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GPT-Image-2

openai·openai/gpt-image-2·GA·Closed·gpt-image series·Image gen
Image model for prompt-driven generation, editing, and visual design workflows

GPT-Image-2 by openai is offered by 8 providers on this page. Public prices are shown for 6 of them. Its official list price is $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens. It also has 1 free ($0) channel; free tiers usually carry rate limits, and subscription-covered access bills $0 per token only after the subscription fee.

Accepted input modalities are Text and Image. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use.

Specs & pricing

Input / output per 1M tokens
Official price·OpenAI
$5.00 / $30.00
Blended $11.25 · Cache read $1.25
Lowest paid·AzureCloud
$5.00 / $30.00
Blended $11.25 · 1× spread
1 more $0 channels
Context
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Output limit
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Knowledge cutoff
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Released / updated
2026-04-21 / 2026-04-21
Capabilities
ReasoningTool use? Structured outputTemperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
TextImage

Estimate image generation

Direct tariff calculation

Select one official tariff and enter the directly billed image count or image-token quantity. Size and quality are selected in the tariff.

Estimated cost
$30.00
Unit rate: $30.00/1M image tokens
OpenAI · Image output tokens
Official source ↗

Official image generation pricing2 tariffs

OpenAI ↗GlobalChecked 2026-09-28
Billed mediaConditionsOfficial price
Output images
Image output tokens
$30.00 / 1M image tokens
Input images
Image input tokens
$8.00 / 1M image tokens

Image prices use the vendor's published billing unit. Text or image input tokens may be billed separately where the tariff notes this.

Available at 8 providers6 with public prices · 1 free

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readCache writeContextOutput limitStatus
KenariGatewayFree——272,00016,384
AzureCloud$5.00$30.00$1.25———
Azure Cognitive ServicesCloud$5.00$30.00$1.25———
Vercel AI GatewayCloud$5.00$30.00$1.25———
AIHubMixGateway$5.00$30.00$1.25———
OpenAIOfficialFirst-party$5.00$30.00$1.25———
PoeGateway$5.05$32.32$1.26———
FastRouterGateway————128,000—hostTable.undisclosed

Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.

Your usage cost

1Azure$2,050.00
2Azure Cognitive Services$2,050.00
3Vercel AI Gateway$2,050.00
4AIHubMix$2,050.00
5OpenAI · Official$2,050.00
6Poe$2,171.71

1 more channels offer $0 (Kenari); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.

Switch to Azure to save $0/mo (0%). The gap is small, so staying on the official channel is fine.

Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync

Input listOutput listMin blended
$30.00$02026-08-052026-08-132026-08-05 · Input list $5.002026-08-06 · Input list $5.002026-08-07 · Input list $5.002026-08-08 · Input list $5.002026-08-09 · Input list $5.002026-08-10 · Input list $5.002026-08-11 · Input list $5.002026-08-12 · Input list $5.002026-08-13 · Input list $5.002026-08-05 · Output list $30.002026-08-06 · Output list $30.002026-08-07 · Output list $30.002026-08-08 · Output list $30.002026-08-09 · Output list $30.002026-08-10 · Output list $30.002026-08-11 · Output list $30.002026-08-12 · Output list $30.002026-08-13 · Output list $30.002026-08-05 · Min blended $11.252026-08-06 · Min blended $11.252026-08-07 · Min blended $11.252026-08-08 · Min blended $11.252026-08-09 · Min blended $11.252026-08-10 · Min blended $11.252026-08-11 · Min blended $11.252026-08-12 · Min blended $11.252026-08-13 · Min blended $11.25

Artificial Analysis arenas2 arenas

Text to imagehigh1172±9#3 of 166
Image editinghigh1122±8#5 of 80

Elo from human preference matchups run by Artificial Analysis. Each arena is anchored separately, so Elo is only comparable within one arena, against the other models on that board, and the 95% confidence interval (shown as ±) indicates how much of a gap is noise. Rank is over the whole arena, including models not listed here.

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Data partly from models.dev (MIT) · OpenAI official docs ↗