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Model Pareto

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs GPT Image 2

In image generation, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst scores 99.5 and GPT Image 2 82.6 on the 0–100 quality scale. Both cost about $0.21 per image.
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstGPT Image 2
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Image generation: quality vs price

Compared models are ringed; the other 36 ranked here are greyed.

Lower price is better. Pareto frontier: Z-Image Turbo, Muse Image, MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, MAI-Image-2.6, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. 1 models are not plotted: Qwen-Image-2.1.

1 model with no price data — shown in the strip at the left edge

Qwen-Image-2.1

  • Best-value frontier (nothing is both cheaper and better)
  • Evidencestrong → weak
  • Estimated from other categories
  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
    Quality
    99.5
    Rank
    #1/38
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    108s

    vs GPT Image 2: +16.9 quality · 1× price

  • GPT Image 2
    Quality
    82.6
    Rank
    #3/38
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    118s

    vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: −16.9 quality · 1× price

Overview

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2
Lab
OpenAI
OpenAI
Released
Sep 8, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price per image
$0.21Best
$0.21
Time per image
108sBest
118s

Quality by category

0–100 within each category (100 = best tracked model). Rank is among all models ranked there. Click a row to focus it.

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2
Image generation
99.5±1.9Best
#1/38Verifiedbest value
82.6±3.2
#3/38Verified

Image generation benchmarks

Rank among models with a published score, and the leaderboard around each model. ~ italic = no published score, estimated from related benchmarks.

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2
AA Text-to-Image Arena
third-party
#1/351196BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#3/351171Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
  3. #3GPT Image 21171
  4. #4Grok Imagine Image 2.01154
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image Editing Arena
third-party
#1/291181BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1163
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#5/291122Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #4MAI-Image-2.6-Flash1125
  3. #5GPT Image 21122
  4. #6Muse Image1117
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
LMArena Text-to-Image
third-party
#1/301423BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1401
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#3/301381Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1401
  3. #3GPT Image 21381
  4. #4MAI-Image-2.61334
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
LMArena Image Edit
third-party
#1/241526BestVerified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1482
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
#3/241461Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1482
  3. #3GPT Image 21461
  4. #4Grok Imagine Image 2.01430
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
GenEval
day 0
~#2/4~88.9%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 SunburstEstimated88.9%
  3. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#2/4~88.3%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2Estimated88.3%
  3. #2Qwen-Image87.0%
estimated from related benchmarks
DPG-Bench
day 0
~#2/4~89.1%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 SunburstEstimated89.1%
  3. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
estimated from related benchmarks
~#2/4~88.6%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2Estimated88.6%
  3. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
estimated from related benchmarks