Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Midjourney v6.1 vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro benchmark

Name: Midjourney v6.1 vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Midjourney v6.1 and Qwen Image 2.0 Pro. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

5 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Midjourney v6.1 (1)Qwen Image 2.0 Pro (4)

Midjourney v6.1

1 of 5 Wins

✓Image Elo

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

4 of 5 Wins

✓Generation time✓Price per 1k images✓Prompt adherence✓Text rendering

Midjourney

Leads 1 of 5 metrics

Midjourney v6.1

Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

v6.1Img Elo 1,265$80/1k imgs

Alibaba

Leads 4 of 5 metrics

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

Alibaba multimodal image synthesis foundation model with strong bilingual Chinese/English typography and cultural asset fidelity.

Img Elo 1,236$75/1k imgs

Midjourney Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Midjourney v6.1 vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Midjourney v6.1

Midjourney v7$120/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for Midjourney v6.1

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Image Quality LeaderMidjourney v6.1 Wins

Midjourney v6.1

Δ 29 Image Elo pts

Generation Speed LeaderQwen Image 2.0 Pro Wins

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

3.6s per render

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen Image 2.0 Pro Wins

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

$75/1k images

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Midjourney v6.1 (1)vsQwen Image 2.0 Pro (4)

Midjourney v6.1: 1W (20%)Overall: Qwen Image 2.0 ProQwen Image 2.0 Pro: 4W (80%)

← Midjourney v6.1Qwen Image 2.0 Pro →

🏆Qwen Image 2.0 Pro(2/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Midjourney v6.1vsQwen Image 2.0 Pro

Image Elo

1,265vs1,236+29

Prompt adherence

89%vs90.8%+1.8%

Text rendering

84%vs92%+8%

Midjourney v6.1: 1WQwen Image 2.0 Pro: 2W

🏆Qwen Image 2.0 Pro(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Midjourney v6.1vsQwen Image 2.0 Pro

Generation time

7.5svs3.6s+3.9s

Midjourney v6.1: 0WQwen Image 2.0 Pro: 1W

🏆Qwen Image 2.0 Pro(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Midjourney v6.1vsQwen Image 2.0 Pro

Price per 1k images

$80/1kvs$75/1k+$5/1k

Midjourney v6.1: 0WQwen Image 2.0 Pro: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo+29

Midjourney v6.11,265

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro1,236

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time+3.9s

Midjourney v6.17.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro3.6s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images+$5/1k

Midjourney v6.1$80/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro$75/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence+1.8%

Midjourney v6.189%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro90.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering+8%

Midjourney v6.184%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro92%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Midjourney v6.1	Qwen Image 2.0 Pro	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,265 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,236 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+29
Generation time	7.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	3.6s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+3.9s
Price per 1k images	$80/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$75/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$5/1k
Prompt adherence	89% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	90.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+1.8%
Text rendering	84% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	92% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+8%

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 6% with Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Midjourney v6.1$2,000.00 / mo

Rate: $80/1k

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro$1,875.00 / mo

Rate: $75/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro is estimated to save $125.00/month ($1,500/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Midjourney

Midjourney v6.1

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$80/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$80/1k

Alibaba

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$75/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$75/1k

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Midjourney v6.1 and Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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All Midjourney v6.1 matchups →|All Qwen Image 2.0 Pro matchups →

Midjourney v6.1 vs Midjourney v7 (next midjourney)Midjourney v7 vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro GPT Image 2 (High) vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Reve 2.1 vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) vs Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

Benchmark

Midjourney v6.1

Qwen Image 2.0 Pro

Advantage Delta

Image Elo

1,265

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,236

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+29

Generation time

7.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

3.6s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+3.9s

Price per 1k images

$80/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$75/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$5/1k

Prompt adherence

89%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

90.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+1.8%

Text rendering

84%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

92%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+8%

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Midjourney v6.1 or Qwen Image 2.0 Pro?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Midjourney v6.1 and Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.