# GPT Image 2 vs Mai Image 2.5

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT Image 2 leads Mai Image 2.5 in 2 of 2 shared categories: Image generation and Image edit.

GPT Image 2: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Mai Image 2.5: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

GPT Image 2: closed weights.

Mai Image 2.5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, Image generation: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT Image 2 leads Mai Image 2.5 in Image generation at #3 against #13.
- Which to pick, Image edit: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT Image 2 leads Mai Image 2.5 in Image edit at #3 against #8.

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT Image 2 is near state of the art, rank #3 in Image generation (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text-to-Image; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Mai Image 2.5 is ranked #8 in Image edit (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Image Edit; methodology v1.0).