Midjourney vs. ChatGPT (formerly DALL·E): Which image generator is better? [2026]

ChatGPT and Midjourney are two of the best AI image generators available. Both can take a text prompt and generate a matching image, no matter how weird or wild your request. While ChatGPT now uses the GPT Image 2.0 model instead of DALL·E 3, the DALL·E name is still so strong that I suspect lots of people haven't even realized the change. So if this is all news to you, don't worry—things have only changed for the better. I've been testing both of these image generators, both professionally and