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FLUX 3 Image vs MAI-Image-2.6

FLUX 3 Image wins 70% of 83 direct comparisons against MAI-Image-2.6.

Both models received the same prompts. Wins and losses count only images judged together in the same call, the same comparisons the leaderboard Elo is fitted from.

FLUX 3 Image
Black Forest Labs
1288 Elo ±51
Rank #6 of 42 · median 36s per image · 10 refused
51–14–18
wins – ties – losses for FLUX 3 Image
83 direct comparisons
Elo expectation: FLUX 3 Image wins 69%
MAI-Image-2.6
Microsoft
1145 Elo ±59
Rank #10 of 42 · median 69s per image · 15 refused

By category

CategoryFLUX 3 ImageMAI-Image-2.6Direct record
Anime & Cartoon Style 1189 1297 3–0–3
Architecture & Interiors 1360 1138 6–1–2
Complex Scenes 1306 1122 6–1–2
Ghibli style 1472 1490 0–1–0
Graphic Design 1229 1048 7–2–1
Hands & Anatomy 1315 1115 8–1–1
Photorealistic People & Portraits 1319 1115 8–3–0
Surreal & Creative Prompts 1371 1289 6–0–4
Text in Images 1272 1090 5–3–2
Ultra Hard 1278 1273 2–2–3

By criterion

CriterionFLUX 3 ImageMAI-Image-2.6
Prompt adherence 1230 1110
Technical quality 1259 1102
Artistic merit 1175 1157
Detail execution 1271 1125
Realism & coherence 1234 1115

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Anime & Cartoon Style An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style).
An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style). - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 6 / 10 Ranked ninth of 13, this image has top-tier atmosphere and environmental detail but a conspicuous failure in the central eating action. The reversed spoon prevents its visual polish from earning an excellent overall rating.
An anime scene of a character eating ramen at a small shop counter (slice-of-life style). - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 This is the strongest combination of expressive characterization, believable daily-life surroundings, and clearly resolved eating action. It ranks 1st of 13, with only small rendering regularities keeping it below a flawless score.
Architecture & Interiors A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting.
A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 This ranks second through its exceptionally coherent architecture and comprehensive treatment of the requested lighting effects. Its more conventional composition and simpler floor patterns place it just behind the strongest image.
A Gothic cathedral interior at sunset with light streaming through detailed stained glass windows, creating colored patterns on stone floors and columns. Show accurate ribbed vaulting. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Visually arresting, but less architecturally and optically convincing than the higher-ranked interiors. The ambiguous central opening and uncertain correspondence between the sun and colored projections are substantial weaknesses.
Complex Scenes An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine.
An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Highest-ranked for its clear prompt fulfillment, convincing environment, and readable interaction. Small uncertainties in the fine hand-and-piece details prevent a flawless score.
An astronaut and a deep-sea diver playing chess together inside a submarine. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 5 / 10 Ranked 10th of 13, this is polished at the object level but substantially compromised by its setting contradiction. Strong material rendering does not resolve the image's central environmental inconsistency.
Ghibli style A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations.
A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Third overall, distinguished by its exceptionally complete garden ecosystem and strong stylistic fidelity. Slight visual congestion and a less explicit tool action place it just behind the two leaders.
A child and elder tending oversized vegetables in a garden. Reproduce the artistic style of Studio Ghibli, with their distinctive character proportions and detailed plant illustrations. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13: this offers the best balance of faithful character design, convincing gardening gestures, and richly differentiated botany. Its consistency across anatomy, materials, composition, and emotional tone makes it the strongest complete interpretation.
Graphic Design The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design.
The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Rank 1 of 13: the strongest combination of readable typography, genuine vine construction, and polished graphic execution. Minor ornamental crowding is the principal limitation.
The word 'GROWTH' visualized using stylized plant vines organically forming the letters, green tones, white background, graphic design. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 5 / 10 This is visually clean but weakened by a consequential letterform problem. The ambiguous W prevents its otherwise appropriate styling from becoming a fully successful response.
Hands & Anatomy A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys.
A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 8 / 10 Ranks 5th of 13 through clear prompt fulfillment, sound anatomy, and balanced presentation. It is a strong result, but its small-scale keyboard execution is less convincing than that of the leading images.
A person typing on a laptop keyboard, showing both hands on the keys. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 3 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13, this is the weakest result because of its critical extra-hand problem. Attractive lighting and respectable textures cannot rescue the anatomical incoherence and distorted laptop.
Photorealistic People & Portraits A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes.
A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Ranks third as an unusually complete and coherent interpretation with strong anatomy and environmental detail. Its composed presentation is slightly less emotionally immediate than the top two.
A bride on her wedding day, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 7 / 10 Ranks ninth, combining clear prompt fulfillment with an attractive romantic setting. Its softer, more polished surface treatment is less convincing than the stronger facially detailed images.
Surreal & Creative Prompts A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors.
A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Ranked 1st of 13, this provides the clearest combination of skyline and musical-note architecture. Minor staff-spacing issues keep it below a flawless result.
A city skyline that forms the shape of musical notes on a staff, created in a stylized graphic design aesthetic with clean architectural lines and dramatic twilight colors. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 6 / 10 Ranked 6th of 13, this is an attractive and technically polished musical city poster. The central requirement that the skyline itself form the notes is missing, substantially lowering its overall score.
Text in Images A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting.
A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting. - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 9 / 10 Ranks 1st of 13 for the best combination of prompt fidelity, clear typography, believable drape, and complete product presentation. Minor print smoothness keeps it short of a flawless score, but it is the most successful overall result.
A wrinkled white T-shirt with "Carpe Diem" in bold serif font and "Seize The Day" in smaller script below it, modeled on a mannequin, professional product photography with soft-box lighting. - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 4 / 10 Ranked 13th of 13, this has competent photographic qualities but fails the central wording requirement. Because clear and accurate text is a primary purpose of the test, the missing 'Diem' outweighs the otherwise believable fabric.
Ultra Hard Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic
Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic - FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image 7 / 10 Ranks fifth because its figure and material rendering are outstanding, but the elevated viewpoint is a major compositional mismatch. That clear prompt failure outweighs its otherwise excellent finish.
Rain-slicked Singapore street, 3 AM. A lone elderly hawker cleans his cart under one flickering fluorescent light. Steam rises gently. Low-angle shot, photorealistic - MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 9 / 10 Ranks 1st of 12 because it combines the clearest prompt fulfillment with excellent photographic execution. Minor staging and highlight issues keep it below a flawless 10.

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