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Model Pareto

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs GPT Image 2.5 Flare

In image generation, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst scores 99.5 and GPT Image 2.5 Flare 91.7 on the 0–100 quality scale. Both cost about $0.21 per image.
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstGPT Image 2.5 Flare
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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 2.5 Flare: +7.8 quality · 1× price

  • GPT Image 2.5 Flare
    Quality
    91.7
    Rank
    #2/38
    Price
    $0.21/img
    Speed
    56s

    vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: −7.8 quality · 1× price

Overview

Metric
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Lab
OpenAI
OpenAI
Released
Sep 8, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price per image
$0.21Best
$0.21Best
Time per image
108s
56sBest

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 2.5 Flare
Image generation
99.5±1.9Best
#1/38Verifiedbest value
91.7±3.2
#2/38Verified

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 2.5 Flare
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
#2/351190Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1196
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1190
  3. #3GPT Image 21171
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
#2/291163Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1181
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1163
  3. #3MAI-Image-2.61135
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
#2/301401Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1423
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1401
  3. #3GPT Image 21381
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
#2/241482Verified
  1. #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst1526
  2. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare1482
  3. #3GPT Image 21461
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
~#2/4~88.6%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image90.0%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 FlareEstimated88.6%
  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
~#2/4~88.9%Estimated
  1. #1HiDream-O1-Image89.8%
  2. ~#2GPT Image 2.5 FlareEstimated88.9%
  3. #2Qwen-Image88.3%
estimated from related benchmarks