LLM Reference

DALL-E 3

Released
2023-10-01
Last refreshed
2026-05-09
Status
Researched 48d ago
DeprecatedProprietaryCommercial use: conditionalMultimodalVision

DALL-E 3 is a legacy integration reference; keep it only while you identify a current replacement.

Use it for

  • Teams maintaining an existing integration

Do not use it for

  • New production launches
  • Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Family
DALL-E
Released
2023-10-01
Architecture
Diffusion
Specialization
image-generation
Openness
Proprietary
License
ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
Training
Pretrained
Created by

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San Francisco, California, United States
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Pricing

No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.

About

DALL-E 3 is OpenAI's third-generation image generation model, released October 2023 and integrated into ChatGPT Plus. Significantly improved prompt adherence over DALL-E 2 through ChatGPT-based instruction refinement. Supported 1024×1024, 1024×1792, and 1792×1024 output sizes, with natural language quality controls (standard/HD). Deprecated with OpenAI API shutdown scheduled for May 12, 2026 in favor of the gpt-image series.

DALL-E 3 is a proprietary model in the DALL-E family. The structured metadata tracks multimodal input. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DALL-E 3 yet.

Top use-case fit

Vision

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

Benchmark peer barsfor Vision

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

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