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microsoftReleased Jun 2, 2026

Microsoft AI: MAI-Image-2.5

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.

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Context window4.1K
Max output1K
Provider endpoints1
Benchmark results1
Image input
Measured performance

Benchmark results

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AA-Image-T2I ↗2.1
1,116.37

Text-to-image · all categories

95% CI 1,105.37–1,127.37 · n=13,539

Independent result
Access & cost

Prices across providers

1 quote · 3 price components

Azure

via OpenRouter

variant=default

Conditional rate
Text input
$5.00USD / 1M tokens
Image input
$8.00USD / 1M tokens
Image output
$47.00USD / 1M tokens

Input/reference charges are listed separately. · Billing component; not a complete generation price.

Price source ↗Checked Oct 18, 2026
Endpoint IDmicrosoft/mai-image-2.5::azure

Model specifications

Developer
microsoft
Modality
Image
Context
4,096 tokens
Maximum output
1,024 tokens
Weights
Not reported
Released
Jun 2, 2026
Provider listed
Jun 2, 2026
First discovered
Oct 16, 2026

Exact identities

  • openroutermicrosoft/mai-image-2.5
  • falmicrosoft/mai-image-2.5
  • aa-image3f8a2d6b-9c4e-4f1a-b7d2-8e5a0c3d71f9

Sources

OpenRouter ↗fal ↗Artificial Analysis Image Arena ↗

Updated Oct 18, 2026

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