LLM Reference

The image leaderboard · for creatives

Best for image

Decision area
Photoreal, illustrative, on-brand.
Editor picks
4 editor picks
Eligible models
14 eligible models
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EDITOR'S CHOICEResearched 8d ago

FLUX.2 Klein 9B

Black Forest Labs
Excellent

Photoreal, brand-consistent, and finally good at text.

FLUX.2 Klein 9B is a 9B distilled text-to-image model on fal. Not FLUX.2 Dev.

The numbers
Pricing
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see model page
Context
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image
Pros
  • +9B distilled Klein on fal
  • +Fast text-to-image
  • +Not FLUX.2 Dev
Cons
  • −Smaller than full FLUX.2 Dev

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#3
Midjourney v6+
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#4
Recraft V3
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Eligibility

14 models are eligible for this board

Eligibility means tagged with useCases: [image]. Pins must come from this pool.
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