Black Forest Labs' compact, open-source image generation model with sub-second inference, optimized for production and near real-time applications with multi-reference support
Settled by community votes across 1 shared challenge, with an AI judge weighing in on each.
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
23.8
arena score
#22 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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Seedream 4.5
26.1
arena score
#10 of 44 in Text-to-Image
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FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
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Seedream 4.5
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Shared challenges
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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.2 [klein] 4B
Seedream 4.5
AI Judge Analysis
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
- + Excellent gothic typography style
- + Intricate thorny and webbed border design
- + Consistent 'parchment' texture across the whole frame
- − Major spelling errors in the main title
- − Inaccurate date ('206' instead of '2026') and typos in event details
- − Central jack-o-lantern is slightly off-center
Seedream 4.5
- + Perfect text rendering with no spelling errors
- + Clean, high-quality cinematic lighting around the jack-o-lantern
- + Accurate adherence to all requested event details including time and date
- − The 'thorns' look more like modern barbed wire
- − Composition feels a bit more generic compared to the first image
- − The spider webs are less integrated into a border
Verdict: Seedream 4.5 is the clear winner due to its perfect text legibility and accuracy, which is crucial for an invitation design. While FLUX.2 [klein] 4B captured the artistic gothic aesthetic and border-details much better, its significant spelling failures rendered the invitation unusable.
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