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FLUX.1 Schnell

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FLUX.1 Schnell is Black Forest Labs's image generation model with a 4K context window and up to 4K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.1 / 1M input and $0.1 / 1M output. A fast, distilled 12B parameter text-to-image model from Black Forest Labs optimized for rapid image generation with minimal inference steps.
Specifications
Canonical IDblack-forest-labs-flux-1-schnell
TypeImage Generation
StatusActive
CreatorBlack Forest LabsBlack Forest Labs
Providers
Context Window4K tokens
Max Output4K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesImage
Parameters11.9B
HuggingFace Likes4,794
HuggingFace Downloads (30d)724,215
HuggingFace Downloads (all-time)20,529,902
Benchmarks
Elo Rating
1000
#274

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Image Out
Cloudflare Workers AI logo
Cloudflare Workers AI
@cf/black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell
N/AN/A$0.000053
/ 512 tile
Fireworks AI logo
Fireworks AI
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/flux-1-schnell
$0.1$0.1N/A

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host FLUX.1 Schnell, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 29 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
Standard_NV16as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2532 GB$0.932/hreastus
Standard_NP10sAzureAMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB)64 GB$1.65/hreastus
g6e.xlargeAWSL40S45 GB$1.86/hrus-east-1
7 more instances can run FLUX.1 Schnell
Unlock the full ranked list and FP8 / INT4 quantization with a CloudPrice subscription.

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Imagen 4 Fast480——Available
Imagen 4 Ultra480——Available
Imagen 4480——Available
Gen-4 Image————Available
Gen-4 Image Turbo————Available
Imagen 4 Preview————Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview131K$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview66K$2.00$12.00Available
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large77——Available
Recraft V3———Available
FLUX.1 Schnell—4K$0.100$0.100Current

Model IDs

@cf/black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell
accounts/fireworks/models/flux-1-schnell
black-forest-labs-flux-1-schnell
black-forest-labs/FLUX-1-schnell
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/flux-1-schnell
flux-1-schnell
huggingface-txt2img-black-forest-labs-flux-1-schnell
nscale/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell