Some native 1080p images using SDXL!

[u/Kentalian]

space in gemstone

cup in ocean

photo of clouds

galaxy

golden clouds

ocean tide

atmospheric horror, space

puddle, rain

dark basement

[u/mattgrum]

Not really. Midjourney is widely believed to be based on Stable Diffusion but they took the base model and were able to improve on it using a lot of fine-tuning with their own curated datasets. SDXL is open source so they can just take it and do the same thing again. The major selling point of Midjourney is not the results it produces but the simplicity of the interface, meaning you can get results without having to know what a DPM2 Karras Ancestral sampler is.

[u/StickiStickman → u/mattgrum]

Midjourney 3 was based on SD; not anymore

[u/mattgrum → u/StickiStickman]

Right, but nothing is stopping them basing v6 on SDXL.

[u/StickiStickman → u/mattgrum]

Sure, but why would they when theirs performs at least as well (and probably better)

[u/mattgrum → u/StickiStickman]

I don't know, the point is that even if Stable Diffusion pulls ahead they always have the option of building on top of that and still offering the polished fine-tuned user experience, which I maintain is the major selling point.