Are GPT Image 2.5 and ChatGPT Images 2.5 the same thing?

Effectively yes. ChatGPT Images 2.5 is the product OpenAI launched on September 8, 2026; GPT Image 2.5 — shipped as GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst — is the model family underneath it. On Molyin you work with those models directly.

GPT Image 2.5 Flare or GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst — which should I choose?

Start on GPT Image 2.5 Flare. It is the default: better than GPT Image 2 and up to twice as fast, which is what you want for social and creator posts, product visuals, quick concepts and high-volume runs. Move to GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst when precision decides the job — campaign creative going to print, finished product shots, or an edit chain where every detail has to survive. It takes longer per image; at each quality tier the two cost exactly the same.

How many credits does one GPT Image 2.5 image cost?

The quality tier sets the price, and it is identical on GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and for every pixel size: low 4 credits, medium 14, high 34, xhigh 66, max 130. The exact cost is shown before you generate.

Can I try GPT Image 2.5 for free?

Yes. Every new account gets free credits at sign-up — enough for your first GPT Image 2.5 images on the low tier at 4 credits each. No card needed.

Which sizes and aspect ratios does GPT Image 2.5 support?

10 pixel sizes across square, landscape and portrait, from 1024×1024 up to a 3840px edge, including 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 and 3:4. Pick one in the size selector. Price depends on the quality tier alone, so a 4K-class frame costs the same as a square at the same tier.

How well does GPT Image 2.5 render text?

Well enough for small labels. The style-table sample above carries a headline plus 24 tiles with two-letter symbols, index numbers and monospaced style names, all legible. When text is the point of the image, put the exact wording in quotes, name the typographic style, and say that the spelling has to be correct.

Can GPT Image 2.5 edit images I already have?

Yes. Switch to image-to-image, upload up to 16 reference images and describe the change. Compared with GPT Image 2 it is far better at touching only what you asked for while the rest of the frame stays put, and at keeping the subjects in your reference photos recognisable. Follow-up edits build on the last result instead of eroding it — GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst holds the tightest here.

Can GPT Image 2.5 produce transparent backgrounds?

Yes. Open the parameter panel, set Background to transparent and leave the output format on PNG or WebP. You get the subject on a real alpha channel, ready to drop into a layout. Opaque forces a solid backdrop, and auto lets the prompt decide.

How do I write a good GPT Image 2.5 prompt?

Short prompts already work — 'a bird' produced the wildlife shot above. Structure pays off when you want control: name the medium and the light ('photorealistic, golden hour, shallow depth of field'), quote any text that has to be rendered, lay an infographic out section by section, and spell out the rules that must hold ('same subject, same pose in every tile'). For edits, describe only the change and say what has to stay.

Where does GPT Image 2.5 fall short?

Elaborate prompts take time, and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst deliberately spends it — a highly detailed image can keep you waiting. Very dense repeating detail, strict mechanical accuracy and long stretches of body copy still deserve a look before you publish. There is no seed, so keep the prompt if you want to come back and iterate on a result.

GPT Image 2.5 or GPT Image 2 — which should I use?

Both are live. GPT Image 2.5 is the better default: GPT Image 2.5 Flare is faster and still sharper, edits are more dependable, light and texture are richer, and two extra tiers sit above the old ceiling. GPT Image 2 is still a strong pick for dense text and editorial layouts, and its entry tier is a little cheaper — 3 credits at low against 4 on 2.5 — when you are drafting in volume.

GPT Image 2.5 (ChatGPT Images 2.5) Image Generator

GPT Image 2.5

OpenAI's newest image model comes in two editions: GPT Image 2.5 Flare generates fast, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst holds its precision on detailed work. Both render finer detail and more natural light than the previous generation, and an edit changes only what you asked for.

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Generation modes: 10
Pixel sizes: 5
Quality tiers: From 4
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GPT Image 2.5 sample images and full prompts

