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Model Pareto

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs MAI-Image-2.7-Preview

In image generation, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst scores 98.8 and MAI-Image-2.7-Preview 93.2 on the 0–100 quality scale. MAI-Image-2.7-Preview has no listed API price; GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst costs $0.21 per image.
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstMAI-Image-2.7-Preview
Focus

Image generation: quality vs price

Compared models are ringed; the other 45 ranked here are greyed.

Lower price is better. Pareto frontier: Z-Image Turbo, FLUX 3 Image Klein, Muse Image, MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, Nano Banana 2.1, Krea 3, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. 3 models are not plotted: MAI-Image-2.7-Preview, Qwen-Image-2.1, Ideogram 4.5.

3 models with no price data — shown in the strip at the left edge

MAI-Image-2.7-Preview, Qwen-Image-2.1, Ideogram 4.5

  • Best-value frontier (nothing is both cheaper and better)
  • Evidencestrong → weak
  • Estimated from other categories
  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
    Quality
    98.8
    Rank
    #1/47
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    108s

    vs MAI-Image-2.7-Preview: +5.6 quality · price n/a

  • MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
    Quality
    93.2
    Rank
    #2/47
    Price
    —
    Speed
    —

    vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: −5.6 quality · price n/a

Overview

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
Lab
OpenAI
Microsoft AI
Released
Sep 8, 2026
Oct 27, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price per image
$0.21
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Time per image
108s
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Quality by category

0–100 within each category (100 = best tracked model). Rank is among all models ranked there. Click a row to focus it.

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
Image generation
98.8±2.2Best
#1/47Verifiedbest value
93.2±7.8
#2/47Verified

Image generation benchmarks

Rank among models with a published score, and the leaderboard around each model. ~ italic = no published score, estimated from related benchmarks.

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#1/431196Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-13
~#3/44~1189Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
  3. ~#3MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewEstimated1189
  4. #3Nano Banana 2.1Few votes1176
estimated from related benchmarks
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#2/381186Verified
  1. #1MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewFew votes1193
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1186
  3. #3GPT Image 2.5 Flare1166
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-13
#1/381193BestVerifiedFew votes
  1. #1MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewFew votes1193
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1186
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-30
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
#1/321423Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1398
arena.ai · 2026-10-13
~#3/33~1385Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1398
  3. ~#3MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewEstimated1385
  4. #3GPT Image 21381
estimated from related benchmarks
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#1/261522Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1522
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1481
arena.ai · 2026-10-13
~#2/27~1507Estimated
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1522
  2. ~#2MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewEstimated1507
  3. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1481
estimated from related benchmarks
GenEval
day 0
~#2/4~88.9%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 SunburstEstimated88.9%
  3. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~86.3%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
  3. ~#3MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewEstimated86.3%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo82.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#2/4~89.1%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 SunburstEstimated89.1%
  3. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#3/4~87.7%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
  3. ~#3MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewEstimated87.7%
  4. #3Z-Image Turbo84.9%
estimated from related benchmarks