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AI model rankingsImage editingStep Image Edit 2

Step Image Edit 2

StepFun Released May 2026

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#47 of 77 for image editing 5,496 votes Updated Oct 30, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC

At a glance

How Step Image Edit 2 compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Middle of the pack. Ranked #47 of 77, 190 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 39% of models.

  • Close race with 14 models. Its score range overlaps with HunyuanImage 3.0, FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo, FLUX.2 [klein] 9B and 11 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually loses. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 45% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
StepFun
Category
Image editing
Released
May 2026 · 6 months ago
Best StepFun model
This one
Win rate vs all
48%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#47

of 77 models

Elo rating

1,009

190 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±13

how certain the score is

Votes

5,496

blind comparisons

Where it ranks

This model next to its closest competitors. Click another bar to open that model.

Head-to-head chances

How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.

  • vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · #1 overall25%
  • vs FLUX.2 [pro] · The model just above (#46)50%
  • vs FLUX.2 [dev] · The model just below (#48)51%
  • vs Seedream 4.5 · A typical model (the median)45%

Nearby in the ranking

  • FLUX.2 [dev] Flash

    Fal

    1,012

    Elo

    #45

    rank

  • FLUX.2 [pro]

    Black Forest Labs

    1,012

    Elo

    #46

    rank

  • Step Image Edit 2

    StepFun

    1,009

    Elo

    #47

    rank

  • FLUX.2 [dev]

    Black Forest Labs

    1,000

    Elo

    #48

    rank

  • FLUX.2 [flex]

    Black Forest Labs

    999

    Elo

    #49

    rank

More from StepFun

  • Step1X-Edit

    StepFun

    601

    Elo

    #77

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Step Image Edit 2 the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #47 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 190 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Step Image Edit 2 over it in about 25% of blind votes.
How is this ranking made?
People are shown two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the one they like more. Step Image Edit 2 has been in 5,496 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Step Image Edit 2?
StepFun (stepfun.com). They have 2 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Step Image Edit 2?
FLUX.2 [dev] Flash (Fal), FLUX.2 [pro] (Black Forest Labs), FLUX.2 [dev] (Black Forest Labs), FLUX.2 [flex] (Black Forest Labs) are ranked closest to it. The best model from another company is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI.

People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.