Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst- Released
- Sep 8, 2026
- Version
- GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst
- License
- Unknown
GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst is OpenAI's most capable model for image generation and editing. It accepts text and image inputs and is intended for workflows where editing precision matters most.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenaiAvailable | $5.00 | $30.00 | $1.25 | — | Sep 9, 2026 | Official fact |
At a Glance
gpt-image-2.5-sunburstThis page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Primary Evidence
Comparable Peers
| A | Pair | B | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | family variantsimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle DeepMind | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Grok 4.6xAI | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Qwen3.8 MaxQwen | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | MiniMax M3MiniMax | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | GLM 5.3Z.ai | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Hy4 previewTencent | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Seed 2.1 ProByteDance Seed | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Mistral Large 3Mistral AI | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | cross-developer peersimage | |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Nova 2 LiteAmazon | cross-developer peersimage |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | cross-developer peersimage | |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | ERNIE 5.1Baidu | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | cross-developer peers | |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | cross-developer peers | |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Phi-4 ReasoningMicrosoft | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | cross-developer peers | |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Sonar ProPerplexity | cross-developer peers |
GPT-Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI | vs | Claude Mythos 5.1Anthropic | cross-developer peersimage |
Questions
GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst is OpenAI's most capable model for image generation and editing. It accepts text and image inputs and is intended for workflows where editing precision matters most. It is developed by OpenAI and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst's current record lists Text and Image as input and Image as output.
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst's developer-published specifications include default snapshot: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-2026-09-08; model positioning: Most capable GPT Image model for editing precision; quality settings: low, medium, high, xhigh, max, and auto; supported api routes: v1/images/generations and v1/images/edits; unsupported api routes: v1/assistants, v1/audio/speech, v1/audio/transcriptions, v1/audio/translations, v1/batch, v1/chat/completions, v1/completions, v1/embeddings, v1/fine-tuning, v1/moderations, v1/realtime, v1/realtime/transcription_sessions, v1/realtime/translations, v1/responses, and v1/videos; default usage-tier rate limits: Tier 1: 100,000 TPM, 5 IPM, Tier 2: 250,000 TPM, 20 IPM, Tier 3: 800,000 TPM, 50 IPM, Tier 4: 3,000,000 TPM, 150 IPM, and Tier 5: 8,000,000 TPM, 250 IPM.
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Openai.
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst are $5.00 per million input tokens through Openai and $30.00 per million output tokens through Openai. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst's recorded capabilities are image-editing, image-generation, and inpainting. Its supported tasks are image-editing and image-generation.
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is not established by the current source, with no license recorded.
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are gpt-image-2.5-sunburst, GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst, and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-2026-09-08.
The current compatible peer set includes GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, and Grok 4.6. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
GPT-Image 2.5 Sunburst was last verified Sep 9, 2026 from OpenAI's primary source, “GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst Model | OpenAI API.” The evidence is classified as official fact.