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Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large vs DALL·E 3
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Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
Open sourceOct 2024
Open weights, runs on a single GPU — community’s preferred base model.
Head to head
Spec
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
DALL·E 3
Time to first token↓ better
Winner5 s
12 s
Price per image↓ better
Winner$0.01
$0.04
License
Open source
Proprietary
Input modalities
text
text
Output modalities
image
image
Strengths, weaknesses and best-for
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
Strengths
- Open weights
- Huge LoRA ecosystem
- Cheap to host
Weaknesses
- Aesthetic quality below Midjourney v6
Best for
- Self-hosting
- Custom style fine-tunes
- On-prem deployment
DALL·E 3
Strengths
- Best at following long prompts
- Native ChatGPT integration
Weaknesses
- Aesthetic quality below Midjourney
- No fine-tuning
Best for
- App integrations
- Quick concept visuals
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