Head-to-head · same block-out
ReconViaGen 0.5 vs Tripo 3.1
Both engines got the same blocks in the same art style, at their default settings. Here is what each one returned, measured from the files themselves.
At a glance
| ReconViaGen 0.5 | Tripo 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | ReconViaGen team | VAST (Tripo AI) |
| Takes | Images without view labels | 4 labelled views |
| Formats it returns | GLB | GLB · OBJ · FBX |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Rigs characters itself | No | Yes |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Run through | fal.ai | Tripo API |
| In Vox Land | Pick it in the pro workspace | Tiers 8, 9, 11, 12 · from 22 credits |
Test: T-posed character
839 blocks, cartoon style: a young man in a blue T-shirt, dark grey trousers and black boots. The T-pose shows whether an engine textures both arms.
| ReconViaGen 0.5 | Tripo 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 149,852 | 18,846 |
| File size | 5.4 MB | 2.7 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 72% front 79% · side 75% · top 63% | 63% front 87% · side 65% · top 37% |
| Job time | 212 s | 140 s |
| Art style | Cartoon | Cartoon |
| Settings | defaults | defaults |
| Generated | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 |
Test: Pickup truck
1,896 blocks, comic style: a chunky stylised pickup. The test for hard surfaces, flat panels and wheels.
| ReconViaGen 0.5 | Tripo 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 145,578 | 18,241 |
| File size | 6.2 MB | 6.0 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 39% front 24% · side 46% · top 48% | 60% front 46% · side 70% · top 64% |
| Job time | 251 s | 183 s |
| Art style | Comic | Comic |
| Settings | defaults | defaults |
| Generated | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 |
Test: Castle gate
4,518 blocks, realistic style: a stone gatehouse with two towers, battlements, a portcullis, banners and a drawbridge on chains. The test for a large building with thin parts and repeated detail.
| ReconViaGen 0.5 | Tripo 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 148,040 | 18,280 |
| File size | 6.9 MB | 5.3 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 67% front 85% · side 51% · top 65% | 81% front 81% · side 80% · top 84% |
| Job time | 303 s | 207 s |
| Art style | Realistic | Realistic |
| Settings | defaults | defaults |
| Generated | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 |
Which one to pick
Pick ReconViaGen 0.5 for experiments where exact proportions do not matter.
- more geometry (149,852 vs 18,846 triangles)
Pick Tripo 3.1 for game-ready characters and creatures: light files, a full PBR set, native rigging.
- fewer triangles (18,846 vs 149,852): less to decimate
- quicker job (140 s vs 212 s)
- normal and roughness-metal maps included
- returns OBJ / FBX itself
- can rig and animate characters itself
- reads the views as labelled front / side / back
- can also build from a text prompt alone
Quick answers
- Which gives smaller files, ReconViaGen 0.5 or Tripo 3.1?
- Tripo 3.1: 2.7 MB against 5.4 MB on the T-posed character (18,846 vs 149,852 triangles).
- Which follows the input shape more closely?
- ReconViaGen 0.5 kept more of the block-out's outline on the T-posed character: 72% overlap against 63%.
- Do they give PBR texture maps?
- Tripo 3.1 returned base colour, normal and roughness-metal maps; ReconViaGen 0.5 returned base colour · roughness-metal.
- Which one is faster?
- In our run on the T-posed character, the Tripo 3.1 job took 140 s and the ReconViaGen 0.5 job 212 s, both from the same finished views. One run each: treat it as a rough guide.
- Can I get OBJ or FBX?
- Tripo 3.1 returns OBJ / FBX itself; ReconViaGen 0.5 returns GLB only. In Vox Land, every model can also be exported as OBJ from the GLB.
- Can either one rig a character?
- Tripo 3.1 can rig and animate a character on its own side (a paid add-on). In Vox Land, any character can also be rigged from the part tags on your blocks, whichever engine made it.
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How we test
- 1Same pictures. Within a test, an image model repaints the block views once (the way Vox Land always works), and that one set of views goes to every engine, at its default settings; the table lists any that differ. Engines that take a single picture get one three-quarter view, painted from the same blocks in the same style.
- 2So every difference inside a test comes from the engine, not from the input. The blocks fix the shape and the proportions; the repainted views add the colours and small details every engine then shares.
- 3Numbers are read from the file each engine delivered: triangles, file size, texture maps. Job time is the engine's job in our pipeline (the views were painted beforehand), from a single run.
- 4Outline match: we draw the block-out and the model as flat silhouettes from the front, the side and above, and measure how much they overlap (intersection over union; 100% means identical outlines).
- 5The renders are ours: the same camera, light and orientation for every file.
- 6We make none of these engines. Vox Land sends your blocks to whichever one you pick, so we have no reason to favour one.
Try them on your own blocks
Build a block-out in the browser and send it to any of these engines. New accounts get 15 free credits.
Data updated Sep 23, 2026