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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Recraft V4 Pro
24.3
arena score
#18 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.1 [dev]
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Recraft V4 Pro
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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]
Recraft V4 Pro
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Strong composition with a cohesive illustrative style
- + Excellent use of the thorn border to frame the central element
- − Major text errors including 'Falloween Rantcy' and 'You Tre invited'
- − Date and time formatting is repetitive and slightly cluttered
Recraft V4 Pro
- + Perfect text rendering for the title and all event details
- + Cinematic, realistic lighting with a balance of spooky and polished aesthetics
- + Accurately follows all instructions including the scroll banner and web border
- − The transition from the textured foreground to the foggy background is slightly abrupt
Verdict: Recraft V4 Pro is the clear winner as it successfully rendered all required text perfectly, whereas FLUX.1 [dev] struggled significantly with the title and body text. Recraft V4 Pro also better balanced the 'cinematic' and 'gothic' requirements by using realistic textures and clear typography.
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Recraft's latest image generation model at ~2048px resolution with stronger composition, refined lighting, and realistic materials for print-ready and large-scale work