Microsoft AI · Image model

MAI-Image 2.6

Microsoft's in-house image model is now the best non-OpenAI option on the text-to-image leaderboard.

#2Image Generation
MakerMicrosoft AI
Released—
API price (per 1M tokens)Not published
Open weightsNo

Best for

  • Copilot and Designer users
  • Photorealism

Strengths

  • LMArena text-to-image score of 1335 (#4 overall)

Watch out for

  • Mostly available inside Microsoft products

Ranking history

EditionPower RankingsCodingBest ValueOpen-Weight WatchImage GenerationVideo Generation
Week 39, 2026————#2 (88)—

Head-to-head