GPT Image 2
Last verified September 9, 2026 · OpenAI pricing ↗$5.00/1M input · $30.00/1M output · 32K context · OpenAI
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OpenAIImage generation and editing. Text input $5.00, cached text input $1.25, image input $8.00, cached image input $2.00, image output $30.00 per 1M; the stored output rate is the IMAGE output rate. BATCH halves all five: $2.50 / $0.625 / $4.00 / $1.00 / $15.00. Superseded by GPT Image 2.5 on 2026-09-08, which carries this exact rate card; OpenAI now tells new integrations to use a 2.5 model, while this remains the named replacement for all four retiring image models. Tokens per 1024x1024 image: low 196 ($0.00588), medium 1,756 ($0.05268), high 7,024 ($0.21072). Note GPT Image 2.5 renumbered these tiers down one rung, so its high costs what this model's medium cost. Its own model page carries no pricing block; rates live only on the pricing page. A widely circulated claim that GPT Image 2.5 doubled prices came from comparing THIS model's batch column against 2.5's standard column, which the pricing page's tab defaults make easy: the Standard pane opens showing only the two 2.5 models and the Batch pane only gpt-image-2. Still first on Artificial Analysis' text-to-image leaderboard at high (Elo 1178, 14,585 comparisons) as of 2026-09-09. RETIRING SIBLINGS: gpt-image-1 shuts down 2026-10-23; gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5 and chatgpt-image-latest shut down 2026-12-01, all replaced by this model.
Input / 1M tokens
$5
Output / 1M tokens
$30
Context Window
32K
Max Output
7K
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Nano Banana 2.1 halves what Google charges for a 1K or 2K image and triples what it charges for everything else. At 4K it spends 3,780 tokens, so the cut there is 25%.
October 12, 2026 · 6 min read
OpenAI shipped a new image model on the old model's rate card and moved every quality setting down one rung. Leave your code on quality: high through the swap and the same picture costs 75% less, which nobody will tell you because no price changed.
September 9, 2026 · 12 min read