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Flux 3
24 Jul 2026
Flux 3
What happened
- FLUX 3 is now available in Early Access.
- FLUX 3 is a new multimodal foundation model that jointly learns from images, videos, and audio within a unified architecture.
- FLUX 3 can create highly diverse videos with audio up to 20 seconds in length in a single generation.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Grok Imagine Video in up to 69% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Kling v3 Pro in 60% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Happy Horse v1 in 59% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Happy Horse 1.1 in 57% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Seedance 2.0 and Gemini Omni Flash in 52% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Runway Gen-4.5 in 77% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Luma Ray 3.2 in 93% of comparisons.
- FLUX 3 was compared against Grok Imagine Video, Kling v3 Pro, Happy Horse v1, Happy Horse 1.1, Seedance 2.0, Gemini Omni Flash, Runway Gen-4.5, and Luma Ray 3.2.
- FLUX 3 Video is now available in Early Access.
- An early access phase for FLUX 3 Image will open in the following weeks.
- mimic robotics was one of the first partners to gain early access to FLUX 3.
- FLUX-mimic, a video-action model combining the FLUX 3 backbone with mimic's expertise in robot learning, was developed.
- Video and audio generation and editing through APIs and private weight access will be made available as FLUX 3 Video.
- Action prediction through selected research and commercial partners, beginning with mimic robotics, will be made available as FLUX-mimic and FLUX 3 Action.
- Image synthesis and editing through APIs and private weight access will be made available as FLUX 3 Image.
- Open-weight access to a multimodal backbone for content creation and action prediction will be released as FLUX 3 Dev.
Numbers
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Grok Imagine Video in up to 69% of comparisons. (69)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Kling v3 Pro in 60% of comparisons. (60)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Happy Horse v1 in 59% of comparisons. (59)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Happy Horse 1.1 in 57% of comparisons. (57)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Seedance 2.0 and Gemini Omni Flash in 52% of comparisons. (52)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Runway Gen-4.5 in 77% of comparisons. (77)
- FLUX 3 was preferred over Luma Ray 3.2 in 93% of comparisons. (93)
Why founders should care
- May indicate faster shipping cycles for teams adopting the new tools.