About this model
Premium image generation and editing with precise control across iterative edits. GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst is OpenAI's most capable model for image generation and editing, designed for premium workflows that need tighter control across detailed and iterative edits.
Pricing
| Rate | RODI | USD (ref.) | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image | |||
| Image out | 126.6 | ~ 0.167 | per image (RODI/img, USD/img) |
Pricing tiers
The rate depends on how you call the model. Each table below lists every tier, in RODI with the approximate USD value.
From 4.5 RODI (~ $0.005935) per image
Price per image by quality and size
| Quality / size | 1024x1024 |
|---|---|
| low | 4.5~ 0.005935 |
| medium | 10.1~ 0.013225 |
| high | 40~ 0.052775 |
| auto | 4.5~ 0.005935 |
| max | 159.7~ 0.210815 |
RODI prices include RodiumAi markup and upstream fees. USD figures are wholesale reference rates.
Providers & pricing
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached | Free tier | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Runware Default All rates (1)
| - | - | - | - | No data |
Capabilities
Streaming
Tool calling
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
API usage
Generate images with client.images(): POST /v1/images/generations.
Examples
…Example response
…Reference image (edit or restyle)
…Quality and several variants
…RodiumAi SDK
images() maps to POST /v1/images/generations for this image model.
…Use cases
- Marketing visuals, social posts and ad variants from a short brief.
- Product shots and mock-ups for a catalogue.
- Illustrations for articles, slides and onboarding screens.
- Concept art and moodboards before a design review.
- Backgrounds, textures and placeholder images for apps.
Notes
- GPT Image models are billed per token (text input, image input and image output), and the cost depends on
qualityandsize. The pricing table above shows the rates. qualityacceptslow,medium,highandauto. Uselowfor drafts andhighfor final assets.- Reference images for edits must be inline base64 (data URL or raw base64), not an
https://URL. Send one inimageor up to 14 inimages. With amaskit becomes an inpainting edit. - Images come back as
b64_json. - Good at rendering readable text inside images (posters, labels, UI mock-ups).