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FLUX.2 [max]

Black Forest Labs' top FLUX.2 tier for image generation and editing, released in December 2025 with web-search grounding and support for up to 8 reference images. It is still widely used but now sits in the lower half of the LMArena text-to-image board, and Black Forest Labs has since launched FLUX 3 Image.

Black Forest LabsImage modelReleased December 2025Data checked October 18, 2026

This model is not in the current people's rankings: it is either new and still collecting votes, or ranked below the top 12. See the AI leaderboard for the models people rate highest.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Very large LMArena sample (over 123,000 votes), so its score is stable
  • Priced from $0.07 per megapixel
  • Supports up to 8 reference images and web-search grounding, according to Black Forest Labs
  • 29th of 82 entries on LMArena text-to-image, far behind the 2026 models
  • Superseded by FLUX 3 Image (October 1, 2026), which is not yet on LMArena

Best for

  • Image editing with several reference images
  • Creative tools that already integrate FLUX

Every score we have

Each bar compares this model with the best result any model on this page has on the same test.

  • LMArena text to image1,162.1Arena score 1162.1 (95% CI 1158.6 to 1165.6); 123,203 votes; entry "flux-2-max"; position 29 of 82 on the full board
  • LMArena image editing1,261.7Arena score 1261.7 (95% CI 1258.5 to 1264.8); 375,861 votes; entry "flux-2-max"; position 34 of 59 on the full board
  • Artificial Analysis image arena1,020.2Elo 1020.2 (95% CI 1010.2 to 1030.2); 10,831 appearances; position 33 of 104 on the Artificial Analysis text-to-image arena
  • Price per 1,000 images (estimate)$70$70.00 per 1,000 images (Artificial Analysis estimate)

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