Head to head: FLUX 2 vs Krea 3 Edit
FLUX 2 vs Krea 3 Edit
By Ryan Merket · Published
FLUX 2 and Krea 3 Edit go head to head on eight image tasks spanning exact counts, text, composition, and style. The comparison turns on different strengths in scene fidelity and visual clarity.
Krea 3 Edit has the higher aggregate score, **62.8 to FLUX 2’s 61.2**, but the saved result is a tie: each model won three tasks, with two ties. That balance shows up in the images themselves: Krea more convincingly delivered the flat-vector mural festival and ukiyo-e wave, while FLUX made the seven-cup count and room layout clearer. Neither separated itself across the full set. The weaker spots are telling. Both models appear to produce 12 scooters instead of the requested 11, though Krea’s single curbside row makes them easier to count. Both also render the three-line text accurately; FLUX’s lettering is crisper, but the task remains a tie. On the courier leap, FLUX’s action reads more clearly, while Krea’s broad reflective puddle and diagonal framing have their own appeal. The busker task is a close call in execution: FLUX has the more natural playing posture and clearer hand placement, while Krea makes the tram-stop setting more explicit. Across these mixed results, the differences are specific rather than decisive—not a basis for declaring one model the overall winner. **Final call: Too close to call (not statistical). This assessment applies to the saved task sample; the aggregate-score edge for Krea 3 Edit does not change the saved tie.**
Car-free protest avenue
A wide 16:9 vibrant flat-vector city scene of Larkspur Avenue at noon during a neighborhood mural festival, viewed from a pedestrian crossing with food stalls, cyclists, chalk artists, hanging banners, and apartment facades in warm sunlight, but the entire street must contain NO cars, NO vans, NO buses, and NO motorcycles anywhere in the image; open roadway, festive crowds, crisp geometric shadows.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model B more clearly delivers the flat-vector mural festival, with visible chalk artists, prominent murals, food stalls, cyclists, banners, and an open car-free avenue. Model A has strong atmosphere and crisp shadows, but reads more like late-afternoon lighting and gives less emphasis to the mural-making; both have imperfect signage text. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model B more closely matches the bright, flat-vector noon festival brief, with visible chal | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Both Model A and Model B successfully keep the…
Exact counting
A clean overhead flat lay on white marble of EXACTLY seven identical espresso cups arranged in a single straight row, each clearly separate and individually countable, even soft lighting, 16:9.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model A shows exactly seven clearly separated cups in a straight row, with espresso visible in each cup. Model B also has seven cups in a neat row, but they are empty and the handles sit close to neighboring cups, making the arrangement less clear. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model A shows exactly seven clearly separated, identical espresso cups in a straight overhead row on white marble, with attractive and consistent presentation. Model B also has seven | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Both Model A and Model B deliver exactly seven i…
Leap over puddle
A cinematic realistic street photo in 16:9 of a courier in a teal windbreaker mid-leap over a broad puddle in an alley off Calder Mint Lane at night, captured at the peak of motion with one knee high, backpack swinging, droplets scattering, coat hem and loose papers trailing to emphasize speed; strong side lighting from a red pharmacy sign and a cool overhead lamp, diagonal composition, convincing motion energy and urban grit.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model A more fully captures the requested peak leap, with a raised knee, swinging backpack, scattering droplets and papers, and the red pharmacy sign balanced by cool overhead light. Model B has a strong diagonal composition and a broad reflective puddle, but its back-facing courier and less distinct leap make the action slightly less readable. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model A more clearly captures the courier at the peak of a dynamic leap, with a reada | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Model A nails the heroic mid-leap pose with a h…
Named art style
A ukiyo-e woodblock print of a fishing boat riding a large cresting wave at dawn, faithful to the flat color planes, bold outlines, and stylized foam of the tradition, muted indigo and cream palette.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model B more faithfully captures ukiyo-e flat color planes, bold outlines, stylized foam, and the muted indigo-and-cream palette, with the boat convincingly riding the wave. Model A has a striking dawn atmosphere and dramatic composition, but its gradients and boat design feel less faithful to the requested tradition. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model B more clearly shows a fishing boat carrying people riding the cresting wave, while preserving the muted i | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Model B delivers crisp flat color planes, bold…
Legible multi-line text
A minimalist event poster with three lines of crisp, correctly-spelled text stacked and centered: 'NIGHT MARKET' large on top, 'Fridays · 6–11pm' in the middle, 'Riverside Pier 4' at the bottom, on a deep navy background, clean sans-serif, subtle grain.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model A renders all three lines correctly with especially crisp, high-contrast lettering and clear hierarchy. Model B also follows the layout and text accurately, but its thinner lettering is slightly less legible at a glance. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model B presents all three lines correctly and clearly, with a prominent headline, centered layout, deep navy background, and subtle grain that closely matches the prompt. Model A is also crisp and well-ce | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Both render all three lines correctly spelled a…
Spatial layout
A clean isometric illustration of a bedroom: a bed against the LEFT wall, a round rug centered on the floor, a desk under the WINDOW on the back wall, and a floor lamp in the FRONT-RIGHT corner. Flat-vector style, consistent perspective.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model A presents the requested arrangement clearly, with the rug centered and the desk beneath the back-wall window, while its warm, polished rendering gives the room strong visual appeal. Model B is closer to flat-vector style, but its rug overlaps the bed and its simpler composition is slightly less balanced. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model A places the floor lamp more clearly in the front-right corner while keeping the bed, centered rug, and desk bene | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Model A places the bed firmly against the left…
Busker with accurate hands
A realistic editorial-style photograph of a young street violinist performing on a cobblestone tram stop in Bracken Row, shown full upper body in 16:9 under soft overcast daylight, her posture natural and balanced, both hands clearly visible and anatomically correct with five fingers each—left hand pressing the violin strings, right hand holding the bow properly—face unobstructed, proportional arms and shoulders, shallow depth of field with blurred storefronts behind her.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Model B more clearly establishes the tram stop with visible tracks and shows both hands in a readable playing pose. Model A has more pleasing shallow depth of field, but its setting is less specific and the bow hand is less clearly rendered. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model A has a more natural playing posture, clearer hand placement, and stronger shallow-depth-of-field editorial composition. Model B more clearly shows tram tracks, but its bow hand looks | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Model A shows a more natural left-hand finger pl…
Neon scooter count
A crisp vibrant flat-vector illustration of a narrow rain-slick side street in the Shibden Market district at blue hour, viewed straight-on in 16:9, with EXACTLY 11 distinct parked electric scooters lined along the curb, each fully visible and individually countable, beneath magenta noodle-shop signs and a glowing laundromat window; sharp reflections, clean outlines, no pedestrians blocking any scooter.
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna: Both images appear to show 12 scooters rather than the requested 11, but Model B makes them clearly countable in a single curbside row and better matches the straight-on flat-vector brief. Model A has striking atmosphere, though its overlapping rows make the scooters harder to distinguish individually. (Second judge pass, order swapped — scores are the average of both: Model B better matches the straight-on street scene and presents a clear, countable curbside row with the requested signs, laund | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1: Model B delivers a clean straight-on 16:9 scene…
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