GPT Image 2 is OpenAI’s image model and the most literal prompt-follower in the catalog, with three quality tiers.
GPT Image 2 excels at doing what the prompt says: precise object placement, correct counts, readable layouts, faithful edits. When other models take creative liberties you did not ask for, this one does not.
Its three quality tiers (low, medium, high) map cleanly to a workflow: low for composition checks, high for finals, with prices that scale accordingly.
At a glance
Type: Text-to-image + editing
Quality tiers: Low · Medium · High
Sizing: Square and 1536-side formats
Best for: Literal prompts, layouts, instructional imagery
What it is best at
Exceptional instruction-following and spatial precision
Three quality tiers for a draft-to-final workflow
Reliable edits that respect the original
What it costs
From 2 tokens ($0.02) per image; 28 tokens ($0.28) at the default settings.
Generate
Settings
Tokens
Price
Quality Low
2
$0.02
Quality Medium
8
$0.08
Quality High
28
$0.28
Aspect ratio: Square HD ×1.46
Aspect ratio: Square ×1.46
Aspect ratio: Landscape 16:9 ×0.73
Aspect ratio: Portrait 16:9 ×0.73
Edit
Settings
Tokens
Price
Quality Low
2
$0.02
Quality Medium
8
$0.08
Quality High
29
$0.29
Aspect ratio: Square HD ×1.46
Aspect ratio: Square ×1.46
Aspect ratio: Landscape 16:9 ×0.74
Aspect ratio: Portrait 16:9 ×0.74
Prices come from the live catalog at $0.0100 per token, the pay-as-you-go rate; subscriptions include tokens at a lower rate. The exact price is shown before you generate, and a failed generation is refunded.
Questions
Do I need ChatGPT Plus to use GPT Image 2?
No. Top up tokens and generate. ChatGPT and the OpenAI API are not involved.
When is GPT Image 2 the right pick?
When the prompt is a specification: diagrams with style, product layouts, scenes with specific object counts and positions. For painterly or maximal photoreal looks, compare with FLUX.2 Pro and Seedream.
How do the GPT Image 2 quality tiers affect price?
Each tier has its own per-image price, and low is a fraction of high. The picker updates the token price as you switch tiers.