MAI-Image-2.6 (and Flash)
Image model ranks #2 on Arena text-to-image and editing; Flash variant is 2.8x faster than GPT-Image-2-Medium, per Microsoft.
Quality-cost refresh that ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis image editing and #2 on text-to-image. Public preview in Foundry and MAI Playground.
- Date
- Friday, 4 September 2026
- Lab
- Microsoft
- Kind
- model
- Access
- closed API
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Arena rank | #2 text-to-image and editing Artificial Analysis #2 text-to-image, #1 editing | third-party |
Rankings as reported in Microsoft's post.
Sources
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