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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GPT Image 2
28.2
arena score
#3 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Top 3 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.1 [dev]
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GPT Image 2
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Shared challenges
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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]
GPT Image 2
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Clean vector-style illustration with high clarity
- + Bright, cinematic lighting on the jack-o-lantern
- + Composition is balanced and easy to read
- − Several text errors including 'Falloween Rantcy' and 'You Tre'
- − Fails to meet the 'vintage gothic' aesthetic, looking more like a modern digital sticker
- − Missing the requested scroll banner for the invitation text
GPT Image 2
- + Perfect adherence to the 'vintage gothic' and 'parchment' aesthetic
- + Flawless text rendering for both titles and details
- + Highly detailed background containing the requested bridge ('The Arches') and NYC skyline
- − The jack-o-lantern is slightly smaller in the frame compared to model a
- − The thorny border is very dense, which might feel cluttered to some
Verdict: GPT Image 2 followed the prompt's stylistic and textual instructions perfectly, delivering a sophisticated vintage aesthetic with 100% accurate text. In contrast, FLUX.1 [dev] produced a modern, simplified illustration with multiple typos and failed to capture the 'gothic parchment' feel.
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