Stable Diffusion 2 VS MidJourney 4— Same Prompt, Different Results

Jim Clyde Monge
5 min readDec 26, 2022
Photorealistic portrait of a young woman, with red hair, pale, realistic eyes, a gold necklace with big ruby, centered in the frame, facing the camera, symmetrical face, ideal human, 85mm lens,f8, photography, ultra details, natural light, dark background, photo, out of focus trees in the background
Image by Jim Clyde Monge

With all the advancements in AI technology, you can now create stunningly realistic and highly detailed images in a matter of seconds that look like they were created by a professional.

Two of the most popular AI image generators today are Stable Diffusion and MidJourney. Both tools have recently released new versions with surprising updates.

Stable Diffusion 2.0 brings in a brand-new text encoder and upscaler. Depth-guided image generation and text-guided inpainting were also introduced in this version.

MidJourney 4.0 was also a massive update with better capabilities for getting small details right, handling more complex prompts, better multi-character scenes, and better photorealism.

But with increasing options and frequent updates, how do you know which one is the better tool to use?

The answer, of course, depends on your needs. Each of these AI models has its own set of unique features and capabilities. To help you decide which one to use, I’m going to show you some image comparisons generated with a similar text prompt.

Portraits

Prompt: Photorealistic portrait of a young woman, with red hair, pale, 
realistic eyes, a gold necklace with big ruby, centered in the frame…

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