GPT Image 1
State-of-the-art image generation model that accepts text and image inputs and produces high-quality images across multiple resolutions and quality levels.
Model Details
Provider
OpenAI
Model Type
image
Context Window
N/A
Pricing
Input (1M)$5.00
Img Input (1M)$10.00
Img Output (1M)$40.00
Image Generation starts at
$0.011/ image
Capabilities
1. State-of-the-Art Image Generation
- Produces high-quality, detailed images optimized for realism, style control, and prompt fidelity.
- Designed to handle complex visual scenes, compositions, and lighting conditions.
2. Natively Multimodal Architecture
- Can understand and reason over both text and images as inputs.
- Ideal for workflows like:
- Editing based on reference images
- Expanding sketches or mockups
- Visual concept development
3. Flexible Output Resolutions & Quality Levels
- Supports multiple resolutions, including:
- 1024x1024
- 1024x1536
- 1536x1024
- Offers three quality tiers (Low, Medium, High) to optimize for:
- Cost efficiency
- Speed
- Maximum detail
4. Multiple Pricing Models
- Pay-per-token for multimodal input:
- Text input tokens
- Image input tokens
- Pay-per-image generation for final output:
- Low, Medium, and High quality tiers
- Enables businesses to balance cost and output needs.
5. Broad Use Cases
- Product photography and marketing assets
- Illustration, concept art, and creative ideation
- UX/UI mockups
- Style-guided image creation
- Generating reference images for design or storytelling
6. Supported Across Major API Endpoints
- Available via:
- Chat Completions
- Responses
- Realtime
- Assistants
- Images (generations, edits)
- Allows tight integration into automated creative pipelines or user-facing apps.
7. Simplified Model Behavior for Stability
- No streaming, function calling, structured outputs, or fine-tuning.
- Focused solely on high-quality image generation without extra logic layers.
8. Consistent Results via Snapshots
- Supports snapshots for version locking.
- Ensures long-term reproducibility across production pipelines.
9. Ideal For
- Designers, marketers, and creatives
- Product teams needing image assets
- App builders integrating image generation workflows
- Agencies producing visual content at scale