MAI Image 2
Microsoft AI
Key facts · verified Oct 27, 2026
MAI Image 2 is a Microsoft AI image generation model released on 2 Apr 2026. Pricing: $5 per 1M text input tokens, $33 per 1M image output tokens (Azure, global). It ranks #23 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1183, read 1 Nov 2026). Source: azure.microsoft.com.
Microsoft AI's second-generation image model.
Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 27, 2026LMArena: 1183 Elo (rank 23) · source · retrieved Nov 1, 2026
Pricing
$5 per 1M text input tokens, $33 per 1M image output tokens (Azure, global)
Context
Not published
LMArena Elo
LMArena rank
Key Features
Image Generation
Full Specifications
$5 per 1M text input tokens, $33 per 1M image output tokens (Azure, global) | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Microsoft AI |
| Released | Apr 2026 |
| Status | On Azure’s Foundry price list; not in the Foundry MAI image model guide, which covers 2.5 and 2.6 |
| Licence | API only — no open weights published |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | $5 text input, $33 image output per 1M tokens |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — Microsoft Foundry (Global) |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1183 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 23 |