MAI-Image-2.6 Flashvs.Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Which one is better?

In our own test, MAI-Image-2.6 Flash leads. Neither is in the arena. Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo has no API price.

Test images

Same task, the first image of each. The task with the biggest difference is preselected.

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash: Product photography, first image from the fixed test run — MAI-Image-2.6 Flash90 out of 100

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: Product photography, first image from the fixed test run — Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo6 out of 100

Result for “Product photography”:MAI-Image-2.6 Flash ahead

Prompt given to both modelsCreate a square premium product photograph of a brushed titanium wristwatch standing upright on dark green marble. The watch has a cream dial, thin black hands set to 10:10, twelve distinct hour markers, a realistic crown, and a dark brown leather strap. Soft window light from the left, controlled reflections, shallow depth of field, no text, no logo, no extra objects.

What the rating looks at: Materials, reflections, and fine details.

“Ahead”: better in all three rating rounds. “Slightly ahead”: a higher value, but not in every round.

Test protocol of the images

Each test attempt uses the same archived prompt and one request. The first output of that attempt counts. Repeats after technical test failures are disclosed for the affected images. Files are normalized to 1,024 × 1,024 pixels without cropping. Provider resolution, randomness, quality tier and prompt processing can still differ. The images are a practical visual test, not a reconstruction of the arena configuration.

Character and detail

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash: openrouter, aspect ratio 1:1, provider default resolution, received 1024x1024, n=1, seed=provider random, actual cost $0.019587, generated Nov 1, 2026, 8:43 AM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=2111621457284287488; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:24 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: 985a75b38642a9f0e5e0c0e0c67f1b7f67780d42bd2168fa24e9a7a7a94b0da6

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash image SHA 256: d6f2280312404df55179b7cf7d03468df04541eae774cc8d2b35e40e0820f06f

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 0c90d3a3e12870784d8b576ac3ace689b6cb627a4222f7cfc4a0d3793b9e4a37

Infographic

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash: openrouter, aspect ratio 1:1, provider default resolution, received 1024x1024, n=1, seed=provider random, actual cost $0.019598, generated Nov 1, 2026, 8:43 AM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=8524023330556932596; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:24 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: ed65cb4e6a51e2336f8b149ad4cbb16e020f07d527ad94362e719d2dcf91d94f

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash image SHA 256: 5c40f304b9dad1876a8d2223d22ca0e431ba9fe8a16e878a81743ac8296b6649

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 096ae82e5a28ef1095f159019c41983c84a0c670a76e752fb3a1f9600fa7c45a

Product photography

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash: openrouter, aspect ratio 1:1, provider default resolution, received 1024x1024, n=1, seed=provider random, actual cost $0.019589, generated Nov 1, 2026, 8:43 AM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=9219148100655939974; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:23 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: c67fd71e91304458a2feef5c91efa8677260fab0c0099a29a2c52cb579f5b2f3

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash image SHA 256: 64376f13e8626feb37db3c138dde381843866e7d58fb87e8076c2fa9003365e4

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: 50719aadf378d21848c83dbdb510a8134c80be05cbb2b718182a95e9cbb28164

Typography and layout

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash: openrouter, aspect ratio 1:1, provider default resolution, received 1024x1024, n=1, seed=provider random, actual cost $0.019575, generated Nov 1, 2026, 8:43 AM. Source

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo: manual, local PyTorch 2.11.0, Diffusers 0.38.0; Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo@47cd26d3c211b030c64ffe60d63b2e17a7c519c2; native 1024x1024, 1:1; one request, first output; steps=4, guidance=1.0, seed=4970356096182813142; mps; native PyTorch fallback is enabled by PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1; actual CPU operation use is not measured; bfloat16; upstream boogu-project/Boogu-Image@9b327526b1053e1f27f1bd0ae36b20ce2c39cb9e; reviewed MPS device allowlist and empty-reference self-attention only on original CPU SDPA, unchanged arguments and dtype; nonempty attention remains on MPS; no CUDA numeric equivalence claimed; native VAE input saved after scaling and shift, decoded float output finite before native same-size interpolation; native instruction template without rewriting; original DMD student inference, conditioning sigma 0.001; two local attempts: original MPSGraph SIGABRT before output; one identical-prompt, identical-seed technical repeat after reviewed backend-only correction, first output retained; exact failing original operator is not proven, generated Nov 2, 2026, 11:18 PM. Source

Protocol gradually-image-comparison-v1. Prompt SHA 256: 2e012c3d14ee5dd02203a94f394ca80a5038cdebd6032b25a8b8a221f2255419

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash image SHA 256: be8d86a467f73abfce15cdcce3073acc257baf1c87112c2b53a64b36efde0804

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo image SHA 256: cec0e99f796e6d0e4dafc517afc93fd93041aecbd52cef74a421ea9c3a15ab69

The numbers at a glance

Arena ratingfrom votes by users · higher is better

n/a

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash

not in the arena

n/a

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

not in the arena

GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100 · higher is better

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash

Rank 31 of 108

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Rank 104 of 108

Price per imagedollars through the API · lower is better

$0.019

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash

cheap

n/a

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

no API price

Ranks among the 21 image models with an arena rating and the 108 with a GraduallyBench run; prices compared with 28 models with an API price.

MAI-Image-2.6 Flash

Subscription: n/a No plan in Germany names exactly this model.
Via API: $0.019 per image, 100 images $1.95.

Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo

Subscription: n/a No plan in Germany names exactly this model.
Via API: No API price known. Access: local.
License: Open weights.

Subscriptions only count plans that name exactly this model. Subscription prices include VAT, API prices are in dollars.

GraduallyBench from Nov 3, 2026 · API prices from Nov 6, 2026 · Subscription database from Sep 29, 2026 (38 days old)

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For ratings only when the gap is clear.

Kennzahl	MAI-Image-2.6 Flash	Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo
Ratings
Arena ratingfrom votes by users, higher is better	n/a	n/a
Arena rank	n/a	n/a
Arena votesmore votes, a safer rating	n/a	n/a
GraduallyBenchour own rating, 0 to 100	67	9
GraduallyBench by task
Typography and layoutLegible text, hierarchy, and composition	54	18
Product photographyMaterials, reflections, and fine details	90	6
Character and detailAnatomy, clothing, and spatial consistency	52	5
InfographicNumbers, labels, and visual organization	74	8
API price
Per imagelower is better	$0.019	n/a
100 images	$1.95	n/a
Profile
Released	Jul 31, 2026	n/a
Weightsopen means: runs locally	proprietary	open
Lifecycle	Preview in Microsoft Foundry	no notice
Access	API	local
Parameters	not published	10 billion
Largest output	2,359,296 pixels	not consistently published
Plans in Germanynaming exactly this model	n/a	n/a

API prices for one image at 1,024 × 1,024 pixels according to Artificial Analysis.

Sources: MAI-Image-2.6 Flash model source, status source (verified Sep 24, 2026) · Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo model source (verified Nov 1, 2026)

Arena ratings by category

From blind votes on LMArena. “Ahead” means the lead is clear.

No shared arena score in the stored snapshot

The stored benchmark database contains no measurement for MAI-Image-2.6 Flash and Boogu-Image-0.1-Turbo from the same arena and category. Older model versions are not used as substitutes.

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