FLUX.2 MaxvsKling 3.0 Pro
FLUX.2 Max leads the overall Podium Score by 0.6 points (89.2 vs 88.6).Category wins: FLUX.2 Max 5 — 0 Kling 3.0 Pro.FLUX.2 Max is the cheaper pick ($0.05/M vs $0.1/M per 1M output tokens). FLUX.2 Max is faster (35 t/s vs 25 t/s).
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Quick VerdictAggregated 2026 Benchmark Analysis
FLUX.2 Max is rated higher overall with a Podium Score of 89.2 (vs 88.6 for Kling 3.0 Pro). In head-to-head domain evaluations, FLUX.2 Max outperforms in 5 of 7 benchmark categories.
Coding & Engineering
FLUX.2 Max (0.0)
Inference Speed
FLUX.2 Max (35 t/s)
Cost Efficiency
FLUX.2 Max ($0.05/M)
API Price / 1M (in · out)
FLUX.2 Max $0.05/M · $0.05/M — Kling 3.0 Pro $0.1/M · $0.1/M
Choose FLUX.2 Max for vision and multimodal apps, and Kling 3.0 Pro for general-purpose workloads.
| Metric | FLUX.2 Max | Kling 3.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Podium Score | 89.2 ▲ | 88.6 |
| Arena Elo | 1435 ▲ | 1420 |
| Intelligence Index | 89.0 ▲ | 88.0 |
| Coding | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Math | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Reasoning | 45.0 ▲ | 40.0 |
| Agentic | 30.0 ▲ | 25.0 |
| Knowledge | 65.0 ▲ | 60.0 |
| Multimodal | 99.4 ▲ | 98.8 |
| Long-context | 60.0 ▲ | 50.0 |
| Output speed | 35 t/s ▲ | 25 t/s |
| Output price | $0.05/M ▲ | $0.1/M |
| Context window | 128K ▲ | 64K |
Scores aggregated from five independent leaderboards. See Methodology. More head-to-heads: FLUX.2 Max vs Claude Mythos · FLUX.2 Max vs Claude 5.5 Sonnet · FLUX.2 Max vs Kimi K3.1 Pro · FLUX.2 Max vs Eleven Multilingual v3