Qwen Image Edit vs Flux 2 Klein (4B, 9B) - QIE Wins.

Comparison

A quick comparison between the following models:

  • Flux 2 Klein 4B
  • Flux 2 Klein 9B
  • Qwen Image Edit 2511

Prompt: let her hair be brunette, shirt be in green, background be cozy room. remove the text. add title \"Flux 2 Klein 4B\" in the bottom -center with curvy font.

Klein 4B struggles to preserve the pose fully, also fails in rendering text correctly. More steps do not help.

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Klein 9B

Klein 9B does a good job here both with 4 and 8 steps. 8 steps is more accurate.

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Qwen Image Edit 2511

Qwen Image Edit does a great job here both in 4 and 8 steps.

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Klein models vs Qwen Image Edit model, complex prompt: let her hair be brunette, shirt be in green, background be cozy room. remove the text. add title \"...\" in the bottom -center with curvy font. show her right hand to camera.

When the prompt becomes more complex like:
"let her hair be brunette, shirt be in green, background be cozy room. remove the text. add title "..." in the bottom -center with curvy font. show her right hand to camera."

  • Klein 4B fails: ignore the hand part, changes the pose and other unwanted changes
  • Klein 9B fails 50%: pose is changed, hand is shown as wanted.
  • Qwen Image Edit wins: pose remains intact, hand is shown as wanted.

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Klein 9B vs Qwen Image Edit 2511

Even with extra steps, Klein 9B fails: pose completely changed.

Qwen Image Edit wins keeping pose intact and applying all wanted edits exactly.

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Timing:

Flux 2 Klein 4BFlux 2 Klein 9BQwen Image Edit 2511
10s for 4 steps22s for 4 steps49s for 4 steps
18s for 8 steps43s for 8 steps98s for 8 steps
39s for 16 steps

other info:
width=height=1024, Euler Beta,

Qwen LoRA: 4step

Posted Mar 4, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

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