FLUX.2 [dev]

AI Image Editing Model

Image $$ · 1.2¢

Black Forest Labs' open-weights image generation model with frontier performance, available for non-commercial local deployment

What FLUX.2 [dev] is good at

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image. Excels at #5 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), #12 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #12 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #13 Creativity (Text-to-Image), #15 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #22 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), #12 Portraits (Text-to-Image), and #12 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 38% of all competing models.

FLUX.2 [dev] Strengths

FLUX.2 [dev] outperforms most competing models here

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #5 of 61 models · 100.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #12 of 61 models · 80.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #12 of 62 models · 51.2% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #13 of 62 models · 55.1% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #15 of 62 models · 49.6% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #22 of 62 models · 49.1% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Portraits

Text-to-Image
Ranked #12 of 30 models · 53.7% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image
Ranked #12 of 30 models · 53.7% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Other categories

FLUX.2 [dev] competes but doesn't rank as highly

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing
Ranked #12 of 27 models · 66.7% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #23 of 51 models · 48.6% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing
Ranked #12 of 25 models · 62.5% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #19 of 36 models · 47.1% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher
Before After
#28 P-Image Edit ranks lower
Before After
#36 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #18 of 31 models · 50.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#8 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#24 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower
Before After
#31 Bria FIBO ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#8 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#24 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower
Before After
#31 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #21 of 32 models · 50.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#25 Qwen Image ... ranks lower
Before After
#32 Bria FIBO ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#9 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#25 Qwen Image ... ranks lower
Before After
#32 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #16 of 20 models · 50.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher
Before After
#6 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#20 P-Image Edit ranks lower

Aesthetics

Image Editing
Ranked #20 of 24 models · 33.3% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing
Ranked #18 of 20 models · 42.9% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Image Editing
Ranked #18 of 20 models · 42.9% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [dev]
Same prompt, other models