MAI Image 2.6
Key facts · verified Oct 31, 2026
MAI Image 2.6 is a Microsoft AI image generation model released on 31 Jul 2026. Pricing: $5 text / $8 image input, $38 image output per 1M tokens (Microsoft Foundry, effective 1 September 2026). It ranks #4 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1329, read 1 Nov 2026). Source: techcommunity.microsoft.com.
Microsoft AI's MAI-Image-2.6 image model, generally available on Microsoft Foundry since 27 October 2026 (model version 2026-07-31). It generates images of up to 2,359,296 total pixels (equivalent to 1536×1536) from text and edits existing images, including object removal, inpainting and text updates. It can choose its own aspect ratio and ground images in Bing web search results.
$5 text / $8 image input, $38 image output per 1M tokens (Microsoft Foundry, effective 1 September 2026)
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$5 text / $8 image input, $38 image output per 1M tokens (Microsoft Foundry, effective 1 September 2026) | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Microsoft AI |
| Released | Jul 2026 |
| Status | Generally available since 27 October 2026 (model version 2026-07-31) |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | $5 text / $8 image input, $38 output per 1M tokens |
| Capacity | |
| Max resolution | Up to 2,359,296 total pixels (equivalent to 1536×1536) |
| Aspect ratios | Model-selected when auto_aspect_ratio is on |
| Capability | |
| Inpainting | Yes — object removal and replacement, inpainting, text updates |
| Image-to-image | Yes — image edits API (JPEG or PNG in, PNG out) |
| Text rendering | Yes — Microsoft documents improved text rendering |
| Style controls | Web grounding via Bing Search |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — Microsoft Foundry (generally available) |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1329 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 4 |