GPT Image 1 Mini

AI Image Editing Model

Image $ · 0.5¢

OpenAI's cost-effective image generation model for when image quality isn't the top priority

What GPT Image 1 Mini is good at

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image. Excels at #14 Art (Text-to-Image), #15 Creativity (Text-to-Image), #15 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #16 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), #18 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #19 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #19 3D Imaging & Modeling (Text-to-Image), #9 People & Poses (Image Editing), #17 Portraits (Text-to-Image), and #17 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 32% of all competing models.

GPT Image 1 Mini Strengths

GPT Image 1 Mini outperforms most competing models here

Art

Text-to-Image
Ranked #14 of 58 models · 85.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
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Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #15 of 62 models · 61.9% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #15 of 62 models · 52.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #16 of 61 models · 64.5% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #18 of 61 models · 65.6% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #19 of 62 models · 49.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #19 of 61 models · 24.2% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

People & Poses

Image Editing
Ranked #9 of 27 models · 77.8% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
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Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
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#7 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher
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#21 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower
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#27 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Portraits

Text-to-Image
Ranked #17 of 51 models · 52.1% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image
Ranked #17 of 51 models · 52.1% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Other categories

GPT Image 1 Mini competes but doesn't rank as highly

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #26 of 62 models · 43.4% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing
Ranked #14 of 29 models · 64.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #20 of 37 models · 56.0% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Before After
Bald man challenge
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Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Seedream 5.... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower
Before After
#37 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #23 of 36 models · 52.2% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Before After
Bald man challenge
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Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Grok Imagin... ranks higher
Before After
#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #31 of 36 models · 35.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#10 Qwen Image ... ranks higher
Before After
#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks higher
Before After
#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing
Ranked #28 of 29 models · 25.0% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Image Editing
Ranked #32 of 33 models · 16.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher
Before After
#25 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks higher
Before After
#33 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #26 of 26 models · 0.0% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1 Mini
Same prompt, other models