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
Skill signature
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Seedream 4.0
24.6
arena score
#16 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Vote tally
Where the votes landed
FLUX.1 [dev]
0.0%
win rate
Ties
0.0%
Seedream 4.0
100.0%
win rate
0.0%
0.0% ties
100.0%
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]
Seedream 4.0
0% wins
0% ties
100% wins
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [dev]
- + Clean vector-style graphic design
- + Excellent focus on the jack-o-lantern and thorn border elements
- + Consistent lighting across the central elements
- − Significant spelling errors throughout the text (e.g., 'Falloween Rantcy', 'You Tre')
- − Does not include the webs requested in the prompt
- − Text is repeated or formatted poorly at the bottom
Seedream 4.0
- + Perfect text accuracy for the title and event details
- + Highly atmospheric cinematic lighting with realistic textures
- + Includes all requested elements including webs, thorns, and parchment effects
- − The text on the small scroll banner is slightly distorted/messy
- − The composition is a bit crowded towards the top
Verdict: Seedream 4.0 is the clear winner as it followed every instruction, including the specific text strings and the inclusion of cobwebs. FLUX.1 [dev] produced a visually striking image but failed significantly on the typography and omitted the requested spider webs.
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