OpenAI · image model · Released Apr 24, 2025GPT Image 1
OpenAI image model for production generation, edits, and brand-safe visual workflows.
- Arena score
- 1,139#57 of 61 · image editing
- Starting price
- —Not published
- Largest size
- —Not published
- References
- Yesinput images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,115 ±3#49 of 82 · 268,430 votes
- Image editing arena
- 1,139 ±3#57 of 61 · 2,869,681 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Oct 26, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
The details
- Lab
- OpenAI
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Apr 24, 2025
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 4 API hosts
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About GPT Image 1
How good is GPT Image 1?
In blind side-by-side votes, GPT Image 1 scores 1,115 for text to image (#49 of 82) and 1,139 for image editing (#57 of 61). Higher is better; scores within about 6 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes GPT Image 1?
GPT Image 1 is an image model from OpenAI, released Apr 24, 2025.
What can GPT Image 1 do?
GPT Image 1 accepts text prompts and reference images and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is GPT Image 1 open source?
No. GPT Image 1 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use GPT Image 1?
It is listed by 4 API hosts we track.
What are the alternatives to GPT Image 1?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are Imagen 4 (Google, May 22, 2025), FLUX.1 Kontext Max (Black Forest Labs, May 29, 2025), Lucid Origin (Leonardo.Ai, Jun 1, 2025) and Ideogram v2a (Ideogram, Feb 27, 2025).