Flux 2 Pro vs Recraft V3

Text rendering reveals the fundamental difference in how these models were trained and optimized. This prompt requires rendering a business name, establishment date, and tagline in a vintage hand-painted style—challenging even for models explicitly designed for typography.

In our testing, Recraft V3 consistently produced legible, properly-formed text that maintained the vintage aesthetic. Flux 2 Pro often captured the overall mood effectively, but text elements frequently contained subtle errors—letters running together, inconsistent sizing, or slight deformations that become apparent on close inspection. For signage, labels, packaging, or any design where text must actually be readable, Recraft's reliability advantage is clear.

Portrait photography tests a model's ability to render convincing human subjects with natural skin textures, authentic expressions, and proper environmental integration. This prompt adds complexity with atmospheric elements—dust in light beams, wet clay textures—that require sophisticated understanding of light behavior.

Flux 2 Pro typically produces portraits with remarkable naturalism—subtle skin texture variations, proper light falloff, and the kind of imperfections that make images feel real rather than rendered. Recraft V3 produces attractive portraits but sometimes with a slightly more processed or stylized quality. For portraits without text elements, Flux 2 Pro's photorealistic edge becomes the deciding factor.

This prompt requests a specific illustration style—vector art with flat design aesthetics—that requires understanding of design conventions distinct from photorealism. It tests whether each model can execute a coherent visual language with clean edges, geometric shapes, and limited color palettes.

Recraft's style preset system provides significant advantages here. The "digital_illustration" or "vector_illustration" presets produce outputs that respect illustration conventions consistently. Flux 2 Pro interprets style prompts more creatively—sometimes producing beautiful results that blend styles in unexpected ways, other times missing the mark on purity of style. For projects requiring predictable style consistency across multiple assets, Recraft's presets offer valuable control.

Commercial design combines multiple challenges: product photography requiring precise lighting and reflections, branding elements with readable text, and the polished aesthetic expected in luxury marketing. This prompt tests whether outputs could plausibly serve as campaign mockups or concept presentations.

The brand name "NOIR ABSOLU" provides a clear text rendering test. Recraft V3 typically renders product labels legibly, making the output immediately usable for concept presentations. Flux 2 Pro often produces stunning compositions with beautiful lighting, but label text may require regeneration or post-processing. For commercial work where text accuracy is table stakes, Recraft's reliability reduces iteration time significantly.

For text-to-image generation of landscapes and nature scenes, both models produce excellent results. The quality difference is subtle—Flux 2 Pro tends toward more naturalistic rendering while Recraft may apply slight stylization based on its default preset.

The real differentiator is workflow capability. Flux 2 Pro's image input support means you can iteratively refine compositions—start with a generated image, then use it as input with modified prompts to adjust specific elements. This iterative capability is invaluable for professional workflows where the first generation is rarely the final output. Recraft's text-to-image-only approach requires generating from scratch each time, which can be limiting for refinement-heavy projects.