FLUX 3 Image Klein takes #1 in open-weight text-to-image with 1043 Elo
devilish-lavanya · reddit · 2026-10-25
Black Forest Labs says FLUX 3 Image Klein now ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis's AA-Image-T2I v2.1 open-weight text-to-image leaderboard with an Elo of 1043, edging out Qwen-Image-2.1 (1042) and Fibo 2.0 (1039); it also scores highly on image editing among open-weight models.
- BFL's internal testing shows the model's strongest suit is precise image editing — changing details while keeping everything else pixel-perfect
- API pricing: $9.0/1k images
- Other top-10 entries: Ideogram 4.0, FLUX.2 [dev] variants, Ming-Image-01-Design, Cosmos3-Super
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