As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2/

# GPT Image 2

OpenAI, GPT Image family. Status: legacy. Type: image generation. Released: 2026-04-21.

## How to call it

| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | `gpt-image-2` | https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations | https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2 |
| Azure OpenAI (Microsoft Foundry) | `gpt-image-2` |  | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure |

## Pricing

- 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
- Unit as published: per 1M tokens (USD)
- Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing
- Last checked: 2026-10-24

## Specs

- Input: text, image
- Output: image
- Context window: not published
- Max output: not published
- Open weights: no
- Licence: proprietary

## Where it stands

- Newer image generation models in the registry since its release: 19. The 5 newest:
  - GPT Image 2.6 Flare (2026-11-04) https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-flare/
  - GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst (2026-11-04) https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-sunburst/
  - MOSS-Image (2026-10-16) https://postcutoff.com/m/moss-image/
  - FLUX 3 Image Klein (2026-10-15) https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-image-klein/
  - Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes) (2026-10-15) https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/
- After it from OpenAI: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (2026-09-08) https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-5-sunburst/
- Closed weights; access is hosted only.

## What stands out

- Batch image generation: Supports v1/batch in addition to generations/edits. Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2
- DALL-E replacement (found after launch): Named replacement for dall-e-2/dall-e-3 (shut down May 12 2026). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations

## 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 Superseded by GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst/Flare; still priced and not deprecated.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).

```bash
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"}'
```

Sources:
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
- Models overview: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models

Model page: https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2/