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| 2 models | microsoftMicrosoft AI: MAI-Image-2.5Remove × | ideogramIdeogram V4.5 Text to ImageRemove × |
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| What’s different | Microsoft AI's MAI-Image-2.5 is a high-quality image generation model available via Azure AI Foundry. It produces photorealistic and artistic images from text prompts with support for various aspect ratios. | Generate high-quality images, posters, and logos with Ideogram 4.5, with accurate text rendering and low, medium, or high quality tiers. |
| Date | Jun 2, 2026Released | Sep 30, 2026Released |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | ||
| Listed rate | $47.00/ 1M output tokens + $5.00 / 1M text-input tokens · $8.00 / 1M image-input tokens Azure · via OpenRouter · Conditional | See provider quotes |
| Provider endpoints | 1 endpoint → | 1 endpoint → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | ||
| AA Image ↗2.1 | 1,117.94 ↗Text-to-image · all categoriesIndependent result95% CI 1,106.94–1,128.94 · n=13,789 | 1,015.07 ↗Text-to-image · all categories · quality=highIndependent result95% CI 1,000.07–1,030.07 · n=2,888 |
Specifications | ||
| Context window | 4.1K | — |
| Max output | 1K | — |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Image input | Supported | Not reported |