GPT Image 2.5 vs GPT Image 2
OpenAI's newer image model against GPT Image 2: more formats and references, a different price.
The short answer.
GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI's newer image model. In Aventada it offers 7 formats against 3, and takes up to 8 reference images against 4.
Both are made for readable text and clean design. At 2K, GPT Image 2.5 costs 18 credits and GPT Image 2 17. GPT Image 2 is in Every plan, from Starter; GPT Image 2.5 is in Creator and up.
Pick GPT Image 2.5 if…
- You need wide or vertical formats, not just square and 3:2.
- You edit with several reference images.
- You want precise edits that change one thing and keep the rest.
Pick GPT Image 2 if…
- You're on Starter.
- Text-heavy posters and menus at a low credit price.
- Square and 3:2 formats are all you need.
At a glance.
As offered in Aventada on November 5, 2026. Prices are in credits, for one generation.
- Made by
- OpenAI
- OpenAI
- Released
- September 2026
- April 2026
- Resolutions
- 1K2K4K
- 1K2K4K
- Reference images
- Up to 8
- Up to 4
- Quality levels
- Standard
- Standard
- Formats
- 1:116:99:164:33:43:22:3
- 1:13:22:3
- Plans
- Creator and up
- Every plan, from Starter
Released: GPT Image 2.5 · GPT Image 2
Credits, side by side.
Video is priced per second of clip, with sound where the model makes it; images per picture. Failed generations are refunded.
- Per image at 1K
- GPT Image 2.59 creditsGPT Image 29 credits
- Per image at 2K
- GPT Image 2.518 creditsGPT Image 217 credits
- Per image at 4K
- GPT Image 2.530 creditsGPT Image 228 credits
We don't publish quality scores or test results here: specs and prices come from our catalog, strengths from each maker's own description. The best test is your own prompt on both.
Questions.
It's the newer model, with more formats and more reference images in Aventada. GPT Image 2 stays a good choice for text-heavy designs, and it's in every plan from Starter.
At 2K, GPT Image 2.5 costs 18 credits an image and GPT Image 2 17. The table above has every resolution.
Yes, both are made for it. Put the exact words in quotes and keep them short.
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