MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
Microsoft AIProprietary
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview is an AI image model from Microsoft AI. It is not on LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard yet. On LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard it ranks 3 of 61 with 1471±10 from 3,402 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Microsoft AI
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- Oct 2026
Not yet available: LMArena · Text-to-image
Who it is for (from the data)
- Best-quality seekers: #3 of 61 on Image editing, in the top 10.
- Mainly image editing: no text-to-image results yet.
- Use via Microsoft AI's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing Microsoft AI users: this vendor has 3 models on Image editing.
Neighbours on Image editing
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst OpenAI | 1517 | 90,545 | 1199 | Proprietary | +46 |
| 2 | GPT-Image-2.5 Flare OpenAI | 1482 | 87,941 | 1182 | Proprietary | +11 |
| 3 | MAI-Image-2.7-Preview Microsoft AI | 1471 | 3,402 | 1193 | Proprietary | |
| 4 | GPT-Image-2 (Medium) OpenAI | 1460 | 336,785 | 1136 | Proprietary | -11 |
| 5 |  Grok Imagine Image 2.0 xAI | 1439 | 32,951 | 1117 | Proprietary | -32 |
| 6 | MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft AI | 1427 | 76,933 | 1151 | Proprietary | -44 |
| 7 |  Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 Google | 1427 | 12,956 | 1151 | Proprietary | -44 |
Alternatives · More from Microsoft AI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | MAI-Image-2.6 Microsoft AI | 1427 | 76,933 | 1151 | Proprietary |
| 10 | MAI-Image-2.5 Microsoft AI | 1400 | 190,127 | 1127 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 |  Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba | 1362 | 39,412 | 1081 | qwen-research |
| 30 |  HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct Tencent | 1302 | 331,432 | 1063 | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 39 | Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba | 1241 | 2,021,753 | 889 | Apache 2.0 |
| 41 | Qwen-Image-Edit (2511) Alibaba | 1233 | 485,084 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Black Forest Labs | 1224 | 540,682 | 1015 | flux-non-commercial-license |
How to read the scores
- LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous images for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
- Text-to-image and image edit are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
- If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.
FAQ
Where does MAI-Image-2.7-Preview rank among AI image models?
Image editing rank 3 (1471) (LMArena, data as of Oct 28, 2026).
Is MAI-Image-2.7-Preview open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Microsoft AI’s products or API.
Who makes MAI-Image-2.7-Preview?
According to LMArena, MAI-Image-2.7-Preview is made by Microsoft AI.
How reliable is MAI-Image-2.7-Preview's score?
The scores are based on 3,402 votes on Image editing (95% CI ±10). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is MAI-Image-2.7-Preview from #1 on Image editing?
#1 on Image editing is GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst (1517); MAI-Image-2.7-Preview scores 1471, 46 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-image data published on Oct 26, 2026.
LMArena Image editing data published on Oct 27, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 28, 2026.
Price, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.