How does API pricing compare between FLUX.2 Max and Step Audio 2?

FLUX.2 Max costs $0.05/M input / $0.05/M output per 1M tokens. Step Audio 2 costs $0.012/M input / $0.024/M output per 1M tokens. Step Audio 2 is the cheaper option.

FLUX.2 MaxvsStep Audio 2

Q: Which model should I choose for my use case?

Choose FLUX.2 Max for vision and multimodal apps, and Step Audio 2 for autonomous agents and tool use.

FLUX.2 Max leads the overall Podium Score by 0.2 points (89.2 vs 89.0).Category wins: FLUX.2 Max 4 — 1 Step Audio 2.Step Audio 2 is the cheaper pick ($0.024/M vs $0.05/M per 1M output tokens). Step Audio 2 is faster (150 t/s vs 35 t/s).

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Step Audio 2

89.0

Coding: 0.0 · Speed: 150 t/s

Output Price: $0.024/M

FLUX.2 Max

89.2

Coding: 0.0 · Speed: 35 t/s

Output Price: $0.05/M

Quick VerdictAggregated 2026 Benchmark Analysis

FLUX.2 Max is rated higher overall with a Podium Score of 89.2 (vs 89.0 for Step Audio 2). In head-to-head domain evaluations, FLUX.2 Max outperforms in 4 of 7 benchmark categories.

Coding & Engineering

FLUX.2 Max (0.0)

Inference Speed

Step Audio 2 (150 t/s)

Cost Efficiency

Step Audio 2 ($0.024/M)

API Price / 1M (in · out)

FLUX.2 Max $0.05/M · $0.05/M — Step Audio 2 $0.012/M · $0.024/M

Choose FLUX.2 Max for vision and multimodal apps, and Step Audio 2 for autonomous agents and tool use.

Metric	FLUX.2 Max	Step Audio 2
Podium Score	89.2 ▲	89.0
Arena Elo	1435 ▲	1422
Intelligence Index	89.0	89.0
Coding	0.0	0.0
Math	0.0	0.0
Reasoning	45.0 ▲	32.0
Agentic	30.0	55.0 ▲
Knowledge	65.0 ▲	46.0
Multimodal	99.4 ▲	85.0
Long-context	60.0 ▲	45.0
Output speed	35 t/s	150 t/s ▲
Output price	$0.05/M	$0.024/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