GPT Image 1.5

AI Image Editing Model

OpenAI's state-of-the-art image generation model with better instruction following and adherence to prompts

What GPT Image 1.5 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 #1 Art (Text-to-Image), #1 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #1 Prompt Adherence (Image Editing), #3 Photorealism (Text-to-Image), #3 Aesthetics (Text-to-Image), #3 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), #3 Creativity (Text-to-Image), #3 Lighting, Shadows & Materials (Image Editing), #5 Prompt Adherence (Text-to-Image), #3 Photorealism (Image Editing), #3 Adding & Editing Objects (Image Editing), #5 Preservation (Image Editing), #4 People & Poses (Image Editing), #4 Aesthetics (Image Editing), #5 Face & Identity (Image Editing), #6 Artistic Restyling (Image Editing), #6 Creativity (Image Editing), #10 Portraits (Text-to-Image), and #10 Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 39% of all competing models.

GPT Image 1.5 Strengths

GPT Image 1.5 outperforms most competing models here

Art

Text-to-Image
Ranked #1 of 24 models · 75.0% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image
Ranked #1 of 58 models · 77.9% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing
Ranked #1 of 22 models · 65.0% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Photorealism

Text-to-Image
Ranked #3 of 61 models · 65.6% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Aesthetics

Text-to-Image
Ranked #3 of 62 models · 70.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image
Ranked #3 of 56 models · 77.9% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Text-to-Image
Ranked #3 of 56 models · 69.6% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing
Ranked #3 of 28 models · 57.6% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models

Prompt Adherence

Text-to-Image
Ranked #5 of 60 models · 67.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Photorealism

Image Editing
Ranked #3 of 26 models · 58.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Bald man challenge
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#7 Seedream 5.... ranks lower
Before After
#20 Vidu Q2 ranks lower
Before After
#26 P-Image Edit ranks lower

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing
Ranked #3 of 19 models · 59.2% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Preservation

Image Editing
Ranked #5 of 29 models · 57.6% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models

People & Poses

Image Editing
Ranked #4 of 18 models · 76.5% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#14 FLUX.2 [pro] ranks lower
Before After
#18 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Aesthetics

Image Editing
Ranked #4 of 16 models · 56.8% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Golden Hour Stroll
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher
Before After
#5 Nano Banana 2 ranks lower
Before After
#13 Reve Image 1.0 ranks lower
Before After
#16 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks lower

Face & Identity

Image Editing
Ranked #5 of 16 models · 58.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Before After
Bald man challenge
Same prompt, other models
Before After
#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher
Before After
#13 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower
Before After
#16 Z-Image Turbo ranks lower

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing
Ranked #6 of 15 models · 49.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Creativity

Image Editing
Ranked #6 of 15 models · 49.3% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Portraits

Text-to-Image
Ranked #10 of 24 models · 68.8% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Cartoon, Anime & Fantasy

Text-to-Image
Ranked #10 of 24 models · 68.8% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models
Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Other categories

GPT Image 1.5 competes but doesn't rank as highly

3D Imaging & Modeling

Text-to-Image
Ranked #13 of 29 models · 47.7% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing
Ranked #8 of 16 models · 56.1% win rate Leaderboard
GPT Image 1.5
Same prompt, other models