OpenAIImage model

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

OpenAI image model.

Image Generation

of 24
leading the field

races led

weeks at #1

100.0

score

The 30-second version

OpenAI image model.

Key takeaways

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Image 2.5 SunburstBest on each axis

Image Generation

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The GPT Image family

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Image 2.5 Sunburst, explained

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Currently leads

From OpenAI's own guide, distilled

Reasoning models do their own step-by-step thinking; give goals and constraints rather than scripting the chain of thought.
Use the reasoning-effort and verbosity controls instead of prompt tricks to trade depth for speed.
Contradictory instructions waste reasoning tokens; audit system prompts for conflicts.
For agents, define stop conditions and how eager the model should be to keep going without asking.
Structured outputs (JSON schema) beat asking politely for a format.

About OpenAI

Maker of ChatGPT and the GPT series, pursuing general-purpose AI at consumer scale.

Optimising for

Frontier reasoning and math, broad consumer usefulness inside ChatGPT, and tiered models (Astra, Sol, Luna) that trade depth for price and speed.

San Francisco, US · founded 2015

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