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ChatGPT Images v2.5 Flare

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Sep 13, 2026

(Updated: a month ago)

comparative study
ChatGPT Images v2.5 Flare

Intro

Looks like new v2.5 models from OpenAi with price tag (8-69⚡for 1024px) is an answer to Nano Banana 2 lite (44⚡for 1024px) and Meta Muse (13⚡for 1600px). There is no major image quality improvements. So that is mostly about price.

Price

AR 1:1 is actually more expensive that 3:2 and 2:3

GPT Image 2.5

  • 1024x1024 high - 69 ⚡(7¢)

    • 1536x1024 high - 54 ⚡

    • 1024x1536 high - 54 ⚡

  • 1024px medium - 18 ⚡(2¢)

    • 1536x1024 medium - 14 ⚡

    • 1024x1536 medium- 14 ⚡

  • 1024px low - 8 ⚡(1¢)

    • 1536x1024 low - 7⚡

    • 1024x1536 low - 7⚡

GPT Image 2

  • 1024px high - 287 ⚡(28¢)

    • 1536x1024 high - 222⚡

    • 1024x1536 high - 222⚡

  • 1024px medium - 78 ⚡(8¢)

    • 1536x1024 medium - 65⚡

    • 1024x1536 medium- 65⚡

  • 1024px low - 14 ⚡

    • 1536x1024 low - 14⚡

    • 1024x1536 low - 14⚡

GPT Image 1 and 1.5

  • 1024px high - 375 ⚡(37¢)

  • 1024px medium - 100 ⚡(10¢)

  • 1024px low - 25 ⚡

listed price not includes tips.

Quality

NY 1971 Image

low

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medium

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high

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pareidolia image

low

2026-09-13T09.02.12_1.jpg

medium

2026-09-13T07.12.05_16.jpg

high

2026-09-12T19.10.00_1.jpg

Illustration image

low

2026-09-13T08.59.16_15.jpg

medium

2026-09-13T07.06.31_29.jpg

high

2026-09-12T18.49.13_12.jpg

Solar system on different model versions

compare on solar system (high quality for all version) 3:2 to save some buzz

v2.5 (54 ⚡)

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v2.0 (222 ⚡)

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v1.5 (375 ⚡)

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v.1 (375 ⚡)

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prompt is 9D from test v2

Censorship

it is exist. It is not overcensored like som Microsoft or Ideogram models, and also the censorship is quite random.

Mature content triggers

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some random definition of mature content by CivitAi. for image like

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OpenAi content moderation

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OpenAi content filtrated image example

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The star wars themed "Ai needs more datacenters" meme (will not post it here, so I got another ToS violation) got filtered on high and medium but generated on low quality settings.

Test v2 - censorship

hmm.. My account is still not muted after couple of "ToS violations" during this tests generation.. so we proceed to test v2 (but test v1 will definitely got me muted, so not today). first of all Now I got more images moderated that it was before

GPT Image 2.0 high

https://wiki.liutyi.info/display/AI/ChatGPT+Images+2.0+high+test+v2

test-v2-GPT-2_0-high.png

GPT Image 2.5 high

https://wiki.liutyi.info/display/AI/ChatGPT+Images+2.5+high+test+v2

test-v2-GPT-2_5-high.png

it was 1/40 image filtered before, and now it is 4/40

let's check some image difference

Test v2 - quality

Critic v2.0

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Critic v2.5

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images a bit different but same level. same order of years issue on the background.

ANNA v2.0

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ANNA v2.5

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bit more realistic in v2.5, maybe.

Gangster duck v2.0

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Gangster duck v2.5

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I like both. both are good.

Mirror trap v2.0

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Mirror trap v2.5

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2.5 a bit better, but still not perfect

Links

see the previous article on v2.0 - chatgpt-images-20-test

see the model page on CivitAi - chatgpt-images

Posts with images from test v3 and v2

(if you need to see the prompts of images used in the article)

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