Good for ChatGPT users editing photos over several turns; it's on every tier, while API image output costs $30 per million tokens.

Kenning's take

What it does

ChatGPT Images 2.5 is OpenAI's image model released in September 2026. OpenAI says it keeps subjects from reference photos more recognisable, follows edits more reliably across several turns and cuts generation time by up to half compared with Images 2.0. It is in ChatGPT on all tiers and in the API as GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst.

• Better faithfulness to reference photos
• More precise multi-turn editing
• Up to 50% lower latency than Images 2.0
• Sketch, templates and comments on images in ChatGPT
• Two API models, Flare and Sunburst

Who it suits. ChatGPT users making images and developers building image features on OpenAI's API.

Key facts

Category

AI models

Part of

ChatGPT

Made by

OpenAI

Based in

United States

Released

8 September 2026

How to get it

in ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex on all tiers; API models gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst

Works on

Web, iOS, Android, API

In the UK

Yes

Free plan

available to ChatGPT users on all tiers

API price

$5 per million text input tokens, $8 per million image input tokens, $30 per million image output tokens (Flare and Sunburst, standard tier)

FAQ

Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.