GPT Image 1
Key facts · verified Oct 27, 2026
GPT Image 1 is an OpenAI image generation model released on 23 Apr 2025. Status: Deprecated - shutting down 23 October 2026; replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare. Pricing: $0.011 to $0.167 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 23 October 2026. It ranks #49 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1115, read 1 Nov 2026). Source: developers.openai.com.
OpenAI's GPT Image 1 image model (gpt-image-1), which takes text and images as input and outputs images. OpenAI describes it as a natively multimodal language model that produces images. OpenAI has scheduled it for removal from the API on 23 October 2026, and its deprecations page names gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare as the replacement.
$0.011 to $0.167 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 23 October 2026
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$0.011 to $0.167 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 23 October 2026 | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | OpenAI |
| Released | Apr 2025 |
| Status | Deprecated - shutting down 23 October 2026; replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | Low $0.011, medium $0.042, high $0.167 at 1024×1024; larger sizes cost more |
| Capacity | |
| Max resolution | 1536×1024 or 1024×1536 |
| Aspect ratios | 1:1, 2:3, 3:2 (1024×1024, 1024×1536, 1536×1024) |
| Capability | |
| Image-to-image | Yes — image input and edits endpoint |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — OpenAI API (Image generation and Image edit endpoints) |
| Fine-tuning | Not supported |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1115 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 49 |