GPT Image 2.6 Flare vs GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

OpenAI against OpenAI, the same lab's consecutive models. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • They cost the same: $0.058 per image.
  • People prefer GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst in blind votes on LMArena's text-to-image arena: rated 1,409 against 1,384 Elo.
  • On the 6 benchmarks both have scores on, GPT Image 2.6 Flare leads on 0 and GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst on 6.
  • GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is newer: listed Nov 4, 2026, against Nov 4, 2026.

Side by side

GPT Image 2.6 FlareGPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
LabOpenAIOpenAI
ListedNov 4, 2026Nov 4, 2026
Per image$0.058$0.058
Edits an image you sendYesYes
Arena rating (LMArena)1,384 Elo1,409 Elo

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

BenchmarkGPT Image 2.6 FlareGPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
LMArena: Image Editing1462 EloLMArena1476 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image1384 EloLMArena1409 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Commercial Design)1374 EloLMArena1394 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Photorealistic)1388 EloLMArena1410 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Portraits)1444 EloLMArena1460 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Image (Text Rendering)1403 EloLMArena1433 EloLMArena

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The ratings are LMArena's blind human votes, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See OpenAI models, OpenAI models, every image model's price and our sources.