Migrating from chatgpt-image-latest to gpt-image-2.6-sunburst

What changes when you move from chatgpt-image-latest to gpt-image-2.6-sunburst: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.

From: chatgpt-image-latest
Status: Deprecated
Shutdown: Dec 1, 2026
Time left: 24 days

To: gpt-image-2.6-sunburst
Status: Active
Shutdown: none announced
Time left: —

Prices

USD per 1M tokens, standard tier

Neither model has published per-token prices.

Limits

Tokens

Neither company publishes a context window or output limit for these models.

Benchmarks

Same benchmark and source on both sides; settings named where they differ

Benchmark	chatgpt-image-latest	gpt-image-2.6-sunburst	Change
Arena Image EditArena, medium effort (vs high fidelity, 20251216). Ranges don't overlap.	1386 ±3	1476 ±10	+90

A score from one source is never compared with another source's, and company-reported scores are compared only within the same company; settings named where they differ. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.

Features and parameters

Compare models

Batch API: supported on chatgpt-image-latest, not supported on gpt-image-2.6-sunburst.chatgpt-image-latest: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-image-2.6-sunburst: first seen November 4, 2026 · source

Same on both

Fine-tuning: not supported on both.chatgpt-image-latest: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-image-2.6-sunburst: first seen November 4, 2026 · source

Not published for chatgpt-image-latest: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Image input, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Context window, Max output tokens.

Not published for gpt-image-2.6-sunburst: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Image input, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Context window, Max output tokens.

Aliases

All aliases

No aliases point at either model.

Checklist

Change the model string from chatgpt-image-latest to gpt-image-2.6-sunburst.

Time until shutdown

chatgpt-image-latest

24days

14hours

09min

19sec

Counting to 7:00 pm ET on November 30, 2026, which is 00:00 UTC on December 1, 2026.

Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: chatgpt-image-latest, gpt-image-2.6-sunburst.