burger textures
- + High-quality lighting and depth of field
- + Accurate rendering of the price numeral
- − Failed the 'exploded burger' requirement, showing a mostly assembled burger
- − Did not include the starburst for the price
- − Text is repetitive and uses a blue neon style instead of the requested fiery effect
Wan 2.7
- + Perfect adherence to the 'exploded' layout with all components visible
- + Expertly followed the text rendering instructions, including the fiery effect and starburst
- + Strong sense of motion and dynamic composition
- − Visual style leans slightly more toward digital illustration than pure photorealism
Verdict: Wan 2.7 is the clear winner as it followed every complex instruction in the prompt, including the exploded view and specific text styles. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a higher quality standalone image of a burger, but failed significantly on the layout and typography requirements.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent chalk-like texture on the board and lettering
- + Realistic handwriting with natural variations and authentic smudging
- − Failed to render the full text for the third menu item correctly ('Chipkies' instead of 'Cookies')
- − Included several typos and repeated words in the octopus menu item
- − Miscalculated the price for the octopus item ($228 and $98)
Wan 2.7
- + Perfect text accuracy, including the cut-off prompt item 'Brown But...'
- + High visual clarity and great composition within the frame
- + Consistent font style across all items
- − The text looks more like a digital font overlay than hand-drawn chalk
- − The letters lack the grainy texture and pressure variations requested in the prompt
Verdict: Wan 2.7 followed the text instructions perfectly, correctly inferring the intended word 'Cookies' and providing clean, error-free copy. While FLUX1.1 [pro] followed the stylistic instructions for chalk texture and varied handwriting much better, it struggled significantly with typos, repetitive text, and incorrect pricing.
The Reversed Rodeo
Text-to-Image“Horse riding astronaut in space — horse on top, not vice versa. Surreal, highly detailed, cinematic.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Exceptional lighting and cinematic atmosphere
- + High detail in the horse's anatomy and fur
- + Rich, surreal sky with great cloud and space integration
- − Failed the negative constraint; the astronaut is on top of the horse
- − The horse has five legs visible due to an anatomical glitch
Wan 2.7
- + Sharp, clean composition with distinct celestial bodies
- + Good rendering of the astronaut suit textures
- + Clear, high-resolution finish
- − Failed the negative constraint; the astronaut is on top of the horse
- − Composition feels a bit static and generic compared to the other model
Verdict: Both FLUX1.1 [pro] and Wan 2.7 failed to follow the specific spatial instruction for the horse to be on top of the astronaut. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a much more cinematic and visually interesting image but suffered from significant anatomical errors (extra leg) and the same prompt adherence failure as Wan 2.7.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent cinematic lighting and atmospheric bokeh
- + High quality texture on the capybara's fur
- + Good composition that feels professional and artistic
- − The passenger is sitting in the front seat instead of the back seat
- − The capybara's paws are not visible on a steering wheel
Wan 2.7
- + Strict adherence to the layout with paw on the steering wheel
- + Captures the bored expression of the passenger perfectly
- + Includes specific details like the taxi roof light and clear background city elements
- − The capybara's head is not properly attached to the body, appearing to float
- − The paw/claw anatomy is slightly unsettling and inconsistent
Verdict: FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a much more beautiful and high-fidelity image, but it failed several prompt requirements such as putting the woman in the back seat and showing paws on the wheel. Wan 2.7 followed the technical instructions of the prompt much better, though the image quality is lower with some anatomical integration issues.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Atmospheric moody lighting with a strong cinematic glow from the pumpkin
- + Excellent border detail with thorns and jagged edges
- + Strong visual contrast between the dark background and the central subject
- − Multiple spelling errors and duplicated text lines at the bottom
- − The layout feels cramped with text overlapping or repeating unnaturally
Wan 2.7
- + Perfect text rendering with no spelling errors and elegant gothic typography
