Text-to-image · all categories
95% CI 1,153.63–1,177.63 · n=8,090
microsoftReleased Aug 10, 2026
Microsoft AI: MAI-Image-2.6
MAI-Image-2.6 is an image generation and editing model from Microsoft AI, the precision tier of the MAI-Image-2.6 family alongside the faster MAI-Image-2.6 Flash. It is suited for design-ready visuals and...
Measured performance
All leaderboards ↗Benchmark results
Access & cost
1 quote · 3 price componentsPrices across providers
- Text input
- $5.00USD / 1M tokens
- Image input
- $8.00USD / 1M tokens
- Image output
- $38.00USD / 1M tokens
Input/reference charges are listed separately. · Billing component; not a complete generation price.
Model specifications
- Developer
- microsoft
- Modality
- Image
- Context
- 4,096 tokens
- Maximum output
- 1,024 tokens
- Weights
- Not reported
- Released
- Aug 10, 2026
- Provider listed
- Aug 14, 2026
- First discovered
- Oct 16, 2026
Exact identities
- openrouter
microsoft/mai-image-2.6 - aa-image
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Sources
Updated Oct 17, 2026
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