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 2
29.0
arena score
#1 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Best Text-to-Image right now
Top 2 in Image Editing
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FLUX.1 [dev]
0%
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Nano Banana 2
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 2
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Features a thick, intricate thorn border as requested
- + Atmospheric glowing cinematic lighting on the jack-o-lantern
- − Several significant typos in the text including 'Falloween Rantcy' and 'The Archis'
- − Text layout feels disjointed with the sub-banner text appearing below the main banner
- − Includes a strange repetition of '7pm, 7pm' in the details
Nano Banana 2
- + Excellent text rendering with no spelling errors across all requested lines
- + Captures the vintage parchment aesthetic perfectly with weathered edges and spider webs
- + Superior composition using the central jack-o-lantern and gothic architecture elements
- − The thorns in the border are less prominent than the spider webs
Verdict: Nano Banana 2 is the clear winner as it followed every instruction perfectly, including complex text rendering with zero spelling errors. FLUX.1 [dev] struggled significantly with the text, producing several nonsensical words and a cluttered layout despite having good lighting effects.
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