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GPT Image 2.5

GPT Image 2.5 is the newest model in OpenAI's GPT Image family, released in September 2026 and available on BulkImagen from day one. It arrives in two variants, takes twice as many reference images as GPT Image 2, and — at the top resolution tier — actually costs fewer credits than its predecessor. Launch pricing is marked early access; the table below always shows the current rate.

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What GPT Image 2.5 changes

A point release, but not a cosmetic one. Three differences decide whether a batch belongs on GPT Image 2.5 or on the GPT Image 2 it succeeds, and all three are visible before you spend a credit.

Two variants behind one quality switch

GPT Image 2.5 ships as two builds, flare and sunburst, at the same credit rate. On this page the quality control is the router: auto, low and medium call flare, while high sends the batch to sunburst. Pick per batch, compare the results, keep the GPT Image 2.5 build your prompts prefer.

Eight reference images, not four

GPT Image 2.5 accepts up to eight reference images per render — double what GPT Image 2 takes here. Front, back, detail and context shots of the same product can all go into one batch, which is where reference-driven consistency starts to feel less like luck.

Framings its predecessor doesn't offer

The ratio list on GPT Image 2.5 adds 27:16 and its portrait twin 16:27 — near-cinematic wide and properly tall — alongside the familiar squares and 16:9. If a campaign layout never quite fit the old list, check the new one in the form above.

GPT Image 2.5 vs GPT Image 2, in running configuration

Everything below is read out of the live model configuration — ratios, tiers, reference limits, credit rates — so this table cannot drift away from what the form above will actually do.

ModelMade byCredits / imageResolutionsAspect ratiosReference imagesPrompt limit
OpenAIGPT Image 2.5OpenAI1K 6 · 2K 10 · 4K 161K · 2K · 4K12up to 820,000 chars
OpenAIGPT Image 2OpenAI1K 5 · 2K 10 · 4K 201K · 2K · 4K15up to 420,000 chars

GPT Image 2.5 is early access: the launch credit rate may be adjusted as upstream pricing settles. One thing it does not do is transparent backgrounds — for that, GPT Image 2 at 1K remains the only model on the platform.

A GPT Image 2.5 batch, start to ZIP

Same three-step shape as every model on BulkImagen; the GPT Image 2.5 specifics are in the middle step, where the variant and reference choices live.

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    Bring the prompts, optionally the pictures

    Paste the list or import it from a CSV or Excel sheet — one prompt per row of the batch. For image-to-image work, upload up to eight references and choose whether every render sees all of them or each prompt pairs with its own.

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    Pick the variant by picking a quality

    The quality control decides which GPT Image 2.5 build runs: flare for auto, low and medium, sunburst for high. Both bill at the same early-access rate, and the total for the whole batch is shown on the confirmation screen before the first image is requested.

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    Review the grid, export the keepers

    GPT Image 2.5 results fill in as they finish. Mark the ones worth keeping, download the selection as a single ZIP, and re-send any prompt that missed on its own — a failed render refunds its credits automatically.

Batches that belong on GPT Image 2.5

A newer model is not automatically the right model. These are the jobs where GPT Image 2.5's specific differences — reference depth, new framings, the two variants — do actual work.

Catalog imagery with many angles

Eight reference slots mean a product can be shown from every side at once, so a GPT Image 2.5 batch of lifestyle or studio scenes holds the item together better than a four-reference run. Built for the SKU list, not the single hero shot.

Banners and stories in the new ratios

The 27:16 frame suits website hero banners and presentation headers; 16:27 covers the tall placements that 9:16 never quite reached. Describe the layout in the prompt and let one GPT Image 2.5 batch fill every slot in the campaign.

Head-to-head evaluation

Both generations are on the same platform with the same prompt list format, so run the list through GPT Image 2.5 and GPT Image 2 and compare the two grids side by side. Ten minutes of your own prompts beats any benchmark table, ours included.

GPT Image 2.5 questions

Anything else? Email support@bulkimagen.com

  • The newest entry in OpenAI's GPT Image family of image-generation models, released in September 2026 as the successor to GPT Image 2. GPT Image 2.5 was on BulkImagen from launch day, which is why this page exists while the paint is still drying.
  • The two variants GPT Image 2.5 is offered in by the API provider. They bill at the same credit rate here; the difference is which build renders your batch. The quality control is the switch — auto, low and medium run flare, high runs sunburst.
  • Three ways you can verify in the table above: it takes up to eight reference images instead of four, its ratio list adds 27:16 and 16:27, and its per-tier credit rate differs — a little above GPT Image 2 at the entry tier, level in the middle, and below it at the top tier. It also drops the transparent-background option.
  • No. Transparent output on this platform is specific to GPT Image 2 at its 1K tier, and GPT Image 2.5 does not inherit it. If the batch needs alpha, run it on GPT Image 2 at 1K instead.
  • Because GPT Image 2.5 launched days ago and upstream pricing for new models routinely moves in its first weeks. The current rate is always the one in the table above and on the confirmation screen, and a batch is never charged more than what was shown before it started.
  • Start with auto. It routes to flare, the default GPT Image 2.5 build, at the standard rate. When a prompt matters more than usual — a hero image, a final deliverable — run it again at high to see what sunburst does with it. Same credits either way, so the experiment is free of pricing anxiety.
  • GPT Image 2.5 takes up to eight per render, twice GPT Image 2's limit here. Combined mode shows every render the whole stack; each mode pairs every prompt with its own reference set. The exact limit for every model lives in the comparison table above.
  • Yes — CSV and Excel both import directly, one row per prompt. For a GPT Image 2.5 evaluation that means you can take the exact list you already ran on another model and replay it unchanged, which is the only fair way to compare.
  • The credits for that render come back automatically — a batch is only ever billed for what it delivered. The failed row stays visible in the batch view so you can edit the prompt and re-send just that one.
  • Select the keepers in the GPT Image 2.5 batch view and download them as one ZIP. Individual images can also be saved one at a time, and the batch itself stays in your dashboard history.

Be early to GPT Image 2.5

GPT Image 2.5, newest model in the family: eight reference slots, two variants at one early-access rate. Paste the prompts, watch the grid fill, take the ZIP.