MAI-Image-2.7-Preview Tops 4 Editing Use Cases, Near GPT Image 2.5 on Elo
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-10-27
Artificial Analysis added MAI-Image-2.7-Preview to its AA-Image-Editing v2.1 leaderboard, where it ranks #2 overall with Elo 1193, just behind GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max) at 1199, and takes #1 in 4 of 10 use cases: Live-Action Film, Consumer, Frontier, and UI/UX Design.
- MAI-Image-2.7-Preview has no API yet; the top-ranked GPT Image 2.5 (max) costs about $210.7 per 1k images
- The leaderboard is based on Elo from pairwise human preference votes; 11 models were added in the last 30 days, including FLUX 3 Image Klein and Fibo 2.0
- Next tier: GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max) at 1182, with MAI-Image-2.6, Krea 3 (Ultra), and Nano Banana 2.1 all at 1151
Related event: Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.7-Preview Climbs to Top 3 in Image Editing Arena(10 posts)→
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