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Microsoft AI: MAI-Image-2.6
microsoft/mai-image-2.6
Our take
AI-assisted analysis based on the sources below. Suitability is an editorial assessment; test it on your own workload.
OpenRouter catalogs microsoft/mai-image-2.6 as a Microsoft AI image generation and editing model that accepts text and image inputs and returns images. The listing describes this variant as the precision-focused member of the MAI-Image-2.6 family, alongside a faster Flash variant. Catalog-reported Design Arena measurements cover graphic design, general image generation, logo work, and image editing, but an independent model card was not included in this source pack.[1]
Strengths
Limitations
- Evidence is limited to OpenRouter's catalog; no independent model card, detailed technical documentation, or task examples were supplied.[1]
- Design Arena metrics are aggregate catalog measurements, not workload-specific validation; quality and editing reliability should be tested before adoption.[1]
- The source pack does not establish licensing, safety behavior, provenance controls, deployment requirements, or output consistency.[1]
Where to use it
- Consider for design-oriented concept visuals where text prompts may be combined with reference images.[1]
- Consider piloting for logo exploration and graphic-design drafts, then compare outputs on brand-specific criteria.[1]
- Consider for image-editing prototypes, with human review because only aggregate catalog evidence was supplied.[1]
Sources
- [1] OpenRouter catalog · Microsoft AI: MAI-Image-2.6Sources checked: Nov 13, 2026
About this model
Description below is the original text supplied by OpenRouter, shown in the source language.
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](/microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash). It is suited for design-ready visuals and...
Specifications
- Model ID
- microsoft/mai-image-2.6
- Canonical ID
- microsoft/mai-image-2.6-20260904
- Creator
- microsoft
- Added to OpenRouter
- 04.09.2026
- Context length
- 4,096
- Modality
- text+image->image
- Input modalities
- text, image
- Output modalities
- image
- Token pricing
- No per-token price in the source snapshot — see OpenRouter for the billing unit
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- Expiration date
- —
Tasks and capabilities
A grade appears only where the source supplies a matching measurement for that task, the model is active and the cohort holds at least 10 comparable models. The capability column lists facts the source declares — supported formats, reasoning and tool parameters — which are not measured quality.
| Task | Grade | Source-declared capability |
|---|---|---|
| General quality | No measurement | — |
| Coding | No measurement | — |
| Agents | No measurement | — |
| Writing | No measurement | — |
| Reasoning | No measurement | — |
| Document analysis | No measurement | — |
| Vision | No measurement | input: image |
| Image generation | No measurement | output: image |
| Audio | No measurement | — |
| Video | No measurement | — |
| Embeddings | No measurement | — |
Evaluations
| Source | Benchmark | Value | Grade | Data retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena | models · graphicdesignwin rate 62.7% · rank 2 | 1,330Elo | SS — top 10% of the cohort | 13.11.2026 |
| Design Arena | models · imagewin rate 61.1% · rank 2 | 1,302Elo | SS — top 10% of the cohort | 13.11.2026 |
| Design Arena | models · imageeditingwin rate 51.8% · rank 4 | 1,224Elo | —Not rated | 13.11.2026 |
| Design Arena | models · logowin rate 58.4% · rank 2 | 1,292Elo | SS — top 10% of the cohort | 13.11.2026 |
How grades work
Each letter grade compares a model only against other models scored by the same source and metric in the current snapshot. S means the top 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the rest. Models without a published measurement are shown as not rated — a supported format alone never implies measured quality.
- S — S — top 10% of the cohort
- A — A — next 20% of the cohort
- B — B — next 30% of the cohort
- C — C — below the B band
Providers
Optional live provider statistics from OpenRouter. Missing values are unknown, not zero.
| Provider | Context length | Price in /1M | Price out /1M | Latency p50 (30m, s) | Throughput p50 (30m, tok/s) | Uptime (30m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | 4,096 | — | — | — | — | 100% |
Provider data retrieved: 13.11.2026
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