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OpenAIGPT Image familyLegacyImage generationReleased 21 Apr 2026

GPT Image 2

Model idgpt-image-2

Price$5 text in, $30 image out per 1M tokens

Checked24 October 2026

Where it stands

19newer image generation models since its release

The 5 newest are listed. All image generation models

After it from OpenAI
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst8 Sep 2026
Weights
Closed weights; access is hosted only.

How to call it

2 ways to use GPT Image 2, with the model id each provider expects.

Providers, model ids, endpoints and docs for GPT Image 2
ProviderModel idEndpointDocs
OpenAI API gpt-image-2 https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations developers.openai.com
Azure OpenAI (Microsoft Foundry) gpt-image-2 learn.microsoft.com

Pricing

Prices for GPT Image 2
Text input$5 per 1M tokens
Cached text input$1.25 per 1M tokens
Image input$8 per 1M tokens
Cached image input$2 per 1M tokens
Image output$30 per 1M tokens

As published: “per 1M tokens (USD)”.

Source: developers.openai.com, checked 24 October 2026.

Specs

Input
Text and images
Output
Images
Context window
Not published
Max output
Not published
Open weights
No
Licence
Proprietary
Released
21 April 2026
Status
Legacy
Type
Image generation

What stands out

What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.

Notes

Snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21. Superseded by GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst/Flare; still priced and not deprecated. gpt-image-1 was shut down on Oct 23 2026 (deprecations page, checked 2026-10-24; replacement gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or -flare).

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"model":"gpt-image-2","prompt":"a lighthouse at dawn"}'

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