Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

Image #7 Image-to-Image

Black Forest Labs' distilled 9 billion parameter image generation model with sub-second inference and multi-reference support

What FLUX.2 [klein] 9B 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 Lighting, Shadows & Materials (Image Editing), #7 Preservation (Image Editing), #7 Prompt Adherence (Image Editing), #7 People & Poses (Image Editing), #11 Aesthetics (Image Editing), #10 Adding & Editing Objects (Image Editing), and #14 Photorealism (Image Editing) , placing in the top 37% of all competing models.

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Strengths

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B outperforms most competing models here

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #5 of 36 models · 64.3% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

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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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#10 Grok Imagin... ranks lower

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#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Grok Imagin... ranks lower

Before After

#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #7 of 37 models · 62.1% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#10 Seedream 5.... ranks lower

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

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#37 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing

Ranked #7 of 29 models · 56.5% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup

People & Poses

Image Editing

Ranked #7 of 27 models · 78.6% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#21 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

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#27 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Pose & Character Mashup

Aesthetics

Image Editing

Ranked #11 of 33 models · 100.0% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher

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#25 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

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#33 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing

Ranked #10 of 29 models · 53.8% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #14 of 36 models · 53.3% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

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 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Qwen Image ... ranks higher

Before After

#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Other categories

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B competes but doesn't rank as highly

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing

Ranked #15 of 26 models · 100.0% win rate Leaderboard

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California