# Microsoft's MAI Image 2.7 Preview ranks #3 on Arena image editing leaderboard

> Original title: MAI-Image keeps climbing!

- Source: Microsoft AI
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:26:57.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/kvffqzyncfaktib5t08dtky44
- Original: https://x.com/MicrosoftAI/status/2115102961957499069

## Summary

Microsoft AI's MAI Image 2.7 Preview ranks #3 overall on Arena's image editing leaderboard with 1470 points, ahead of GPT-Image-2. The model gained 45 points over its predecessor, MAI-Image-2.6, which ranked #7, and improved in every category Arena tracks.

## Post

MAI-Image keeps climbing! 

MAI Image 2.7 Preview is now #3 on @arena's image editing leaderboard. #2 by lab and ahead of GPT-Image-2. That's a +45 point jump from 2.6.

## Quoted post @arena

> Exciting news: MAI-Image-2.7-Preview from @MicrosoftAI just landed at #3 overall in the Image Edit Arena with 1470 pts! That puts Microsoft AI at #2 among labs.
> 
> This release is a +45 pt improvement from its previous variant, MAI-Image-2.6 at #7.
> 
> MAI-Image-2.7-Preview also improved across every category compared to 2.6:
> - #3 in Product, Branding & Commercial Design (up from #8)
> - #3 in Portraits (up from #9)
> - #3 in Photorealistic & Cinematic Imagery (up from #6)
> - #4 in Text Rendering (up from #11)
> - #4 in Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (up from #9)
> - #5 in 3D Imaging & Modeling (up from #10)
> 
> Congrats to the @MicrosoftAI team on this release!

https://x.com/arena/status/2115101113666134276