Head-to-head · same block-out
Rodin Gen-2 vs TRELLIS 2
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
| Rodin Gen-2 | TRELLIS 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Hyper3D (Deemos) | Microsoft Research |
| Takes | Images without view labels | One image |
| Formats it returns | GLB | GLB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Rigs characters itself | No | No |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| Run through | fal.ai | PiAPI |
| In Vox Land | Tiers 10, 15 · from 30 credits | Tier 5 · from 9 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.
| Rodin Gen-2 | TRELLIS 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 150,000 | 497,034 |
| File size | 11.6 MB | 28.2 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 78% front 97% · side 74% · top 62% | 66% front 89% · side 52% · top 55% |
| Job time | 102 s | 119 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.
| Rodin Gen-2 | TRELLIS 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 150,000 | 494,581 |
| File size | 21.6 MB | 31.4 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 80% front 71% · side 75% · top 94% | 66% front 54% · side 76% · top 68% |
| Job time | 175 s | 217 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.
| Rodin Gen-2 | TRELLIS 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Triangles | 150,000 | 491,688 |
| File size | 23.6 MB | 30.7 MB |
| Texture maps | Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K) | Base colour · Roughness-metal (2K) |
| Outline match | 88% front 91% · side 89% · top 85% | 85% front 86% · side 79% · top 89% |
| Job time | 164 s | 389 s |
| Art style | Realistic | Realistic |
| Settings | defaults | defaults |
| Generated | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 |
Which one to pick
Pick Rodin Gen-2 for single characters and hero objects that need a full PBR material.
- 2.4× lighter files in our test (11.6 MB vs 28.2 MB)
- fewer triangles (150,000 vs 497,034): less to decimate
- kept closer to the block-out's outline (78% vs 66%)
- normal and roughness-metal maps included
- can also build from a text prompt alone
Pick TRELLIS 2 for one-picture concepts where exact proportions do not matter.
- more geometry (497,034 vs 150,000 triangles)
- open weights, if you want to run it yourself
Quick answers
- Which gives smaller files, Rodin Gen-2 or TRELLIS 2?
- Rodin Gen-2: 11.6 MB against 28.2 MB on the T-posed character (150,000 vs 497,034 triangles).
- Which follows the input shape more closely?
- Rodin Gen-2 kept more of the block-out's outline on the T-posed character: 78% overlap against 66%.
- Do they give PBR texture maps?
- Rodin Gen-2 returned base colour, normal and roughness-metal maps; TRELLIS 2 returned base colour · roughness-metal.
- Which one is faster?
- In our run on the T-posed character, the Rodin Gen-2 job took 102 s and the TRELLIS 2 job 119 s, both from the same finished views. One run each: treat it as a rough guide.
- Can I get OBJ or FBX?
- Both return GLB only. In Vox Land, every model can also be exported as OBJ from the GLB.
- Can either one rig a character?
- Neither rigs characters itself. In Vox Land, any character can 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