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Model Pareto

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

In image generation, MAI-Image-2.7-Preview scores 93.2 and GPT Image 2.5 Flare 90.8 on the 0–100 quality scale. MAI-Image-2.7-Preview has no listed API price; GPT Image 2.5 Flare costs $0.21 per image.
MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewGPT Image 2.5 Flare
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
  • MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
    Quality
    93.2
    Rank
    #2/47
    Price
    —
    Speed
    —

    vs GPT Image 2.5 Flare: +2.4 quality · price n/a

  • GPT Image 2.5 Flare
    Quality
    90.8
    Rank
    #3/47
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    56s

    vs MAI-Image-2.7-Preview: −2.4 quality · price n/a

Overview

Metric
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Lab
Microsoft AI
OpenAI
Released
Oct 27, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price per image
—
$0.21
Time per image
—
56s

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
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Image generation
93.2±7.8Best
#2/47Verified
90.8±3.2
#3/47Verified

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
MAI-Image-2.7-Preview
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
~#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
#2/431190Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
  3. #3Nano Banana 2.1Few votes1176
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-13
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#1/381193BestVerifiedFew votes
  1. #1MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewFew votes1193
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1186
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-30
#3/381166Verified
  1. #1MAI-Image-2.7-PreviewFew votes1193
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1186
  3. #3GPT Image 2.5 Flare1166
  4. #4Nano Banana 2.1Few votes1152
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-10-13
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
~#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
#2/321398Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1398
  3. #3GPT Image 21381
arena.ai · 2026-10-13
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
~#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
#2/261481Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1522
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1481
  3. #3GPT Image 21461
arena.ai · 2026-10-13
GenEval
day 0
~#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
~#2/4~88.6%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 FlareEstimated88.6%
  3. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#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
~#2/4~88.9%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 FlareEstimated88.9%
  3. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
estimated from related benchmarks