About MAI Image Models
Microsoft's **MAI Image** series is a family of in-house, diffusion-based AI models, designed for state-of-the-art text-to-image generation and precise image-to-image editing, with a strong emphasis on photorealism, prompt adherence, and text rendering accuracy.
All MAI Image Models
microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash-edit
[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Flash Edit is the faster, lower-cost variant of MAI Image 2.6 image editing. [Strengths] It applies prompt-guided edits to a single source image with lower latency than MAI Image 2.6 Edit. [Best For] Highly recommended for: high-throughput edit APIs and production retouching pipelines. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the caller provides more than one source image, a data URI, or a URL that is not publicly reachable over HTTP or HTTPS. It accepts exactly one JPEG or PNG image URL, and output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when edit speed or cost matters more than maximum 2.6 quality. For the highest fidelity, route to MAI Image 2.6 Edit.
microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash
[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Flash is the faster, lower-cost variant of MAI Image 2.6 text-to-image generation. [Strengths] It targets similar quality to MAI Image 2.6 with lower latency for high-throughput workloads. [Best For] Highly recommended for: production pipelines, batch generation, and latency-sensitive image APIs. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the requested width or height is below 768, or if width x height exceeds 1,048,576 pixels. Output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when speed or cost matters more than maximum 2.6 quality. For the highest fidelity, route to MAI Image 2.6.
microsoft/mai-image-2.6-edit
[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 Edit is Microsoft's latest prompt-guided image editing model in the MAI Image family. [Strengths] It applies targeted edits to a single source image with the same quality gains as MAI Image 2.6 generation. [Best For] Highly recommended for: object edits, layout changes, text cleanup, and iterative photorealistic retouching. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the caller provides more than one source image, a data URI, or a URL that is not publicly reachable over HTTP or HTTPS. It accepts exactly one JPEG or PNG image URL, and output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when the latest MAI edit quality is required. For faster or lower-cost edits, route to MAI Image 2.6 Flash Edit.
microsoft/mai-image-2.6
[Core Function] MAI Image 2.6 is Microsoft's latest text-to-image generation model in the MAI Image family. [Strengths] It improves text rendering, portraits, 3D imagery, and commercial photorealistic output compared with MAI Image 2.5. [Best For] Highly recommended for: marketing visuals, product hero shots, portraits, and prompts that need accurate on-image text. [Limitations] Do NOT use this if the requested width or height is below 768, or if width x height exceeds 1,048,576 pixels. Output is always PNG. auto_aspect_ratio and web_grounding are optional booleans; omit them unless the caller sets them. [Routing] Use this model when the latest MAI quality is required. For lower latency or cost, route to MAI Image 2.6 Flash.