Six images from GPT Image 2.5, each shown with the prompt that produced it and the edition it ran on. Click Remix to load that prompt and its settings into the creator, then rewrite it around your own subject.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sample — 'GPT Image 2.5 is here' hero infographic: a periodic table of 24 visual styles, each tile the same hummingbird with legible micro-labels — GPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst)
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Create a high-end hero infographic announcing "GPT Image 2.5 is here." CONCEPT A futuristic periodic table of visual styles fused with a museum-grade anatomical specimen plate. The whole poster reads as one precision instrument: engineered, luminous, flawlessly clean. It should feel like a limited-edition print from a Swiss design studio crossed with a launch-keynote hero slide. FORMAT Landscape 16:9. Near-black obsidian background with a barely visible graphite grain. A faint hairline construction grid spans the canvas; row and column coordinates (A–F, 1–4) sit in the outer margins like an engineering drawing, with tiny registration marks in the corners. HEADLINE "GPT Image 2.5 is here" set large and centered in the top band, in a tight, sharply kerned geometric grotesk. "GPT Image" and "is here" are flat, crisp white type. The "2.5" is a physical object: a single block of machined, brushed titanium with beveled edges, a thin ribbon of spectral light refracting along the bevel and casting a soft cyan-to-magenta glow onto the background. Perfect letterforms, perfect spelling, zero distortion. THE ONE-SUBJECT RULE Every panel depicts the exact same subject — a hummingbird frozen in mid-hover, wings blurred, three-quarter view, drinking from a single glowing flower — re-rendered in 24 completely different visual styles. Same pose, same angle, same framing in every tile, so the grid demonstrates identity consistency across styles. THE GRID (shaped like the periodic table) Two symmetrical wings of 12 tiles each (3 rows × 4 columns) flank a tall central specimen panel, echoing the two-block silhouette of the periodic table. All 24 tiles are identical in size with mathematically equal gutters, edges locked to the construction grid, nothing cropped, nothing overlapping. Each tile is styled as an element cell: a two-letter symbol top-left, a small index number top-right, the full style name in tiny monospaced caps along the bottom edge. Borders are 1px cool-grey hairlines with a faint edge-lit glow. Left wing: Oi Oil Painting · An Anime · Bp Blueprint · Is Isometric 3D · Ph Photorealism · Wc Watercolor · Px Pixel Art · Cl Clay Render · Ci Cinematic Lighting · Pr Product Photography · Fe Fashion Editorial · Ui UI Mockup Right wing: Td Technical Diagram · Su Surreal Concept Art · Uk Ukiyo-e Woodblock · Ri Risograph Print · Sg Stained Glass · Nw Neon Wireframe · Mc Macro Photography · Nr Film Noir · Lp Low-Poly · Cy Cyanotype · Ho Holographic Foil · Ba Bauhaus Poster CENTRAL SPECIMEN PANEL A tall hero panel showing the same hummingbird at large scale in one continuous style sweep: left to right it transitions seamlessly from blueprint linework → clay render → watercolor → photorealism → holographic foil, with no visible seams. Thin anatomical leader lines with numbered callouts extend from the beak, feather groups and wing edge outward toward the matching tiles in the wings, each carrying a tiny monospaced label. A faint diffraction spectrum bleeds along the gutters nearest the panel. EMBEDDED PROOF-OF-CAPABILITY (subtle) - All text on every tile is real, legible and correctly spelled, including micro-labels. - The UI Mockup tile contains a readable miniature interface with actual words and coherent icons. - The Technical Diagram and Blueprint tiles have accurate dimension lines and readable annotations. - The Product Photography tile renders the hummingbird as a glass sculpture with physically correct refraction and reflections. - The Ukiyo-e tile includes a correctly formed vertical Japanese caption block. - All photographic tiles share one consistent key light from the upper left. - Feathers, glass, metal and fabric render with no artifacts. COLOR & FINISH Restrained spectral palette on obsidian: electric cyan, hot magenta, acid lime and warm amber, used only as edge glows, callout accents and the hero bevel. Thin lines everywhere, generous negative space, strong hierarchy: headline → central specimen → tile grid → micro-labels. Extremely polished, premium, electric. TYPOGRAPHY One geometric grotesk for the headline, one monospace for all labels. Sharp, aligned, evenly spaced. CONSTRAINTS No date. No tagline. No extra caption. No logos or watermarks. The only text is the headline plus the tile and callout labels.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sample — a river made of white owl feathers winding through a serene snow-covered winter landscape — GPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst)
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Draw a gorgeous image of a river made of white owl feathers, snaking its way through a serene winter landscape

GPT Image 2.5 Flare sample — photorealistic cozy bookstore cafe interior at golden hour with sunlit shelves, a latte and a legible chalkboard menu — GPT Image 2.5 (Flare)
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A cozy bookstore cafe interior at golden hour, warm lighting, photorealistic

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sample — golden retriever puppy in tiny tortoiseshell sunglasses on a sunny beach, shallow depth of field — GPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst)
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A golden retriever puppy wearing tiny sunglasses on a sunny beach, photorealistic, shallow depth of field

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sample — wildlife-photo-grade eastern bluebird perched on a branch against soft green bokeh, from the two-word prompt 'a bird' — GPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst)
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a bird

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sample — illustrated gray tabby cat hugging an otter wearing an orange scarf — GPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst)
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Generate an image of gray tabby cat hugging an otter with an orange scarf

What is GPT Image 2.5?

GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI's newest image generation and editing model, released on September 8, 2026. It comes in two editions. GPT Image 2.5 Flare is the everyday default: better images than GPT Image 2 at up to half the latency, which makes it the one to reach for on social and creator work, product visuals, quick concepts and anything you generate in volume. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst trades speed for control and holds detail through a long chain of edits — the edition for campaign creative, finished product imagery and painstaking retouching.

