Migrating from gpt-image-2 to gpt-image-2.5-flare
What changes when you move from gpt-image-2 to gpt-image-2.5-flare: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.
- From
- gpt-image-2
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tierNeither model has published per-token prices.
Limits
TokensNeither 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 | gpt-image-2 | gpt-image-2.5-flare | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text to ImageArena, no setting (vs medium effort). Ranges don't overlap. | 1383 ±4 | 1398 ±7 | +15 |
| Arena Image EditArena, no setting (vs medium effort). Ranges don't overlap. | 1462 ±3 | 1481 ±5 | +19 |
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 modelsSame on both
- Batch API: supported on both.gpt-image-2: in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source · gpt-image-2.5-flare: in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source
- Fine-tuning: not supported on both.gpt-image-2: in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source · gpt-image-2.5-flare: in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source
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.
Not published for gpt-image-2.5-flare: 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 aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
On cloud platforms
All platform dates| Model | Platform | Platform ID | Shutdown | Time left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-image-2 | Microsoft Foundryversion 2026-04-21 | gpt-image-2 | Oct 21, 2027Active | 371 days |
| gpt-image-2.5-flare | Microsoft Foundryversion 2026-09-09 | gpt-image-2.5-flare | Sep 9, 2027Active | 329 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
- Change the model string from
gpt-image-2togpt-image-2.5-flare.
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: gpt-image-2, gpt-image-2.5-flare.