GPT Image 2.5
Top-ranked model in the Artificial Analysis image arena.
GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI’s latest image generation model, offered in Sunburst and Flare variants. At max quality it holds the #1 spot in the Artificial Analysis text-to-image arena.
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Sep 8, 2026
- Price
- ≈$0.21 per image at max quality
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- image
- Open weights
- No
Best for
- Image generation
- Writing
Strengths
- #1 image arena Elo
- Strong text rendering
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