OpenAI · image model · Released Apr 21, 2026GPT Image 2
GPT Image 2 is an image model from OpenAI, released Apr 21, 2026. It handles text to image and image editing.
- Arena score
- 1,460#4 of 61 · image editing
- Starting price
- $0.006per image · 1024×1024, low
- Largest size
- —Not published
- References
- 16input images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,381 ±4#3 of 82 · 103,385 votes
- Image editing arena
- 1,460 ±3#4 of 61 · 336,785 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.
Listed prices
- 1024×1024, low
- $0.006/image
- 1024×1024, high
- $0.211/image
Billed per token; measured cost of one square image at each quality setting.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: OpenRouter, image generation models compared (Sep 11, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- OpenAI
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Apr 21, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Max reference images
- 16
- Images per request
- Up to 10
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Official price
- $5.00 / $30.00input / output per million tokens, on OpenAI
- API model ID
gpt-image-2on OpenAI- Availability
- 9 API hosts
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About GPT Image 2
How good is GPT Image 2?
In blind side-by-side votes, GPT Image 2 scores 1,381 for text to image (#3 of 82) and 1,460 for image editing (#4 of 61). Higher is better; scores within about 8 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes GPT Image 2?
GPT Image 2 is an image model from OpenAI, released Apr 21, 2026.
What can GPT Image 2 do?
GPT Image 2 accepts text prompts and reference images and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is GPT Image 2 open source?
No. GPT Image 2 is proprietary; you use it through OpenAI’s API or partner apps.
Where can I use GPT Image 2?
It is listed by 9 API hosts we track; the model ID on OpenAI is gpt-image-2. The lab bills it per token: $5.00 input and $30.00 output per million tokens.
How much does GPT Image 2 cost?
GPT Image 2 costs from $0.006/image (1024×1024, low), up to $0.211/image (1024×1024, high). Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
What are the alternatives to GPT Image 2?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are Recraft V4.1 (Recraft, May 14, 2026), Nano Banana 2 (Google, May 28, 2026), Seedream 5.0 Pro (ByteDance Seed, Jul 11, 2026) and Grok Imagine Image (xAI, Jan 28, 2026).