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gpt-image-1

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41Quality

Image generation

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OpenAI image model for production generation, edits, and brand-safe visual workflows

PaidProprietary551/1044

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gpt-image-1

OpenAI image model for production generation, edits, and brand-safe visual workflows

gpt-image-1

Type: Image
Quality: 41 · Top 59% on the LMArena Text to Image
Context window: —
Max output: —
Input price: —
Output price: —
Cache read: —
Cache write: —
Released: Apr 24, 2025
Knowledge cutoff: —
Takes in: Text, Image
Puts out: Image
Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: No
File attachments: Yes
Access: Paid
License: Proprietary
Rarity: Promo
Set number: 551/1044

Open OpenAI docs Quality 41 Where to run it 6 Evolution 1/3 Meet its creature Battle flux-3-image-klein-comfy

Weights aren’t public. Use is governed by OpenAI’s terms. Specs from models.dev, last changed Oct 19, 2026. Official source: platform.openai.com.

How good is it?

Public leaderboard scores for gpt-image-1, refreshed daily from Epoch AI and LMArena.

Top 59% of the 82 models on the LMArena Text to Image: #49.

Quality is the share of a leaderboard’s models this one beats, from 0 to 100. Chat models are rated on Epoch AI’s Capabilities Index when it lists them, otherwise on LMArena; image and video models on LMArena’s image and video arenas.

Leaderboards

LMArena Text to Image#49 of 82
Two images from the same prompt; people pick the better one.1,116 rating
LMArena Image Edit#55 of 59
Two edits of the same image; people pick the better one.1,139 rating

Scores from LMArena, licensed CC BY 4.0. Boards list models under their own names, so a close match is shown with the name it was scored under. Credits

Where to run it

6 providers sell gpt-image-1 through an API. Prices are per million tokens, cheapest first.

CheapestAzure$5.00 in · $40.00 out
From the labOpenAI— in · — out

API providers

Provider	Input	Output	Context
AzureCheapest paid`gpt-image-1`	$5.00	$40.00	—
Azure Cognitive Services`gpt-image-1`	$5.00	$40.00	—
DigitalOcean`openai-gpt-image-1`	$5.00	$40.00	—
Vercel AI Gateway`openai/gpt-image-1`	$5.00	$40.00	—
OpenAIOfficial`gpt-image-1`	—	—	—
Poe`openai/gpt-image-1`	—	—	128K

From models.dev and Hugging Face, checked daily. Resellers’ listings can lag behind their price pages, so confirm with the provider before you commit.

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How good is it?

Leaderboards

Where to run it

API providers

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