Hello and welcome to another comparison article. Today we will compare 12 anime style models/checkpoints.
Note: I really wanted to compare 20 (or more), but I don't have enough space on my SSD, so we are stuck with 12 :).
Here are the 12 models:
Aing Diffusion 4.0
Anything V5 PRT-RE
Aux V10
Counterfeit V3.0
Defmix V30
EtherBluMix 4
Koji V2.1
Lunar Radiance Mix Luas Light
MeinaMix V10
Replicant V2.0
Sotemix v1.0
Versamix Anime V1.0
I realize some of them have newer versions released by now, since I had some trouble while making this article and it took me a long time to finally finish it.
I will be using 5 different prompts, with each having a different aspect ratio and sampler.
3 seeds will be generated by each model.
Since CivitAI is now converting all images added to an article post to very low resolutions, the grid comparisons will be links.
Let's begin.
1: 768X768
Sampler: DDIM
CFG: 6
Clip Skip: 1
Note: Setting Clip Skip to 1 was a mistake on my part but since the images turned out ok I did not redo them on Clip Skip 2, all the rest have Clip Skip 2 though.
You can find the prompts with full settings and also view all of the images separately in my image posts below. Because there is a 20 image limit per post, they will be split into 3 posts. One for each seed.
Grid Comparison
https://civitai.com/posts/383621
Image Posts
Seed 2299588985: https://civitai.com/posts/383195
Seed 2299588986: https://civitai.com/posts/383364
Seed 2299588987: https://civitai.com/posts/383369
My Picks
Here are 3 images I liked and chose to upscale.
I have had a lot of trouble with image reproduction in Automatic1111 and SD.Next recently, so for upscaling I used ComfyUI.
Once again these images are automatically converted by CivitAI to very low resolutions so you should really check them out in their specific post if you are interested.
You can view them in their full resolution here: https://civitai.com/posts/383450
Aing Diffusion 4.0
Koji V2.1
Defmix V30
Here is the next set of images.
2. 768x512
Sampler: DPM++ 2S a Karras
CFG: 6
Clip Skip: 2
Grid Comparison
https://civitai.com/posts/383635
Image Posts
Seed 1252305786: https://civitai.com/posts/383456
Seed 1252305787: https://civitai.com/posts/383457
Seed 1252305788: https://civitai.com/posts/383458
My Picks
Here are 3 images I decided to upscale.
You can view them in their full resolution here: https://civitai.com/posts/383481
Lunar Radiance Mix Luas Light
Koji V2.1
Aux V10
I especially liked how the image with Lunar Radiance Mix turned out :).
3. 512x768
Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras
CFG: 8.5
Clip Skip: 2
Grid Comparison
https://civitai.com/posts/383638
Image Posts
Seed 984404886: https://civitai.com/posts/383646
Seed 984404887: https://civitai.com/posts/383647
Seed 984404888: https://civitai.com/posts/383648
My Picks
Another set of 3 images I upscaled.
You can view them in their full resolution here: https://civitai.com/posts/383722
Versamix Anime V1.0
MeinaMix V10
Counterfeit V3.0
Now we will get to some larger aspect ratios.
4. 1024x512
Sampler: UniPC
CFG: 8.5
Clip Skip: 2
Grid Comparison
https://civitai.com/posts/383770
Image Posts
Seed 3311980476: https://civitai.com/posts/383796
Seed 3311980477: https://civitai.com/posts/383797
Seed 3311980478: https://civitai.com/posts/383798
My Picks
3 more images I liked and upscaled
You can view them in their full resolution here: https://civitai.com/posts/385076
Versamix Anime V1.0
Replicant V2.0
Sotemix v1.0
This last one is a masterpiece :D. Definitely check it out in the image post for the full resolution.
5. 512x1024
Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras
CFG: 7
Clip Skip: 2
Grid Comparison
https://civitai.com/posts/386405
Image Posts
Seed 401523517: https://civitai.com/posts/386411
Seed 401523518: https://civitai.com/posts/386412
Seed 401523519: https://civitai.com/posts/386413
My Picks
Here are the last 3 images I upscaled
You can view them in their full resolution here: https://civitai.com/posts/386470
Lunar Radiance Mix Luas Light
Anything V5 PRT-RE
EtherBluMix 4
This is the end of today's comparisons. If you like, you can vote in the poll below.
Poll
Conclusion
Well that too a while :). For some reason this time I had many problems during the making of this article, so I am glad to finally see it finished. I hope it may help you to find an anime model that you like. If you have any suggestions for a comparison you would to see let me know in the comments and I will try to make it.
There are many image posts, so If I have made a mistake somewhere please let me know so I can fix it.
Thank you for your time!
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