Black Forest Labs · image model · Released May 29, 2025FLUX.1 Kontext Max
FLUX.1 Kontext Max is an image model from Black Forest Labs, released May 29, 2025. It handles text to image and image editing.
- Arena score
- 1,182#52 of 61 · image editing
- Starting price
- —Not published
- Largest size
- —Not published
- References
- Yesinput images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,075 ±3#61 of 82 · 65,501 votes
- Image editing arena
- 1,182 ±3#52 of 61 · 390,855 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Oct 26, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
The details
- Lab
- Black Forest Labs
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- May 29, 2025
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 1 API host
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About FLUX.1 Kontext Max
How good is FLUX.1 Kontext Max?
In blind side-by-side votes, FLUX.1 Kontext Max scores 1,075 for text to image (#61 of 82) and 1,182 for image editing (#52 of 61). Higher is better; scores within about 6 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes FLUX.1 Kontext Max?
FLUX.1 Kontext Max is an image model from Black Forest Labs, released May 29, 2025.
What can FLUX.1 Kontext Max do?
FLUX.1 Kontext Max accepts text prompts and reference images and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is FLUX.1 Kontext Max open source?
No. FLUX.1 Kontext Max is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use FLUX.1 Kontext Max?
It is listed by 1 API host we track.
What are the alternatives to FLUX.1 Kontext Max?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are Lucid Origin (Leonardo.Ai, Jun 1, 2025), Imagen 4 Ultra (Google, May 24, 2025), GPT Image 1 (OpenAI, Apr 24, 2025) and Qwen-Image (Alibaba (Qwen), Aug 7, 2025).