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Midjourney vs ChatGPT

Side by side comparison of capabilities, pricing and version history

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Midjourney

by Midjourney

Multimodal
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ChatGPT

by OpenAI

GeneralCodingMultimodal
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Overall Score

🏆 Midjourney leads 2 - 1

Based on 3 capability dimensions

Quick Facts

Latest VersionV8GPT-5.5
Context WindowN/AN/A
PricingN/AN/A
Versions Documented55

Capabilities

MidjourneyChatGPT
SpeedRight wins
6/10
9/10
MemoryLeft wins
6/10
0/10
MultimodalLeft wins
8/10
0/10

Midjourney History

5 versions

V8Mar 2026

Midjourney V8 is approaching launch, with the final round of image rating/ranking underway to calibrate personalization systems. The update also includes a new personalization interface on web allowing users to create profiles by scrolling through images, and Personalization and Moodboards features added to niji 7 anime model.

V8 AlphaJan 2025

Midjourney V8 Alpha now supports Relax mode for Standard/Pro/Mega subscribers. A new faster version of SREF/Moodboards is now default, being 4x faster and cheaper while supporting --hd and working better with --p, --stylize, and --exp flags. A new training run for V8.1 is underway, aiming for improved aesthetics, creativity, coherence, image prompts, better moodboards/srefs, and possibly 2K default resolution.

Midjourney v6Dec 2023

Most accurate prompt following yet. Coherent text in images. Better realism and fine details. Long prompt support.

Midjourney v5Mar 2023

Photorealistic images. Much better at hands and faces. More accurate prompt interpretation. Style consistency improved.

Midjourney v4Nov 2022

Major quality leap. More coherent images and better understanding of prompts. Became the gold standard for AI art.

ChatGPT History

5 versions

GPT-5.5Apr 2026

GPT-5.5 is described as OpenAI's smartest model yet, offering faster performance and increased capabilities. It is built for complex tasks including coding, research, and data analysis across tools.

o1Sep 2024

Reasoning model that thinks before answering. Excels at complex math, science and coding problems.

GPT-4oMay 2024

Omni model. Faster and cheaper than GPT-4. Real-time audio and vision. Emotional voice responses.

GPT-4Mar 2023

Massive capability jump. Multimodal inputs introduced. Passed bar exam in top 10 percentile.

GPT-3.5Nov 2022

Initial ChatGPT launch. Shocked the world with conversational AI. Reached 1 million users in 5 days.