Flux 2 Max vs Seedream 5
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Flux 2 Max costs 2 credits and edited our reference photo in about 59 seconds. Seedream 5 costs 2.5 credits and took about 93 seconds on the same job. Both kept the subject's identity intact, but Flux 2 Max stayed close on the character while Seedream 5 pulled back to build a full wide street scene.
Same reference, both models, August 26 2026
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Place this exact woman on a bicycle crossing a rainy city crosswalk at dusk, neon shop signs reflecting in puddles, cinematic wide shot, keep her face, glasses, red curly hair, denim jacket and yellow shirt identical
Flux 2 Max
Place this exact woman on a bicycle crossing a rainy city crosswalk at dusk, neon shop signs reflecting in puddles, cinematic wide shot, keep her face, glasses, red curly hair, denim jacket and yellow shirt identical
Seedream 5
Same reference photo, same edit instruction, same day. Flux 2 Max: 2 credits, about 59 seconds. Seedream 5: 2.5 credits, about 93 seconds.
How It Works
How we ran the comparison:
Start from the same reference photo
One character sheet, generated earlier with a character-consistency tool, fed as the only reference to both models.
Send the same scene-placement instruction
One prompt naming every identity detail to preserve, plus a request for a cinematic wide shot.
Download both results and compare framing
We checked identity match against the reference, then compared how much of the surrounding scene each model chose to show.
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| Others | Pixel Dojo |
|---|---|
| Price | Flux 2 Max is 2 credits at its 0.5 or 1 megapixel default, 3 credits at 2 megapixels, 4 credits at 4 megapixels. Seedream 5 is 2.5 credits at its 2K default, 1.25 at 1K. Flux 2 Max is the cheaper of the two at default settings. |
| What we measured | Flux 2 Max finished in about 59 seconds. Seedream 5 finished in about 93 seconds, 34 seconds slower for a half-credit more. |
| Reference image limit | Flux 2 Max accepts up to 8 reference image URLs on its Max tier. Seedream 5 accepts up to 10. Both took just the one character sheet in our test. |
| What we saw: Flux 2 Max | A square 1008x1008 shot, cropped in tight on the rider from the waist up, with visible rain droplets on the denim jacket and puddle ripples underfoot. The neon signage behind her is stylized but illegible, and a pedestrian signal is visible at the edge of frame. |
| What we saw: Seedream 5 | A wide 3136x1344 cinematic frame with a full evening street, a pink and purple dusk sky, and shop signage lit up on both sides of the road. The subject sits smaller in frame, with the environment doing more of the storytelling. |
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Flux 2 Max vs Seedream 5
Which is cheaper, Flux 2 Max or Seedream 5?
Flux 2 Max, at 2 credits against Seedream 5's 2.5 credits at their default tiers. Seedream 5 drops to 1.25 credits at 1K if a smaller output works.
Which one is faster?
Flux 2 Max, at about 59 seconds against Seedream 5's about 93 seconds in our August 26, 2026 run.
Which one gives a wider, more cinematic frame?
Seedream 5, in our test. It returned a 3136x1344 wide frame with a full street scene. Flux 2 Max returned a tighter square crop centered on the subject.
Did both keep the subject's identity intact?
Yes. Face, glasses, hair color and texture, jacket, and shirt matched our reference character sheet in both outputs.
How many reference images can each one take?
Flux 2 Max accepts up to 8 reference images on its Max tier. Seedream 5 accepts up to 10.
How do I call these from the API?
Same key, same shape: POST to /api/v1/models/flux-2-max/run with a prompt and input_images pointing at your source image, or /api/v1/models/seedream-5/run with a prompt and image_urls.