Black Forest Labs

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

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Black Forest Labs' premium multimodal flow transformer with greatly improved prompt adherence and typography generation for in-context image generation and editing without compromise on speed

How FLUX.1 Kontext [max] performs

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image.

All categories

FLUX.1 Kontext [max] competes across 5 categories in the arena

Aesthetics

Image Editing

Ranked #28 of 29 models · 20.0% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#8 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

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#22 Vidu Q2 ranks higher

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#29 GPT Image 1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Studio Ghibli Anime Style

People & Poses

Image Editing

Ranked #25 of 25 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

FLUX.1 Kontext [max] — People & Poses (edited)

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#7 Nano Banana ranks higher

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#19 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks higher

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Pose & Character Mashup

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #33 of 33 models · 16.7% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

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Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#9 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#25 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#9 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#25 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #33 of 33 models · 16.7% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

Before After

#25 Wan 2.7 ranks higher

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher

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#25 Wan 2.7 ranks higher

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge Pose & Character Mashup

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #36 of 36 models · 37.5% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.1 Kontext [max]

Before After

Bald man challenge

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#10 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher

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#28 Vidu Q2 ranks higher

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup +1 more