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FLUX.2 Pro vs Qwen-Image 2.1: the same prompts, side by side

Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 Pro and Alibaba's Qwen-Image 2.1 on the same 16 prompts, two for each of 8 jobs, from logos to YouTube thumbnails: each image as it was made, what the checks found, what it cost and how long it took.

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Based on 32 images made on September 29, 2026 through kie.ai with llmwise's own settings for each model, each checked by Claude Sonnet 5.5. How the images are checked.

Short answer

On our 16 image test prompts, FLUX.2 Pro passed 14 and Qwen-Image 2.1 11, each image checked the same way. FLUX.2 Pro was quicker, 60.7 s an image against 79.9 s. In llmwise a FLUX.2 Pro image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages and a Qwen-Image 2.1 image as 1 Claude Haiku 4.5 message: up to 125 and 250 images a month on Pro.

FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 in llmwise

What llmwise asks FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 for, and what an image of each counts as.

FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 in llmwise
FactFLUX.2 ProQwen-Image 2.1
Made byBlack Forest LabsAlibaba
Made throughkie.aikie.ai
Output size1K1K
Aspect ratiossquare 1:1, portrait 2:3, landscape 3:2square 1:1, portrait 2:3, landscape 3:2
An image counts as2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages1 Claude Haiku 4.5 message
Images on Proup to 125 a monthup to 250 a month

Job by job

FLUX.2 Pro passed 14 of 16 and Qwen-Image 2.1 11 of 16. A prompt passes when every piece of writing it asked for is there and every question about the image is a yes.

FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1, job by job
JobFLUX.2 ProQwen-Image 2.1
Logos2 of 2 passed, 12 of 12 checks1 of 2 passed, 11 of 12 checks
Text in images2 of 2 passed, 14 of 14 checks2 of 2 passed, 14 of 14 checks
Product photos2 of 2 passed, 12 of 12 checks2 of 2 passed, 12 of 12 checks
Photorealistic images2 of 2 passed, 11 of 11 checks0 of 2 passed, 9 of 11 checks
Illustrations2 of 2 passed, 10 of 10 checks2 of 2 passed, 10 of 10 checks
Portraits1 of 2 passed, 12 of 13 checks2 of 2 passed, 13 of 13 checks
YouTube thumbnails2 of 2 passed, 12 of 12 checks1 of 2 passed, 11 of 12 checks
Social media posts1 of 2 passed, 11 of 12 checks1 of 2 passed, 11 of 12 checks

The same prompts, side by side

FLUX.2 Pro's and Qwen-Image 2.1's image for each prompt, with each question either one was answered no on; a prompt's title links to it in full, with every answer.

  1. A coffee shop logo with its name

    Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; Qwen-Image 2.1's image came 4.6 s sooner (56.5 s to 61.1 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

    FLUX.2 ProPassed
    FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A coffee shop logo with its name”
      Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
      Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A coffee shop logo with its name”

      • A wheel and a wrench in one icon

        Only FLUX.2 Pro passed, not Qwen-Image 2.1; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 5.1 s sooner (48.6 s to 53.7 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

        FLUX.2 ProPassed
        FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A wheel and a wrench in one icon”
          Qwen-Image 2.1Failed
          Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A wheel and a wrench in one icon”
          • Is there a bicycle wheel in the icon? No: The icon is a plain circle with a short horizontal line, with no spokes, tire or hub, so it reads as a ring rather than a bicycle wheel.

        • A bakery sign with two lines

          Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 12.9 s sooner (18.0 s to 30.9 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

          FLUX.2 ProPassed
          FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A bakery sign with two lines”
            Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
            Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A bakery sign with two lines”

            • A café menu board with four prices

              Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 64.5 s sooner (18.2 s to 82.7 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

              FLUX.2 ProPassed
              FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A café menu board with four prices”
                Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A café menu board with four prices”

                • A white sneaker on a grey background

                  Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 113.3 s sooner (23.2 s to 136.5 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                  FLUX.2 ProPassed
                  FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A white sneaker on a grey background”
                    Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                    Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A white sneaker on a grey background”

                    • A perfume bottle and its reflection

                      Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 67.6 s sooner (23.4 s to 91.0 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                      FLUX.2 ProPassed
                      FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A perfume bottle and its reflection”
                        Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                        Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A perfume bottle and its reflection”

                        • A bowl of ramen from above

                          Only FLUX.2 Pro passed, not Qwen-Image 2.1; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 52.9 s sooner (65.1 s to 118.0 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                          FLUX.2 ProPassed
                          FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A bowl of ramen from above”
                            Qwen-Image 2.1Failed
                            Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A bowl of ramen from above”
                            • Are chopsticks resting across the bowl? No: The chopsticks lie on the table and reach the bowl's lower left edge, but they do not rest across the bowl. They look more like they pass over or in front of the rim than rest on it.

