GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst
- Family
- GPT Image
- Released
- 2026-11-04
- Architecture
- Autoregressive Image
- Specialization
- image-generation
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryRestricted
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenAI API · cache read $1.25
About
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is OpenAI's detail-oriented GPT Image 2.6 model for image generation and editing, released November 4, 2026 with Images 2.6. It takes text and image inputs and produces images, with an adjustable complexity setting, markup-guided edits, SVG output and animated GIF generation. It is served through the Image API generations and edits endpoints (model id gpt-image-2.6-sunburst; no Batch API).
Providers(3)
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 tracked provider routes for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $5.00 | $30.00 | read $1.25 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $5.00 | $30.00 | read $1.25 | Serverless |
| fal API | - | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Available via routers & gateways(15)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 500+ models from 80+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with an optional Auto Router that selects a model per prompt from market spend data.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, caching, and guardrails; MIT-licensed open-source core is self-hostable. Now part of Palo Alto Networks as Prisma AIRS AI Gateway.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router (branded "AI Router" on its site) that picks the best model per request via a Decision API or an OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint, with a private selection mode that routes on anonymized patterns; sold as BYOK subscription plans priced by routed tokens.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache-2.0 open-source platform with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
API versions
gpt-image-2.6-sunburstCheapest of 3 routes · OpenAI API · cache read $1.25