Next to GPT Image 2 the difference shows first in the light: shadows fall more naturally and surfaces carry real texture. Faces and products from your reference photos stay recognisable. Editing is the bigger jump — name one change and the rest of the frame is left alone, and the tenth edit is as clean as the first. Text inside the image holds together, infographics keep their grid, dense layouts stay upright, and a style you asked for is the style you get.

Both editions are live on Molyin: generate from a prompt, or bring in reference images and edit them in plain language. 10 pixel sizes up to a 3840px edge, 5 quality tiers from quick draft to maximum detail. It sits in the same AI image generator as every other model and runs on the same credit balance — per-image rates are on the credit pricing page.

GPT Image 2.5 vs GPT Image 2

GPT Image 2 is still live and still excellent for dense text and editorial layouts. Here is what you gain by moving up to GPT Image 2.5.

Capability	GPT Image 2.5	GPT Image 2
Generation speed	GPT Image 2.5 Flare: up to 50% faster than GPT Image 2, and better images with it	Baseline
Editing precision	Changes only what you asked for and leaves the rest of the frame untouched; GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is the more precise of the two	Natural-language editing with reference images
Multi-turn edits	The tenth edit is as clean as the first	Detail can drift after repeated edits
Quality tiers	5 tiers: low · medium · high · xhigh · max	3 tiers: low · medium · high
Lighting & texture	Natural shadows, real surface texture, subjects that survive the trip from your reference photo	Strong photorealism
Complex layouts	Denser grids, infographics that stay accurate, closer style adherence	Dense text, magazine pages and multi-panel storytelling
Credits per image	4 / 14 / 34 / 66 / 130 (low → max)	3 / 11 / 30 (low / medium / high)

These are the live Molyin rates per image. Both models draw on the same credit balance — nothing extra to subscribe to.

GPT Image 2.5 vs image models live on Molyin

Model	Positioning	Release date	On Molyin
GPT Image 2.5	OpenAI's newest — GPT Image 2.5 Flare for speed, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst for precision	Sep 8, 2026	Live — generate above
Grok Imagine 2.0	xAI Quality Mode — precise editing and Smart Resize	Aug 7, 2026	Live — generate above
Seedream 5.0	ByteDance flagship — infographics, annotation editing, Pro and Lite	Jul 8, 2026	Live — generate above
GPT Image 2	OpenAI's previous flagship — instruction following, dense text, design taste	Apr 21, 2026	Live — generate above
Nano Banana 2	Google, standard and Lite — speed, crisp text, ultrawide ratios	Feb 26, 2026 · Lite Jun 30, 2026	Live — generate above
FLUX.2	Black Forest Labs — Dev, Pro and Max	2025	Live — generate above

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GPT Image 2.5 full specifications

GPT Image 2.5 full specifications
Parameter	Value	Notes
Generation modes	Text to image · Image to image	Write a prompt, or upload reference images and edit them in plain language.
Editions	GPT Image 2.5 Flare · GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst	GPT Image 2.5 Flare is the default for fast everyday work. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst spends more time per image to hold precision through detailed creative and editing. Both sit in the model dropdown.
Pixel sizes	1024×1024 · 1536×1024 · 1024×1536 · 1536×1152 · 1152×1536 · 2048×2048 · 2048×1152 · 1152×2048 · 3840×2160 · 2160×3840	Square, landscape and portrait presets from 1K to 4K-class. Inside a quality tier, every size costs the same.
Maximum edge	Up to 3840 px per edge	The longest side of any output. The presets run from 1:3 vertical to 3:1 ultrawide.
Quality tiers	low / medium / high / xhigh / max	Quick draft through maximum detail. Credits follow the tier, never the pixel size.
Reference images	≤ 16	Image-to-image takes several references at once to keep a subject and a style consistent.
Images per request	Up to 10 per request	Get several takes on one prompt in a single run.
Output formats	png / jpeg / webp	Choose the file format per generation.
Background	auto / transparent / opaque	Transparent needs PNG or WebP; opaque forces a solid backdrop; auto lets the prompt decide.
Image editing	Natural-language editing	Say what should change in ordinary words; everything you did not mention stays as it was.
Text rendering	Dense, legible text	Headlines, micro-labels, infographics and UI mockups stay readable — see the style-table sample above.
Seed control	Not supported	This model does not expose a seed, so results are not reproducible that way.
Credits per image	4 / 14 / 34 / 66 / 130 (low / medium / high / xhigh / max)	Priced by quality tier alone — same rate for every size, and the same on GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Full table on the credits page.

Everything listed here is already supported on the site, and stays in sync with the model's latest official capabilities.

How to use GPT Image 2.5 on Molyin

Three steps from idea to finished image, on the credits you already have.

Pick the edition

GPT Image 2.5 Flare for speed, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst for precision — or switch to any other image model in the dropdown.

Describe your image

Write the prompt: the layout, any text that has to appear, the size you need. Or upload reference images to edit instead.

Generate and download

Choose a quality tier, generate, refine with follow-up edits, then download.

GPT Image 2.5 FAQ

What creators ask about OpenAI's newest image model, answered from running it ourselves.

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