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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Nano Banana Pro
28.2
arena score
#2 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Best Image Editing right now
Top 2 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.1 [dev]
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Nano Banana Pro
0%
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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]
Nano Banana Pro
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Clean vector-style illustration with striking orange and black contrast
- + Excellent thorn border detail
- + Accurate rendering of specific event details
- − Major spelling errors in the title text
- − Failed to include spider webs in the border
- − The 'You are invited' text is not on a scroll banner as requested
Nano Banana Pro
- + Perfect text rendering for all lines of the invitation
- + Stronger adherence to the 'vintage parchment' and 'moody sky' stylistic prompts
- + Includes all requested elements like webs, thorns, and the scroll banner
- − The parchment edges appear slightly more digital than authentic
- − Slight overlap of trees and text elements
Verdict: Nano Banana Pro is the clear winner as it followed every instruction, including complex layout requirements like placing specific text on a scroll banner. FLUX.1 [dev] struggled significantly with the text content, resulting in illegible titles and missing key thematic elements like the spider webs.
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