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Migrating from dall-e-3 to gpt-image-2

What changes when you move from dall-e-3 to gpt-image-2: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.

Status
Retired
Shutdown
May 12, 2026
Time left
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Status
Active
Shutdown
none announced
Time left
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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
Benchmarkdall-e-3gpt-image-2Change
Arena Text to ImageArena, medium effort (vs no setting). Ranges don't overlap.968 ±41383 ±4+415

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

No feature is published for both models, so none can be compared.

Not published for dall-e-3: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Batch API, Image input, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Context window, Max output tokens.

Not published for gpt-image-2: 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.

No aliases point at either model.

On cloud platforms

All platform dates
ModelPlatformPlatform IDShutdownTime left
gpt-image-2Microsoft Foundryversion 2026-04-21gpt-image-2Oct 21, 2027Active371 days

Read daily from each platform's own pages. The status above uses each company's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.

Checklist

  1. Change the model string from dall-e-3 to gpt-image-2.

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