# The New Stack — GPT Images 2.5 promises edits that leave the rest of your image alone

- Company: The New Stack (thenewstack.io)
- Announced: 2026-09-10T19:46:32+00:00
- Category: model-update
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://thenewstack.io/gpt-images-2-5-sunburst-flare/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/14146-gpt-images-2-5-promises-edits-that-leave-the-rest-of-your-image-alone
- Subject: Reporting
- Models affected: Flare, Sunburst, GPT-Image-2
- Pricing: $5 per million text input tokens, $8 per million image input tokens, and $30 per million image output tokens

OpenAI introduced GPT Images 2.5, offering two new models: Flare, positioned as the faster default option with 50% lower latency than GPT-Image-2, and Sunburst, which provides greater precision and control for premium workflows but with longer generation times. Both models share the same token rates, but OpenAI does not explain how per-image costs will compare or provide a way to estimate token consumption for the new models.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://thenewstack.io/gpt-images-2-5-sunburst-flare/:

> OpenAI says Flare delivers higher-quality images than does GPT-Image-2 with 50% lower latency.

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