Black Forest Labs' 12-billion parameter flow transformer for high-quality text-to-image generation, suitable for personal and commercial use with streaming support
Settled by community votes across 1 shared challenge, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
FLUX.1 [dev]
14.9
arena score
#42 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
17.8
arena score
#36 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.1 [dev]
100.0%
win rate
Ties
0.0%
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
0.0%
win rate
100.0%
0.0% ties
0.0%
Shared challenges
1
Challenge by challenge
The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.
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 [dev]
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
100% wins
0% ties
0% wins
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Strong composition with a clean, thorn-based border.
- + Excellent lighting on the central jack-o-lantern.
- + The lower body of the text is highly legible and follows the prompt's details closely.
- − The main title text in the banner is misspelled and distorted.
- − Repetition of information in the 'Time' field.
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
- + Captures a better 'vintage parchment' texture and atmosphere.
- + Includes many bats and twisted trees that blend well with the background.
- + Main title 'HALLOWEEN INVITATION' is very clear and stylistically appropriate.
- − Text rendering is very poor in the body including numerous typos like 'Tine' and 'Theaches'.
- − The central pumpkin feels less integrated into the scene's lighting compared to Model A.
- − Grammar and spelling on the scroll banners are incorrect.
Verdict: FLUX.1 [dev] produces a much cleaner and more professional-looking layout with superior lighting, although it struggles with the primary banner text on the scroll. FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 handles the background atmosphere and large title text better, but the excessive character errors in the event details and banners make it unusable for an actual invitation. FLUX.1 [dev] is the preferred choice for its overall polish and better execution of the prompt's complex text requirements.
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