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Midjourney vs Stable Diffusion

Side by side comparison of capabilities, pricing and version history

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Midjourney

by Midjourney

Multimodal
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Stable Diffusion

by Stability AI

Multimodal
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Overall Score

🏆 Stable Diffusion leads 2 - 1

Based on 3 capability dimensions

Quick Facts

Latest VersionV8Stable Diffusion 3
Context WindowN/AN/A
PricingN/AFree open source
Versions Documented43

Capabilities

MidjourneyStable Diffusion
SpeedRight wins
6/10
7/10
MemoryLeft wins
6/10
3/10
MultimodalRight wins
8/10
9/10

Midjourney History

4 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.

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.

Stable Diffusion History

3 versions

Stable Diffusion 3Jun 2024

Multimodal Diffusion Transformer architecture. Best text in images of any SD model. Improved composition and detail.

Stable Diffusion XLJul 2023

Higher resolution images. Better image composition and faces. Two stage model pipeline for better quality.

Stable Diffusion 1.5Oct 2022

Open source image generation released publicly. Runs locally on consumer hardware. Sparked the open source AI art revolution.