                          • A rainy street at night, one red umbrella

                            Only FLUX.2 Pro passed, not Qwen-Image 2.1; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 113.4 s sooner (18.4 s to 131.7 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                            FLUX.2 ProPassed
                            FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A rainy street at night, one red umbrella”
                              Qwen-Image 2.1Failed
                              Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A rainy street at night, one red umbrella”
                              • Is the person walking away from the camera? No: The person is seen from the side or back and appears to be crossing or facing sideways, so it isn't clearly walking away from the camera.

                            • A watercolour fox for a children's book

                              Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 53.1 s sooner (90.5 s to 143.6 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                              FLUX.2 ProPassed
                              FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A watercolour fox for a children's book”
                                Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A watercolour fox for a children's book”

                                • Three people at one laptop, flat vector

                                  Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; Qwen-Image 2.1's image came 14.9 s sooner (104.6 s to 119.6 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                  FLUX.2 ProPassed
                                  FLUX.2 Pro's image for “Three people at one laptop, flat vector”
                                    Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                    Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “Three people at one laptop, flat vector”

                                    • A studio headshot

                                      Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 83.9 s sooner (20.4 s to 104.3 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                      FLUX.2 ProPassed
                                      FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A studio headshot”
                                        Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                        Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A studio headshot”

                                        • A fisherman holding a rope in both hands

                                          Only Qwen-Image 2.1 passed, not FLUX.2 Pro; both images took about as long, and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                          FLUX.2 ProFailed
                                          FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A fisherman holding a rope in both hands”
                                          • Does every hand you can see have five fingers and look natural? No: The hands are clasped and partly hidden by the rope, so the fingers are hard to count and some look slightly merged or unclear.
                                          Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                          Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A fisherman holding a rope in both hands”

                                          • A cooking video thumbnail

                                            Only FLUX.2 Pro passed, not Qwen-Image 2.1; Qwen-Image 2.1's image came 17.8 s sooner (43.4 s to 61.1 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                            FLUX.2 ProPassed
                                            FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A cooking video thumbnail”
                                              Qwen-Image 2.1Failed
                                              Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A cooking video thumbnail”
                                              • Are there flames coming from the pan? No: The flames are on the far left beside the man, not coming from the pan, which only holds food and flying bits.

                                            • A phone review thumbnail with a question

                                              Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; FLUX.2 Pro's image came 12.7 s sooner (23.0 s to 35.7 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                              FLUX.2 ProPassed
                                              FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A phone review thumbnail with a question”
                                                Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                                Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A phone review thumbnail with a question”

                                                • A summer sale post

                                                  Both FLUX.2 Pro and Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; Qwen-Image 2.1's image came 151.3 s sooner (23.1 s to 174.4 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                                  FLUX.2 ProPassed
                                                  FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A summer sale post”
                                                    Qwen-Image 2.1Passed
                                                    Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A summer sale post”

                                                    • A book club announcement, top and bottom

                                                      Neither FLUX.2 Pro nor Qwen-Image 2.1 passed; Qwen-Image 2.1's image came 84.6 s sooner (91.7 s to 176.2 s), and Qwen-Image 2.1's cost $0.005 less at kie.ai.

                                                      FLUX.2 ProFailed
                                                      FLUX.2 Pro's image for “A book club announcement, top and bottom”
                                                      • Apart from those two lines, is nothing else written? No: The book's pages contain small lines of text and page numbers, so other writing appears in the image, though it is illegible.
                                                      Qwen-Image 2.1Failed
                                                      Qwen-Image 2.1's image for “A book club announcement, top and bottom”
                                                      • Apart from those two lines, is nothing else written? No: The open book's pages show small blurry lines of text, so there is other writing, though it is unreadable.

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                                                    Questions

                                                    Is FLUX.2 Pro better than Qwen-Image 2.1?

                                                    On our 16 image test prompts, FLUX.2 Pro passed 14 and Qwen-Image 2.1 11, each image checked the same way. FLUX.2 Pro was quicker, 60.7 s an image against 79.9 s. In llmwise a FLUX.2 Pro image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages and a Qwen-Image 2.1 image as 1 Claude Haiku 4.5 message: up to 125 and 250 images a month on Pro.

                                                    Which is cheaper in llmwise, FLUX.2 Pro or Qwen-Image 2.1?

                                                    Qwen-Image 2.1: in llmwise its image counts as 1 Claude Haiku 4.5 message, against 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages for FLUX.2 Pro.

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