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FLUX.1 Kontext [Max] vs Flux-1-Schnell

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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FLUX.1 Kontext [Max]
black-forest-labs/flux-1-kontext-max
Flux-1-Schnell
black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell
Provider
Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs
Family
FLUX
FLUX
Modality
image
image
Context window
Max output
Released
2026-08-19
2024-08-29
License
Open-weight
Open-weight
Per image
$0.080 /img
$0.0008 /img
Tools
Streaming
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Batch API
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FLUX.1 Kontext [Max]
black-forest-labs/flux-1-kontext-max
Full spec →

FLUX.1 Kontext [max] is Black Forest Labs' highest-quality Kontext model for text-to-image generation and context-aware image editing.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
Use cases
Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art
Flux-1-Schnell
black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell
Full spec →

FLUX.1 [schnell] is a 12 billion parameter rectified flow transformer capable of generating images from text descriptions.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
Use cases
Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# FLUX.1 Kontext [Max]
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="black-forest-labs/flux-1-kontext-max",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Flux-1-Schnell
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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