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FLUX.1 [dev]

Arena score
24.9

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Rank
#14

of 62 ranked

Stars

3.5 of 5

Speed
Standard
Reliability
Excellent
Price
$0.0250 / image

Especially good for Text Rendering and Aesthetics.

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Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow
Jun 30, 2026
The Halloween Invitation
May 11, 2026
Fantasy Warrior
Jun 30, 2026
Isometric Miniature Diorama Scenes
Jun 30, 2026
Arena / Performance

Speed & reliability

Measured across every provider serving this model, last 30 days.

Generation speed
5.2s median
P50 5.2s P95 tail 11.7s
Reliability
100.0% success
excludes user errors
Arena / Lineage

Reign history

Spells this model has held the #1 crown in an arena.

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    · 471 days
Arena / Skills

Skills

The shape of this model's strengths, and the categories it ranks strongest in.

Skill signature

Where FLUX.1 [dev] earns its score, percentile-shaped across its skills.

Top skills
  1. 1
    Product, Branding & Commercial 24.6
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    45%
  2. 2
    Aesthetics 24.6
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    38%
  3. 3
    Text Rendering 24.4
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    45%
  4. 4
    Creativity 23.4
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    38%
  5. 5
    Prompt Adherence 13.2
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    38%
Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge FLUX.1 [dev] entered, grouped by the skill it tests and led by its strongest lanes. Scroll a lane to see them all; open a stack to compare its takes.

Product, Branding & Commercial
6 challenges · 45% wins
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Aesthetics
11 challenges · 38% wins
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Text Rendering
7 challenges · 45% wins
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Creativity
6 challenges · 38% wins
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Prompt Adherence
9 challenges · 38% wins
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Art
2 challenges · 43% wins
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Photorealism
8 challenges · 25% wins
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The flux.1 family

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