The test bench
Four nights out, always the same. 12 AI engines, one after the other. These girls have no name: we're not judging the girl, we're judging the machine.
Settings, prices, technical verdict: the full bench lives at Silicium Rose ↗
PixArt-Σ
The PixArt-Σ test-bench girls: twenty steps, two seconds per picture.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 1 in the Returns →
HunyuanImage 2.1
The HunyuanImage 2.1 test-bench girls, in 2K: the sharpest of the batch.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
Lumina-Image 2.0
The Lumina-Image 2.0 test-bench girl: ask for 28, 38 or 45, she stays the same. Four nights out, one face.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
Playground v2.5
The Playground v2.5 test-bench girls: magazine colours, seven seconds per picture.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 1 in the Returns →
Chroma1-HD
The Chroma1-HD test-bench girls: the model that ages faces, hence three elegant women in their forties.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
HiDream-I1 Full
The HiDream-I1 test-bench girls: bar, rooftop, gala and nightclub, from late twenties to forties.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
Stable Diffusion 1.5
The only SD 1.5 test-bench girl that passes quality control. The old-timer (2022): 50 steps, 9 seconds, a certain stock-photo charm… and three bottles sent back to the Returns.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 3 in the Returns →
Stable Diffusion 2.1
The SD 2.1 test-bench girl, seen from behind at the water's edge: saturated magazine colours. As soon as hands are needed, it goes back to the Returns.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 2 in the Returns →
SDXL Turbo
The SDXL Turbo test-bench girl: same seed, four nights out, a few seconds per picture. She hasn't been through Kira's casting yet.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
The SD 3.5 Large test-bench girls: same prompt, same settings, a new face every night. The most natural of the SD models we tested.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 1 in the Returns →
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo
The SD 3.5 Large Turbo test-bench girls: nearly the look of Large, in 4 steps instead of 28.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle →
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium
The SD 3.5 Medium test-bench girl, with the Skip Layer Guidance its model card recommends: the small model (5 GB) that renders older than asked. Her two other nights out are at the Factory.Every engine on Silicium Rose ↗ · Its bottle → · 1 in the Returns →
