gpt-image-1
The image model behind ChatGPT's image boom: native multimodal editing.
About
gpt-image-1 is the API release (April 23, 2025) of the natively multimodal image model that powered ChatGPT's image generation launch — 700M images generated in the first week. Built on GPT-4o, it renders text accurately, edits images with high input fidelity (faces, logos preserved), and follows complex instructions better than DALL·E 3. Family now includes gpt-image-1-mini (cheaper), 1.5 (Dec 2025: 4x faster, 5 reference images), and gpt-image-2 (Apr 2026, adds reasoning). Proprietary; API access requires organization verification (ID check). DALL·E 2/3 sunset May 12, 2026.
Specs
Context window
Pricing
Free quota
API access
Weights
Released
Benchmarks
No standard benchmarks; independent comparisons (2025) rated it best-in-class for text rendering and instruction-following vs Imagen 3/FLUX — qualitative. C2PA metadata included on outputs.
Provider-reported unless a source says otherwise. Benchmarks are marketing-adjacent by nature — treat them as directional.
Use cases
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric); released 538 days ago. Manual review: behind ChatGPT's image boom (700M images/week 1), API GA Apr 2025, best-in-class text rendering; superseded in-family (1-mini/1.5/2); org verification (ID) required. License: Proprietary — closed weights.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 9.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 5.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.4/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
- · released 538 days ago
- · manual review: behind ChatGPT's image boom (700M images/week 1), API GA Apr 2025, best-in-class text rendering; superseded in-family (1-mini/1.5/2); org verification (ID) required