MAI-Image-2-Efficient is a diffusion model for text-to-image generation. This record preserves the original 2026 model card and its separate published token rates.
No current deployment name or immutable API selector verified.
Access
Historically distributed through Foundry. Current pricing page retains named Global meters, but that does not guarantee new deployments.
Regions
Not verified for this model version.
Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.
Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
Category
Usage
Rate
Unit
Historical pricing
Text input1
$5.00
1M tokens
Historical pricing
Image output1
$19.50
1M tokens
Rate conditions
USD us-east selection in the current Azure pricing page for this historical named model. Published meters are not evidence that a new deployment is available; no fixed image cost is derived.
Original consumer playground offering; current model selection unverified.
Regions
Not verified for this model version.
Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.
Data & enterprise terms
Model-specific retention and training-use policy not collected.
Caching
Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.
01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain
The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.
02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state
Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.
03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate
Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.
Microsoft Foundry (historical model)
Not verified
No endpoint-specific cache contract verified for this version.
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected
No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.
Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026
MAI Playground (historical)
Not verified
No endpoint-specific cache contract verified for this version.
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected
No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.
Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026
What the measurements say
No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.
Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.
The record behind the model
Why it is included
Microsoft documents this as its internally developed MAI model, distributed through hosted Microsoft products or services. The reviewed materials provide no downloadable weights for this named model. Public Phi and MAI-DS-R1 families are not included by inference.
