GPT Image 1.5
Key facts · verified Oct 27, 2026
GPT Image 1.5 is an OpenAI image generation model released on 16 Dec 2025. Status: Deprecated - shutting down 1 December 2026; replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare. Pricing: $0.009 to $0.133 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 1 December 2026. It ranks #17 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1236, read 1 Nov 2026). Source: developers.openai.com.
OpenAI's GPT Image 1.5 image model (gpt-image-1.5), which takes text and images as input and outputs images. OpenAI describes it as its previous image model, with better instruction following than GPT Image 1. OpenAI has scheduled it for removal from the API on 1 December 2026, and its deprecations page names gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare as the replacement.
$0.009 to $0.133 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 1 December 2026
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$0.009 to $0.133 per image depending on quality and size (OpenAI API); shutting down 1 December 2026 | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | OpenAI |
| Released | Dec 2025 |
| Status | Deprecated - shutting down 1 December 2026; replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | Low $0.009, medium $0.034, high $0.133 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 | 1236 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 17 |