whatmodel.sh / image / FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
↗ share
+ contribute
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] is a closed-weights image model from Black Forest Labs, released May 2025.
Model information sources
Score within the LMArena text-to-image comparison set only.
$ how it compares
The image models ranked either side of FLUX.1 Kontext [pro], out of 197 with a score, then more from Black Forest Labs.
| # | model | score | where | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 |  Photon | 51±2 | api $0.019/image | ||
| 100 |  Recraft V3 | 50±2 | api $0.040/image | ||
| 101 | FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] | 50±2 | api $0.040/image | ||
| 102 |  GLM-Image | 50±2 | api $0.015/image +local | ||
| 103 |  Step1X-Edit v1.2 Preview | 50±5 | comparison only | ||
| more from Black Forest Labs | |||||
| 32 | FLUX.2 [max] | 64±1 | api $0.070/image | ||
| 36 | FLUX.2 [pro] | 63±2 | api $0.030/image | ||
| 37 | FLUX.2 [flex] | 62±2 | api $0.050/image | ||
$ what it's good at
text to image▂▅▅▃▄▄█▃▁▂▁▁ #65 of 126 * · 55% of its score · 2 tests
Beats FLUX.2 [klein] 4B, P-Image, Photon here, though they rank higher overall.
| test | result | vs the others in its run | counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena text-to-image | 1058.7 ✎ | ▂▂▃▄▇█▄▂▄▂·▂ beats 18/75 | 42% |
| ServImage task acceptance (human payment decisions, commercial design tasks) | 16.5% ✎ | ▂▃··▃··▃█··▂ beats 3/11 | 13% |
image to image / editing▁▁·▃▃▃█▃▃▄▁▁ #51 of 62 · 57% of its score · 5 tests
Trails Step1X-Edit v1.1, GLM-Image here, though they rank lower overall.
| test | result | vs the others in its run | counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena image edit | 1176.5 ✎ | ▂▁▁▂▆▇█▄▆▅▁▂ beats 7/53 | 16% |
| CEdit-Bench-CN overall (G_O, GPT-4o judge) | 14.3% ✎ | ▃·········█▂ beats 0/7 | 14% |
| ServImage task acceptance (human payment decisions, commercial design tasks) | 16.5% ✎ | ▂▃··▃··▃█··▂ beats 3/11 | 13% |
| CEdit-Bench-EN overall (G_O, GPT-4o judge) | 65.3% ✎ | ▄·▄···▄██··▄ beats 1/7 | 9.1% |
| CREval-Bench creative image editing (Overall, GPT-4o QA evaluator) | 74.9% ✎ | ▄█▄··█··▄·▄▄ beats 5/8 | 4.9% |
$ where to run it
Through an API
api · $0.040/image · docs.bfl.ai ↗ · price sourceUSD per generated image, flat: BFL lists FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] at $0.04 per image (4 credits at $0.01), for text-to-image and image editing alike. Product: BFL API. API model: flux-kontext-pro. Settings: one image. Price basis: published per-image list rate. BFL's docs list FLUX.1 Kontext under "Legacy Models" / "FLUX.1 Models (Previous Generation)"; it is still sold and no end date is published. Currency: USD. Black Forest Labs official pricing page, observed 2026-09-26.
$ how the score was worked out · LMArena leaderboard dataset 58%, Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Ima… 23%, ServImage: An Image Generatio… 13% and 1 more
Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works
| source | results | share of the score |
|---|---|---|
 LMArena leaderboard dataset | 2 | 58% |
 Meituan LongCat — LongCat-Image technical report | 2 | 23% |
| ServImage: An Image Generation and Editing Benchmark from Real-world Commercial Imaging Services (arXiv:2604.24023v2) | 1 | 13% |
| CREval: An Automated Interpretable Evaluation for Creative Image Manipulation under Complex Instructions (arXiv:2603.26174v1) | 1 | 5% |
| prior · pull toward the middle | 1% | |
| weighted average | = 50.2 |
$ improve this page
Use a short GitHub form or edit the data through a pull request. Every number needs a source; here's which ones we can use.
data updated · sources and licences · json