The newest GPT Image model is GPT Image 2.5, released on September 8, 2026. It shipped 46 days ago, and the line's usual gap is about 133 days.
How long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
Latest: GPT Image 2.5 · Sep 8, 2026
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Newest first — what each version changed versus the one before, in OpenAI's own numbers.
Ships as two variants in ChatGPT and the API: Flare, with higher quality than GPT Image 2 at 50% lower latency, and Sunburst, a slower model for precise editing work.
Compared with GPT Image 2 · the model it replaces
Scores higher than GPT Image 2 in blind image comparisons
Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena — people pick the better image without knowing the model
1207
▲ Flare variant · up from 1186 · +21 Elo · #2 on Artificial Analysis in Oct 2026, behind Sunburst
Costs the same as the model it replaces
Price per 1M tokens — text input / image output, what developers pay
$5 / $30
same as GPT Image 2 · image input $8 per 1M tokens · billed by tokens, not per image
OpenAI's first image model that can reason before it draws: with thinking on (paid ChatGPT plans) it makes up to eight consistent images from one prompt. Up to 2K resolution in the API and much better text in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and Bengali.
Image inputs and outputs 20% cheaper in the API than GPT Image 1.
A smaller GPT Image that costs 80% less in the API.