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GPT-Image-2

GPT-Image-2 is an OpenAI image-generation model released Apr 21, 2026; OpenAI's newest image-generation model in our dataset is GPT-Image-2.5 Flare. Proprietary, API access only. OpenAI's GPT Image 2 image generation and editing model, released Apr 21, 2026; succeeded by GPT-Image-2.5. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.

Reported Last verified Oct 26, 2026 · All models · JSON · Markdown

ReleasedApr 21, 2026
LicenceProprietaryProprietary (API)

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Key facts

GPT-Image-2: key facts with sources
Fact	Value	Source
Vendor	OpenAI	n/a
Released	Apr 21, 2026	source
Status	generally available	n/a
API id	gpt-image-2	source
Input	text, image	source
Output	image	source
Licence	Proprietary (API)	source

Where GPT-Image-2 sits in our data

Released Apr 21, 2026 (week 17 of 2026), in April 2026. Other models in our data released that month: Mistral Medium 3.5, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.5 Pro, Qwen3.6-27B, Claude Opus 4.7, GLM-5.1.
The previous OpenAI model we track is GPT-5.4 mini (Mar 17, 2026), 35 days earlier.
OpenAI tools we cover: Codex CLI, ChatGPT, OpenAI Agents SDK.
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How GPT-Image-2 differs from GPT-Image-2.5 Flare

Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.

We have no recorded price for GPT-Image-2; GPT-Image-2.5 Flare has one.
Both accept text, image as input.
GPT-Image-2 came out 140 days before GPT-Image-2.5 Flare.
Facts for the other model: GPT-Image-2.5 Flare.

What we tested

Nothing yet. We have not run GPT-Image-2 ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.

Not verified, left out

We could not confirm these on a vendor page, so we do not state them.

Pricing was not captured; the model page lists no price table.