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FLUX.2 [dev] Flash

Arena score
26.8

Text-to-Image

Rank
#5

of 44 ranked

Stars

2.0 of 5

Speed
Fast
Reliability
Fair
Price
$0.0050 / image
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Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

Adorable Baby Animals in Sunny Meadow
Feb 5, 2026
Apollo 11: Journey to Tranquility
Feb 5, 2026
Candid Street Photography
Feb 5, 2026
Intricate Floral Mandala
Feb 5, 2026
Arena / Performance 38 runs

Speed & reliability

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

Generation speed
3.0s median
P50 3.0s P95 tail 8.7s
Reliability
90.5% success
Sampled 38 ok excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

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

Top skills
  1. 1
    Text Rendering 30.9
    Text-to-Image
    57%
  2. 2
    Portrait 22.6
    Text-to-Image
    71%
  3. 3
    Photorealism 21.7
    Text-to-Image
    59%
Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge FLUX.2 [dev] Flash 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.

Text Rendering
3 challenges · 57% wins
Text-to-Image
Text-to-Image
Text-to-Image
Portrait
1 challenge · 71% wins
Text-to-Image
Photorealism
3 challenges · 59% wins
Text-to-Image
Text-to-Image
Text-to-Image
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Notable matchups

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Arena / Family 7 models

The flux.2 family

Other models in this lineage. Listed in release order.