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MAI-Image-2.6-Flash

Microsoft AI's cheaper, lower-latency tier of MAI-Image for high-volume generation and multi-reference editing.

Microsoft AI
Closed
Released 4 Sep 2026

Where it ranks

B
Image generation
Models · Cloud · 1,119 on Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena (AA-Image-T2I v2.1)
A
Image editing
Models · Cloud · 1,144 on Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena (AA-Image-Editing v2.1)

Facts

Vendor: Microsoft AI
Family: MAI-Image Flash
Released: 4 Sep 2026
Weights: Closed: API and apps only
API price: $0.02 per image (API price listed by Artificial Analysis for MAI-Image-2.6-Flash: $19.5 per 1k images; public preview in Microsoft Foundry)
Last verified: 19 Oct 2026

Price from artificialanalysis.ai, 19 Oct 2026.

Benchmark results

Benchmark	Result	Entry on the leaderboard	As of	Source
Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena (AA-Image-Editing v2.1)	1,144	`MAI-Image-2.6-Flash` Read from the leaderboard page's embedded data on 2026-10-19	19 Oct 2026	artificialanalysis.ai
Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena (AA-Image-T2I v2.1)	1,119	`MAI-Image-2.6-Flash` AA-Image-T2I v2.1 overall; rank 10, 5235 samples; read from the page's embedded data; page shows no last-updated date	19 Oct 2026	artificialanalysis.ai

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MAI-Image-2.5-Flash · Jun 2026

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