Tencent Hunyuan Image 3.5 Surfaces Early on OnSolo, Testers Praise It Against Midjourney V8.2

Tencent's Hunyuan 3.5 (HY-IMAGE-3.5) image generation model was found open for early access and free testing on the OnSolo platform ahead of its official release, with several bloggers trying it out early and giving high marks—a hot topic in the image generation space recently.

Confirmed

• Hunyuan 3.5, not yet officially released, is available for early trial on OnSolo, free for OnSolo members.
• Blogger FellMentKE tested its image generation capabilities with samples spanning refined classical painting styles (intricate floral patterns and figures), dark, highly stylized compositions, and portrait-type images, finding the results impressive and claiming it can go toe-to-toe with GPT Image-2.
• Blogger HeyToha compared Hunyuan 3.5 with Midjourney V8.2 using two sets of sample images: in an East Asian ink-wash landscape scene, Hunyuan accurately reproduced the watercolor paper texture, the bleeding green-blue mountains, and delicate calligraphic brushstrokes, looking like a museum-held painting, whereas MJ's output was more polished and smooth but lacked an authentic painted feel.
• In a "dark cinematic horror corridor" scene, HeyToha said the model captured silhouetted figures with light sources, creating strong atmospheric depth across the gloomy corridor and floral wallpaper, with light slicing through the darkness better than MJ.
• SarahAnnabels tested multiple prompts and was impressed by the model's handling of detail, lighting, texture, and overall composition.

Unconfirmed

• There is no official information yet on the model's official release date, pricing, or full capability range; all evaluations above come from individual hands-on tests by early-access users.

Why it matters

• In an image generation market dominated by leading products like Midjourney and GPT Image, Hunyuan 3.5 has drawn attention with differentiated strengths such as traditional ink-wash texture and atmospheric lighting, showing the competitiveness of Chinese models in specific stylized generation; its post-beta performance is worth continued tracking.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-19 · 5 related posts

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• Tencent Hunyuan 3.5 Image Model Opens Free Early Access, Tested on Cinematic Lighting — HeyToha · 2026-09-18
• [source] Tencent's Unreleased Hunyuan 3.5 Image Model Spotted in Early Access, Pitted Against GPT Image-2 — FellMentKE · 2026-09-19
• [source] Tencent Hunyuan 3.5 image generation spotted in early access on OnSolo, free for members — SarahAnnabels · 2026-09-19