Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image leads on human preference — 1265 vs 1145 Elo (#3 of 158 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Imagineart 1.5 Previewimagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-imagevs
Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image✓microsoft/mai-image-2.5| Human-preference Elo | 1145 | 1265 |
| Arena rank | #49 of 158 | #3 of 158 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image currently rates higher (1265 vs 1145 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 — Imagineart 1.5 Preview (imagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-image) and Mai Image 2.5 Text to Image (microsoft/mai-image-2.5).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.