Images 2.6
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OpenAI describes Images 2.6 as a model for image creation, editing and GIF animation. Its API variants emphasize speed with Flare and greater detail with Sunburst.
- Reviewed tasks
- Unknown
- Reviewed modalities
- Images
- Deployment paths
- Hosted API, Provider app
- Focus / inputs
- Image creation and editing, GIF animation and SVG export; input contract not specified
- Availability / restrictions
- OpenAI says Images 2.6 is available globally in ChatGPT and Codex across subscription tiers on desktop, mobile and web. Flare and Sunburst are available through the API.
- Licence category
- Unknown
- Licence / terms
- Public weight availability and licence terms are not established by the announcement.
Variants, limits and list prices
Values are copied from the linked first-party pages as stated, with the date each group was checked. Unknown means the pages checked do not state the value. Prices are list prices, not a quote or a ranking.
| Field | GPT-Image-2.6 Flare | GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst |
|---|---|---|
| API identifier | Unknown | Unknown |
| Released | Unknown | Unknown |
| Status and retirement | Available in the API. | Available in the API. |
| Lifecycle checked | Checked | Checked |
| Context window | Unknown | Unknown |
| Max input | Unknown | Unknown |
| Max output | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rate limits | Unknown | Unknown |
| Limit notes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Limits checked | Checked | Checked |
| Base input price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Base output price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cache-read price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Price conditions | Unknown | Unknown |
| Prices checked | Checked | Checked |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cutoff checked | Checked | Checked |
- GPT-Image-2.6 Flare: OpenAI positions Flare for faster generation and improved layouts. The announcement does not state prices, limits, an API identifier or a knowledge cutoff.
- GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst: OpenAI positions Sunburst for greater detail and consistency across edits at medium or high quality. The announcement does not state prices, limits, an API identifier or a knowledge cutoff.
Parameters and weights
Unknown: the first-party pages checked publish no parameter count or weights.