MAI Image 2.6 is Microsoft's image generation model with a 32K context window, starting at $5.00 / 1M input. An image generation model from Microsoft AI designed for producing high-quality visuals from text prompts.
Specifications
Canonical IDmicrosoft-mai-image-2-6
TypeImage Generation
StatusActive
CreatorMicrosoftMicrosoft
Providers
Context Window32K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesImage
Benchmarks
Elo Rating
#95

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Azure AI Foundry logo
Azure AI Foundry
azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.6
$5.00

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
MAI Transcribe 2 Streaming———Available
MAI Voice 2.1—$22.00—Available
MAI Voice 2.1 Flash—$15.00—Available
MAI Transcribe 2———Available
MAI Voice 2 Flash—$15.00—Available
MAI Voice 2—$22.00—Available
MAI Image 2.6—32K$5.00—Current
MAI Image 2 Efficient————Available
MAI Image 2.5—32K$5.00—Deprecated
MAI Image 2.5 Pro—32K$5.00—Deprecated
MAI Image 2.6 Flash—32K$1.75—Available

Model IDs

azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.6
mai-image-2-6
microsoft-mai-image-2-6