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GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst
Summary
GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst is one of the two image models OpenAI introduced with Images 2.6 on November 4, 2026. It creates and edits images and is built for detailed compositions. OpenAI emphasizes its image quality and its consistency across several rounds of edits.
The model is available worldwide in ChatGPT and Codex on every subscription tier, and through the API as gpt-image-2.6-sunburst. It takes text and images in and puts images out; audio and video are missing. Billing is token based. Text input costs $5 per million, image input $8, and image output $30. Its sibling GPT-Image-2.6 Flare aims at speed instead.
All benchmark results
Every published result with its source, test setup and comparison models.
Show all 20 published benchmark results
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Measurements without matching peer values
These measurements have no matching peer values under the same test conditions. Their original values and sources remain available here.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Prompt adherence Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1732
- Score
- 1732
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Adherence, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1500
- Upper confidence bound
- 1902
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Adherence)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category adherence. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=14 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Architecture & interiors Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1395
- Score
- 1395
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Architecture, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Architecture)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category architecture. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=9 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Concept art & fantasy Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1467
- Score
- 1467
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Concept, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Concept)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category concept. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=7 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Illustration & anime Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1655
- Score
- 1655
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Illustration, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1500
- Upper confidence bound
- 1792
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Illustration)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category illustration. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=7 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: overall blind-preference rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1809
- Score
- 1809
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Overall, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1500
- Upper confidence bound
- 1942
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Overall)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category overall. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=52 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Photorealism Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1487
- Score
- 1487
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Photorealism, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Photorealism)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category photorealism. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=1 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Portrait & fashion Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1542
- Score
- 1542
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Portrait, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Portrait)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category portrait. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=2 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Product & commercial Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1479
- Score
- 1479
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Product, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Product)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category product. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=8 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Typography Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1465
- Score
- 1465
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Typography, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-05; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Typography)
- Status
- superseded
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-05
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category typography. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=4 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this model row as collecting. Pair comparisons are not independent tasks; missing confidence intervals remain unknown.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Prompt adherence Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1610
- Score
- 1610
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Adherence, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-06; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1479
- Upper confidence bound
- 1794
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Adherence)
- Status
- active
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-06
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category adherence. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=14 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this exact source row as collecting. Elo and any displayed confidence interval remain provisional until collection is complete. Votes are pairwise comparisons, not independent tasks; sampleCount remains omitted.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Architecture & interiors Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1374
- Score
- 1374
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Architecture, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-06; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1142
- Upper confidence bound
- 1541
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Architecture)
- Status
- active
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-06
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category architecture. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=9 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this exact source row as collecting. Elo and any displayed confidence interval remain provisional until collection is complete. Votes are pairwise comparisons, not independent tasks; sampleCount remains omitted.
BudgetPixel AI Image Arena: Concept art & fantasy Elo rating (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1435
- Score
- 1435
- Metric
- Bradley-Terry Elo rating from blind human pairwise image preferences; 1500 is the platform average
- Unit
- elo
- Benchmark version
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena, Concept, live leaderboard snapshot 2026-11-06; provisional collecting row
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Lower confidence bound
- 1178
- Upper confidence bound
- 1630
- Source type
- independent-evaluator
- Evaluator
- BudgetPixel AI Image Arena public leaderboard CSV (Concept)
- Status
- active
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-06
- Methodology
- Independent evaluation. Exact public CSV model ID gpt-image-2.6-sunburst, display_name GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst, maker OpenAI, category concept. BudgetPixel uses the same prompts and default model settings, refits blind pairwise votes with Bradley-Terry, and reports an Elo scale centered on 1500. Source status is collecting; no completed rank is published. votes=7 counts pair comparisons, not independent prompts or people. Provider serving revision is not published.
- Context
- Provisional arena estimate. BudgetPixel still marks this exact source row as collecting. Elo and any displayed confidence interval remain provisional until collection is complete. Votes are pairwise comparisons, not independent tasks; sampleCount remains omitted.
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Input and output
Watermarking and provenance
AI watermarking refers to invisible signals embedded in the output. Visible marks and provenance metadata are listed separately. Unknown means there is insufficient evidence for that particular field.
- AI watermarking
- Unknown
- no source
- Watermarking technique
- Not known
- no source
Licence and access
- Availability
- Available globally in ChatGPT and Codex across all subscription tiers, as well as through the API.
- Source: Availability
API
Sources and data date
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Benchmark sources at a glance
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