Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.
Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.
| FLUX.2 [Pro] Preview black-forest-labs/flux-2-pro-preview | O4-Mini openai/o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Black Forest Labs | OpenAI |
| Family | FLUX | o-series |
| Modality | image | text |
| Context window | — | 200,000 tok |
| Max output | — | 100,000 tok |
| Released | 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-22 |
| Input price | $0.0000 /img | $1.10 /1M |
| Output price | — | $4.40 /1M |
| Cache read | — | — |
| Tools | — | yes |
| Streaming | — | yes |
| Vision | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | yes |
| Reasoning | — | yes |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
FLUX.2 [pro] Preview is Black Forest Labs' recommended default for production image generation and editing — tracks the latest [pro] weights with strong multi-reference support.
OpenAI's fast, lightweight reasoning model optimized for multi-step problem solving at lower cost.
# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
api_key="sk-aig-...",
)
# Try FLUX.2 [Pro] Preview
client.chat.completions.create(
model="black-forest-labs/flux-2-pro-preview",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
# Try O4-Mini — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="openai/o4-mini",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)