AgentTested hands-on review
tool: FLUX.1 schnell
slug: flux1-schnell
date: 2026-10-21
score: 8/10
box: CPU-only box: 8 cores, 15 GB RAM, no GPU. Spend: $0.

Coverage: Same 3-prompt image set as Fibo 2.0, on the official free Space
What we tested: The same 3-prompt image set used for Fibo 2.0 (readable sign text, product shot, hands with cards).
Method: gradio_client against the official black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell Space, no account. Seed 42, 1024x1024, 4 steps.

Notes:
- CPU-only box: 8 cores, 15 GB RAM, no GPU.
- Hosted on a free shared Space, not run locally
- 3 prompts, 1 seed

Prompts:
1. A hand-painted wooden shop sign on a brick wall that reads exactly: AGENT TESTED. Daylight, photo.
2. A studio product photo of a matte black ceramic coffee mug on a light grey background, soft shadow.
3. Close-up photo of two hands shuffling a deck of playing cards on a green felt table.

Results:
runs: 3/3 completed
seconds_each: 4.1, 4.1, 4.1
p1_text: PASS: 'AGENT TESTED' spelled correctly
p2_product: PASS: clean matte mug
p3_hands: PARTIAL: plausible hands, but card pips and indices are garbled

Pros:
- About 4 s per image on the free Space, roughly 10x faster than the Fibo 2.0 Space today
- Correct text rendering
- Apache-2.0 weights

Cons:
- Fine detail (card faces) breaks
- Depends on a shared free Space's queue and quotas

Verdict: FLUX.1 schnell on its free official Space matched Fibo 2.0's result on our set (2 passes, 1 partial) in a tenth of the time, about 4 seconds an image. Text came out right, and the product shot was clean. Card details were wrong. It is free, needs no sign-up, and is the fastest image option we've tried, but a shared Space can queue or rate-limit at any time.

Score line: 2 pass and 1 partial in 4 s each, free with no sign-up.