# GAN vs. VAE vs. Diffusion > Source: > Published: 2026-06-18 18:19:40+00:00 # GAN vs VAE vs Diffusion Three ways to learn a distribution and sample from it — an adversarial game, a probabilistic autoencoder, and an iterative denoiser. A clear, side-by-side comparison with examples — part of Rudrite Research. Three ways to learn a distribution and sample from it — an adversarial game, a probabilistic autoencoder, and an iterative denoiser. A clear, side-by-side comparison with examples — part of Rudrite Research.