Microsoft · Image model
MAI-Image-2.5.
Microsoft'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.
Arena quality
1270 Elo
#3 of 146
Preference samples
10,073
95% confidence ±9
Price
$48.1
Per 1,000 images at the evaluated setting
Reference images
1
Images accepted as visual guidance
What this means.
People compared this model’s images directly with competing models. It placed #3, based on 10,073 preference samples. The result applies to the default evaluated setting.
Practical specifications.
- Resolutions
- —
- Aspect ratios
- 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3, auto
- Quality settings
- —
- Seed control
- No
- Transparent/background control
- No
See where MAI-Image-2.5 stands.
| Model | Company | Quality | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | 100 | Both workflows / exact match |
| MAI-Image-2.5 | Microsoft | 99 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | 98 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | 97 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | 94 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Recraft | 92 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Grok Imagine Image Quality | xAI | 92 | Both workflows / exact match |
| FLUX.2 Max | Black Forest Labs | 90 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro | Recraft | 91 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Krea 2 Medium | Krea | 88 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Krea 2 Large | Krea | 89 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Krea 2 Medium Turbo | Krea | 86 | Both workflows / exact match |