FP8 quantized variant of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 [schnell] model, offering ~2x faster inference with reduced precision while maintaining high-quality image generation in 4 steps
Settled by community votes across 2 shared challenges, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
17.8
arena score
#36 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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Nano Banana
24.0
arena score
#20 of 44 in Text-to-Image
Vote tally
Where the votes landed
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
0.0%
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Ties
0.0%
Nano Banana
100.0%
win rate
0.0%
0.0% ties
100.0%
Shared challenges
2
Challenge by challenge
The strongest take from each model on every shared challenge, with the AI judge's read.
Chalkboard Menu
Text-to-Image“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board. Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’. Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’. At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’. Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
Nano Banana
0% wins
0% ties
100% wins
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
- + Natural chalk texture on the lettering
- + Excellent wooden frame detail and lighting
- − Significant spelling errors and repetitive lines of text
- − Text layout is messy and fails to follow the cursive requirement for the title
- − Includes hallucinated prices and gibberish at the bottom
Nano Banana
- + Perfect text rendering with zero spelling errors
- + Accurately follows the cursive title instruction
- + Great composition with realistic café background and smudged chalk textures on the board
- − The handwriting style looks slightly too uniform, more like a font than unique handwriting
- − The '9' in $9 is cut off at the edge of the board
Verdict: Nano Banana is the clear winner as it flawlessly rendered all requested text with perfect spelling and followed the specific formatting instructions for a cursive title. FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 struggled significantly with text coherence, resulting in numerous typos and repetitive lines of garbled text.
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 [schnell] FP8
Nano Banana
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8
- + High-contrast cinematic lighting on the jack-o-lantern.
- + Bold, legible main heading font.
- − Multiple spelling errors in the banner and details including 'You ar eviite of frights'.
- − Distorting layout with redundant banners and nonsensical time strings like '13:19.56'.
- − The border feels more like folded cardboard than a gothic parchment frame.
Nano Banana
- + Perfect text rendering for all requested details, including the banner and event info.
- + Excellent gothic composition with clear webs, thorns, skulls, and twisted trees.
- + Consistent artistic style that yields a cohesive vintage look.
- − The jack-o-lantern is a bit small relative to the overall composition.
- − The moon lighting behind the trees is slightly flat.
Verdict: Nano Banana significantly outperforms FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 by correctly rendering every line of requested text without spelling errors, whereas FLUX.1 suffered from multiple garbled words and nonsensical timestamps. Nano Banana also adhered better to the 'webs and thorns' border description and overall gothic aesthetic.
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