OpenAI API exposes GPT Image 2.5 Flare through model ID gpt-image-2.5-flare. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
Last refreshed 2026-09-09. Next refresh: weekly.
Quick Start
- 1
- 2Use the OpenAI API SDK or REST API to call
gpt-image-2.5-flare— see the documentation for request format.
Code Examples
pip install openaiOPENAI_API_KEYgpt-image-2.5-flareUse the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-image-2.5-flare",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing on OpenAI API
Capabilities
About GPT Image 2.5 Flare
GPT Image 2.5 Flare is OpenAI's fastest GPT Image 2.5 model for high-quality everyday image generation, released September 8, 2026. It accepts text and image inputs and produces image outputs, with low through max quality settings. Available via the Image API (model ids gpt-image-2.5-flare and dated snapshot gpt-image-2.5-flare-2026-09-08) and as the Responses API image generation tool model. OpenAI API multimodal token pricing: text input $5.00 / cached $1.25, image input $8.00 / cached $2.00, image output $30.00 per 1M tokens.