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Mini toolsMAI Image 2 Efficient
By Microsoft
MAI-Image-2-Efficient is Microsoft’s optimized text-to-image workhorse for high-volume generation workflows. It is positioned as the faster, cheaper companion to MAI-Image-2: Microsoft says it is built for product shots, marketing creatives, UI mockups, branded assets, batch pipelines, and real-time interactive use. The announcement states it keeps production-ready quality while running 22% faster, being 4x more efficient, and costing nearly 41% less, with pricing listed at $5 per 1M text input tokens and $19.50 per 1M image output tokens. It is available in Microsoft Foundry and MAI Playground
New
Multimodal
Gen 3
Overview
MAI-Image-2-Efficient is Microsoft’s production-focused text-to-image model built for speed, scale, and lower cost. It delivers flagship-quality image generation in a faster and more efficient package, with Microsoft claiming 22% faster performance, 4x better efficiency, and about 41% lower cost than MAI-Image-2, while still handling short in-image text reliably.
About Microsoft
Microsoft is a technology company that offers a wide range of software, cloud computing services, hardware, and artificial intelligence solutions.
Industry:
Technology, Information and Internet
Company Size:
228000
Location:
Redmond, Washington, US
Website:
microsoft.com
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Last updated: April 15, 2026
