FLUX.2 [max]

AI Image Editing Model

Image Featured #10 $$ · 3¢

Black Forest Labs' flagship image generation model delivering state-of-the-art quality with exceptional realism, precision, and consistency for both text-to-image and advanced image editing

What FLUX.2 [max] 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 #9 Photorealism (Image Editing), #10 Lighting, Shadows & Materials (Image Editing), #8 Aesthetics (Image Editing), #13 Preservation (Image Editing), #8 Artistic Restyling (Image Editing), #8 Creativity (Image Editing), #10 Adding & Editing Objects (Image Editing), and #11 Prompt Adherence (Image Editing) , placing in the top 38% of all competing models.

FLUX.2 [max] Strengths

FLUX.2 [max] outperforms most competing models here

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #9 of 31 models · 38.5% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
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
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#31 Bria FIBO ranks lower
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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
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#8 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
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#24 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower
Before After
#31 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #10 of 32 models · 41.0% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
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

Aesthetics

Image Editing
Ranked #8 of 24 models · 40.1% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #13 of 36 models · 39.2% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
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
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#28 P-Image Edit ranks lower
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#36 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing
Ranked #8 of 20 models · 47.6% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Image Editing
Ranked #8 of 20 models · 47.6% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Same prompt, other models

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing
Ranked #10 of 25 models · 32.3% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing
Ranked #11 of 27 models · 39.6% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Same prompt, other models

Other categories

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

People & Poses

Image Editing
Ranked #10 of 23 models · 43.2% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
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#6 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher
Before After
#18 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower
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#23 Wan 2.7 ranks lower

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #9 of 19 models · 36.7% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
Same prompt, other models

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #11 of 20 models · 38.7% win rate Leaderboard
FLUX.2 [max]
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
#16 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower
Before After
#20 P-Image Edit ranks lower