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gpt-image-2

CTX—
98Quality
Image generation
TextImageInput$5/M
ImageOutput$30/M

Image model for prompt-driven generation, editing, and visual design workflows

PaidProprietary883/1044
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gpt-image-2

Image model for prompt-driven generation, editing, and visual design workflows

gpt-image-2
Type
Image
Quality
98 · Top 2% on the LMArena Text to Image
Context window
—
Max output
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Input price
$5.00 / 1M tokens
Output price
$30.00 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$1.25 / 1M tokens
Cache write
—
Released
Apr 21, 2026
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
Holo rare
Set number
883/1044

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-2, refreshed daily from Epoch AI and LMArena.

Top 2% of the 82 models on the LMArena Text to Image: #3.

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

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

8 providers sell gpt-image-2 through an API. Prices are per million tokens, cheapest first.

API providers

ProviderInputOutputContext
KenariFreegpt-image-2FreeFree272K
AIHubMixCheapest paidgpt-image-2$5.00$30.00—
Azuregpt-image-2$5.00$30.00—
Azure Cognitive Servicesgpt-image-2$5.00$30.00—
OpenAIOfficialgpt-image-2$5.00$30.00—
Vercel AI Gatewayopenai/gpt-image-2$5.00$30.00—
Poeopenai/gpt-image-2$5.05$32.32—
FastRouteropenai/gpt-image-2——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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