GPT-5 Nano vs GPT Image 1

1. Extremely fast performance

• Fastest model in the GPT-5 family.
• Great for real-time workflows, rapid responses, and high-throughput systems.

2. Most cost-efficient GPT-5 model

• Lowest input and output token costs.
• Suitable for large-scale or budget-sensitive applications.

3. Ideal for lightweight, well-scoped tasks

• Excels at summarization, classification, text extraction, and simple logic tasks.
• Best used when tasks are narrow and well-defined.

4. Multimodal input

• Accepts text + image as input.
• Outputs text only.

5. Broad tool support

• Supports Web Search, File Search, Image Generation (as a tool), Code Interpreter, and MCP.
• (Does not support Computer Use.)

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