Flux 2 Max leads on human preference — 1194 vs 1189 Elo (#15 of 149 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1194 | 1189 |
| Arena rank | #15 of 149 | #18 of 149 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Flux 2 Max currently rates higher (1194 vs 1189 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Flux 2 Max (fal-ai/flux-2-max) and Krea 2 Large (krea/v2/large/text-to-image).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.