MAI Image 2.6 Flash is Microsoft's image generation model with a 32K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $1.75 / 1M input and $19.00 / 1M output. A faster, lower-latency variant of Microsoft AI's image generation model optimized for quick turnaround on visual generation tasks.
Specifications
Canonical IDmicrosoft-mai-image-2-6-flash
TypeImage Generation
StatusActive
CreatorMicrosoftMicrosoft
Providers
Context Window32K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesImage
Release Date · 21 days ago

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
Output
$ / 1M
Azure AI Foundry logo
Azure AI Foundry
azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.6-Flash
$1.75N/A
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash
$1.75$19.00

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
Preset:

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
MAI Image 2.6 Flash32K$1.75$19.00Current
MAI Voice 2.1 Flash—$15.00—Available
MAI Voice 2 Flash—$15.00—Available
MAI Code 1 Flash—128K——Available
MAI Code 1 Flash Internal—128K——Available
MAI Code 1.1 Flash—256K$0.200$1.20Deprecating
MAI Cyber 1 Flash—256K$0.600$3.50Available

Other Models

ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
MAI Image 2.6—32K$5.00$38.00
MAI Transcribe 2 Streaming————
MAI Voice 2.1——$22.00—
MAI Transcribe 2————
MAI Voice 2——$22.00—
MAI Image 2 Efficient—————
MAI Image 2.5——32K$5.00—
MAI Image 2.6 Preview—————
MAI Image 2.7 Preview—————
MAI Image 2.5 ProPro—32K$5.00—

Model IDs

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