Microsoft AI Released August 2026
How MAI-Image-2.6 compares with the other 105 image generation models.
Strong choice. Ranked #5 of 106, 56 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 96% of models.
Close race with 3 models. Its score range overlaps with GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, so you may not notice a difference.
Usually wins. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 73% of blind votes.
Rank
#5
of 106 models
Elo rating
1,166
56 behind #1
typical 990
± range
±12
how certain the score is
Votes
8,342
blind comparisons
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How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.
The same model in other categories.
People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.
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