- + Highly detailed and organized composition incorporating all requested elements like webs, thorns, and scrolls
- + Consistent vintage aesthetic that looks like a professional invitation
- − The lighting is a bit flat and less 'cinematic' than requested compared to Model A
- − The art style leans more towards 2D illustration than a realistic moody photograph
Verdict: While FLUX1.1 [pro] captures the 'moody' and 'cinematic' lighting of the prompt much better, it fails significantly on the text generation by repeating lines and misspelling words. Wan 2.7 provides a much more usable result with perfect spelling, a professional layout, and a charming vintage gothic aesthetic, making it the superior choice for an actual invitation.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent soft-texture 3D cartoon aesthetic
- + Very clean, balanced composition
- + Accurate font sizing and vertical stacking as requested
- − Missing the specific flag icon requested in the prompt
- − Some garnish elements look like generic vegetables unrelated to sushi
Wan 2.7
- + Includes all text elements plus the requested flag icon
- + High fidelity PBR-style textures and materials
- + More authentic sushi garnishes like ginger and wasabi
- − Text is somewhat crowded with the flag on one line
- − Chopsticks are slightly merged into the plate geometry
Verdict: Wan 2.7 followed every instruction in the prompt, including the specific request for a flag icon which FLUX1.1 [pro] missed. While FLUX1.1 [pro] has a more cohesive 'toy' aesthetic, Wan 2.7 provides more realistic material quality and better adherence to the specific content requested.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Exceptional backlit fur texture and soft lighting.
- + Captures a very wholesome and cute aesthetic with expressive eyes.
- − Failed to include the red fox kit from the prompt.
- − The animals are sitting rather than playfully chasing or tumbling.
Wan 2.7
- + Successfully included all four requested animals (dog, cat, bunny, and fox).
- + Better adherence to the 'playfully chasing' and 'tumbling' action described.
- + Excellent depiction of god rays and dew sparkles.
- − The butterfly anatomy is slightly inconsistent.
- − The lighting on the animals' faces is a bit flat compared to the strong backlighting.
Verdict: Wan 2.7 followed the complex prompt more accurately by including all four specific animals and capturing the requested action of chasing butterflies. While FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a more aesthetically pleasing image with superior fur rendering, it missed the fox entirely and opted for a static pose.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Excellent high-detail etching style on the cloche
- + Very sophisticated vintage frame and texture
- + Correct 'Est. 1720' placement and styling
- − Major spelling error in the main brand name ('Fratilian' instead of 'Florian')
- − Cloche steam is very minimal and barely visible
Wan 2.7
- + Clear and readable typography overall
- + Perfectly followed the 'vector emblem style' request
- + Clean layout with nice color balance
- − Minor spelling error in brand name ('Florion' instead of 'Florian')
- − The cloche illustration is a bit generic/clipart-like
- − The steam effect looks a bit artificial and simplistic
Verdict: While FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a more artistically impressive and authentic vintage texture, it failed significantly on the brand name spelling. Wan 2.7 followed the vector emblem requirement more closely and had much better brand legibility, despite a one-letter typo, making it more functional as a logo.
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.”
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX1.1 [pro]
- + Clean vector aesthetic with modern gradients
- + Good use of negative space
- − Garbled, nonsensical text throughout
- − Failed to follow the requested 6-step infographic structure
- − Iconography is inconsistent and confusing
Wan 2.7
- + Excellent adherence to the requested 6-step layout
- + Highly legible text with actual facts and dates from the mission
- + Consistent NASA-inspired color palette and flat vector iconography
- − Minor spelling errors (e.g., 'Tranquiliry', 'Descript')
- − Iconography is slightly crowded in the star field
Verdict: Wan 2.7 significantly outperformed FLUX1.1 [pro] by following all structural instructions, including the specific sequence of events and iconography. FLUX1.1 [pro] produced a generic space graphic with unreadable text and failed to follow the logical flow of the infographic prompt.
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