Eric Workman

Big 3 AI Image Gen

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This is a quick visual comparison of various settings for the same prompt between Midjourney and Stable Diffusion via DiffusionBee and DALL-E 2. High resolution versions are available by clicking on the image.

I'm not covering the image-to-image abilities of Stable Diffusion, the image sourcing of Midjourney, or the outpainting capabilities of DALL-E 2.

Prompt 1

a robot dressed as a medieval knight drinking a goblet of wine

Midjourney

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, very high style. max upscale

v3, very high style. max upscale

test, medium style, max upscale

test, medium style, max upscale

Stable Diffusion

25 steps, 7.5 guidance

25 steps, 7.5 guidance

25 steps, 2 guidance

25 steps, 2 guidance

50 steps, 7.5 guidance

50 steps, 7.5 guidance

DALL-E 2

first

first

variation

variation

variation

variation

Prompt 2

quirky underground comic style illustration, pen and ink and watercolor and collage in the style of Marc Bell, bathing cats, bath house onsen cats

This prompt was taken from this entry that I found on the Midjourney community feed. I just liked it.

Midjourney

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

v3, medium style, max upscale

Stable Diffusion

40 steps, 7 guidance

40 steps, 7 guidance

40 steps, 7 guidance

40 steps, 7 guidance

40 steps, 7 guidance

40 steps, 7 guidance

DALL-E 2

first

first

variation

variation

variation

variation