GPT-Image 2vsFLUX.2 Max
GPT-Image 2 leads the overall Podium Score by 3.9 points (93.1 vs 89.2).Category wins: GPT-Image 2 2 — 1 FLUX.2 Max.FLUX.2 Max is the cheaper pick ($0.05/M vs $0.09/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
GPT-Image 2 is rated higher overall with a Podium Score of 93.1 (vs 89.2 for FLUX.2 Max). In head-to-head domain evaluations, GPT-Image 2 outperforms in 2 of 7 benchmark categories.
Coding & Engineering
GPT-Image 2 (0.0)
Inference Speed
FLUX.2 Max (35 t/s)
Cost Efficiency
FLUX.2 Max ($0.05/M)
API Price / 1M (in · out)
GPT-Image 2 $0.09/M · $0.09/M — FLUX.2 Max $0.05/M · $0.05/M
Choose GPT-Image 2 for knowledge and factual QA, and FLUX.2 Max for vision and multimodal apps.
| Metric | GPT-Image 2 | FLUX.2 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Podium Score | 93.1 ▲ | 89.2 |
| Arena Elo | 1470 ▲ | 1435 |
| Intelligence Index | 93.0 ▲ | 89.0 |
| Coding | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Math | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Reasoning | 55.0 ▲ | 45.0 |
| Agentic | 30.0 | 30.0 |
| Knowledge | 70.0 ▲ | 65.0 |
| Multimodal | 99.2 | 99.4 ▲ |
| Long-context | 60.0 | 60.0 |
| Output speed | 25 t/s | 35 t/s ▲ |
| Output price | $0.09/M | $0.05/M ▲ |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
Scores aggregated from five independent leaderboards. See Methodology. More head-to-heads: GPT-Image 2 vs Claude Mythos · GPT-Image 2 vs Claude 5.5 Sonnet · GPT-Image 2 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro · GPT-Image 2 vs Eleven Multilingual v3