microsoftReleased Jul 23, 2026

Microsoft AI: MAI-Image-2.5 Pro

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

1,113.04

Text-to-image · all categories

95% CI 1,103.04–1,123.04 · n=11,954

Independent resultChecked Oct 18, 2026

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: $108.00USD / 1M tokens

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

Price source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026

Endpoint ID

microsoft/mai-image-2.5-pro::azure

Model specifications

Developer: microsoft
Modality: Image
Context: 4,096 tokens
Maximum output: 1,024 tokens
Weights: Not reported
Released: Jul 23, 2026
Provider listed: Jul 23, 2026
First discovered: Oct 16, 2026

Exact identities

openroutermicrosoft/mai-image-2.5-pro
falmicrosoft/mai-image-2.5-pro
aa-image503fdcd1-5895-4145-8484-1ab301320f6d

Sources

OpenRouter ↗fal ↗Artificial Analysis Image Arena ↗

Updated Oct 18, 2026

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