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GPT Image 2

Arena score
28.5

Text-to-Image

Rank
#2

of 62 ranked

Stars

5.0 of 5

Speed
Slow
Reliability
Excellent
Price
$0.0387 / image
Top 2 in Text-to-Image Top 3 in Image Editing

Especially good for Photorealism and Prompt Adherence.

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Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

The Reversed Rodeo
May 11, 2026
The Halloween Invitation
May 8, 2026
Modern Clean Menu
Jun 1, 2026
Pose & Character Mashup
Apr 30, 2026
Arena / Performance

Speed & reliability

Measured across every provider serving this model, last 30 days.

Generation speed
1m 13s median
P50 1m 13s P95 tail 2m 51s
Reliability
98.8% success
excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

The shape of this model's strengths, and the categories it ranks strongest in.

Skill signature

Where GPT Image 2 earns its score, percentile-shaped across its skills.

Top skills
  1. 1
    Prompt Adherence 28.3
    Text-to-Image
    87%
  2. 2
    Aesthetics 27.6
    Text-to-Image
    85%
  3. 3
    Product, Branding & Commercial 26.4
    Text-to-Image
    89%
  4. 4
    Text Rendering 26.3
    Text-to-Image
    89%
  5. 5
    Lighting, Shadows & Materials 25.1
    Image Editing
    86%
Arena / Loved 1

Most loved

The generations the community up-votes most. A crowd signal, independent of the Elo ranking.

Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge GPT Image 2 entered, grouped by the skill it tests and led by its strongest lanes. Scroll a lane to see them all; open a stack to compare its takes.

Prompt Adherence
11 challenges · 86% wins
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Image Editing
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Aesthetics
11 challenges · 85% wins
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Product, Branding & Commercial
6 challenges · 89% wins
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Text Rendering
7 challenges · 89% wins
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Lighting, Shadows & Materials
2 challenges · 86% wins
Image Editing
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Art
2 challenges · 87% wins
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Creativity
6 challenges · 83% wins
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Photorealism
9 challenges · 85% wins
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Image Editing
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Preservation
2 challenges · 86% wins
Image Editing
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People & Poses
1 challenge · 88% wins
Image Editing
Adding & Editing Objects
1 challenge · 83% wins
Image Editing
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