Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs MAI-Image-2.5 benchmark

Name: Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs MAI-Image-2.5 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Krea 2 Medium Turbo and MAI-Image-2.5. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

5 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (2)MAI-Image-2.5 (3)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

2 of 5 Wins

✓Generation time✓Price per 1k images

MAI-Image-2.5

3 of 5 Wins

✓Image Elo✓Prompt adherence✓Text rendering

Krea

Leads 2 of 5 metrics

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Turbo / $15/1kImg Elo 1,223$15/1k imgs

Microsoft AI

Leads 3 of 5 metrics

MAI-Image-2.5

Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

Img Elo 1,307$48.1/1k imgs

Krea 2.0 Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs MAI-Image-2.5. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Krea 2 Large$60/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for Krea 2 Medium Turbo

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)

Image Quality LeaderMAI-Image-2.5 Wins

MAI-Image-2.5

Δ 84 Image Elo pts

Generation Speed LeaderKrea 2 Medium Turbo Wins

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

1.5s per render

Value per Dollar LeaderKrea 2 Medium Turbo Wins

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

$15/1k images

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Krea 2 Medium Turbo (2)vsMAI-Image-2.5 (3)

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 2W (40%)Overall: MAI-Image-2.5MAI-Image-2.5: 3W (60%)

← Krea 2 Medium TurboMAI-Image-2.5 →

🏆MAI-Image-2.5(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Krea 2 Medium TurbovsMAI-Image-2.5

Image Elo

1,223vs1,307+84

Prompt adherence

89.8%vs92%+2.2%

Text rendering

87.5%vs93%+5.5%

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 0WMAI-Image-2.5: 3W

🏆Krea 2 Medium Turbo(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Krea 2 Medium TurbovsMAI-Image-2.5

Generation time

1.5svs3.8s+2.3s

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 1WMAI-Image-2.5: 0W

🏆Krea 2 Medium Turbo(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Krea 2 Medium TurbovsMAI-Image-2.5

Price per 1k images

$15/1kvs$48.1/1k+$33.1/1k

Krea 2 Medium Turbo: 1WMAI-Image-2.5: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo+84

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

MAI-Image-2.51,307

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time+2.3s

Krea 2 Medium Turbo1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

MAI-Image-2.53.8s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images+$33.1/1k

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

MAI-Image-2.5$48.1/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence+2.2%

Krea 2 Medium Turbo89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

MAI-Image-2.592%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering+5.5%

Krea 2 Medium Turbo87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

MAI-Image-2.593%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Krea 2 Medium Turbo	MAI-Image-2.5	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,223 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,307 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+84
Generation time	1.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	3.8s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+2.3s
Price per 1k images	$15/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$48.1/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$33.1/1k
Prompt adherence	89.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	92% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+2.2%
Text rendering	87.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	93% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+5.5%

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 69% with Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Krea 2 Medium Turbo$375.00 / mo

Rate: $15/1k

MAI-Image-2.5$1,202.50 / mo

Rate: $48.1/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Krea 2 Medium Turbo is estimated to save $827.50/month ($9,930/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Krea

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$15/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$15/1k

Microsoft AI

MAI-Image-2.5

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$48.1/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$48.1/1k

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Krea 2 Medium Turbo and MAI-Image-2.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Krea 2 Medium Turbo matchups →|All MAI-Image-2.5 matchups →

Krea 2 Medium Turbo vs Krea 2 Large (previous krea)MAI-Image-2.5 vs HiDream-O1-Image-1.5 (previous other)MAI-Image-2.5 vs MAI-Image-2.5-Flash (next other)Krea 2 Large vs MAI-Image-2.5 GPT Image 2 (High) vs MAI-Image-2.5 Reve 2.1 vs MAI-Image-2.5

Benchmark

Krea 2 Medium Turbo

MAI-Image-2.5

Advantage Delta

Image Elo

1,223

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,307

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+84

Generation time

1.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

3.8s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+2.3s

Price per 1k images

$15/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$48.1/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$33.1/1k

Prompt adherence

89.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

92%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+2.2%

Text rendering

87.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

93%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+5.5%

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Krea 2 Medium Turbo or MAI-Image-2.5?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Krea 2 Medium Turbo and MAI-Image-2.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.