Midjourney v1 vs Midjourney v5

Compare Midjourney v1 and Midjourney v5, both from Midjourney, in 1 community votes, midjourney v5 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, tested across 3 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

In 1 community votes, Midjourney v5 wins 100% of head-to-head duels. Based on blind community voting from the RIVAL open dataset of 1+ human preference judgments for this pair.