Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image leads on human preference — 1270 vs 1155 Elo (#3 of 150 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Ideogram V4.0q Text to Image (LoRA)ideogram/v4/loravs
Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image✓microsoft/mai-image-2.5| Human-preference Elo | 1155 | 1270 |
| Arena rank | #41 of 150 | #3 of 150 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image currently rates higher (1270 vs 1155 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Ideogram V4.0q Text to Image (LoRA) (ideogram/v4/lora) and Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image (microsoft/mai-image-2.5).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.