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GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

OpenAI's newest, the detail version: made to hold details steady from one edit to the next

1K · 2K
Sizes: Up to 16
Reference photos: About 58 s
One picture: From 18 credits
Price

Made with GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

Every picture here was made by GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst on PicYep. Use one’s prompt to make your own.

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Why pick GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

What it does best, each with a picture it made on PicYep.

Branding, posters and layouts

Logos, packaging, posters and pages with clean type and a clear structure, close to what a designer would hand over.

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Characters that stay the same

Character sheets and grids of poses where the person is the same in every panel, ready to animate.

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Explainers and knowledge cards

Product breakdowns, step-by-step cards and storyboards that put a lot of information in order.

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X · Nov 8, 2026

What people say about GPT Image

We read the most-liked posts about GPT Image on X, up to Nov 8, 2026. Here is what comes up most, in our words; each links to the post.

Designers were struck by how far GPT Image 2 goes in branding work.

One creator runs it every day for science and knowledge cards, from gadgets to landmarks, and calls it made for the job.

GPT Image 2.5 drew a full combat sprite sheet that stunned the person who asked for it.

GPT Image 2.6 makes GIFs straight from a prompt; meme packs take minutes.

One prompt, 4 models

The prompt for “Studio headshot”, sent unchanged to each model, one picture each. Tap a picture to open that model.

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst18 credits

GPT Image 2.5 Flare6 credits

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst6 credits

GPT Image 2.6 Flare18 credits

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Tested on PicYep

On Oct 30, 2026 we sent the same 3 prompts to every model, unchanged. GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst took 23 s a picture on average; the quickest came back in 17 s.

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What GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst does

Credits per photo: 1K 18 · 2K 34
usual wait: 1K about 58 s
From words alone: Yes
With your photos: Up to 16 photos
Shapes: 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 4:5 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 3:2 · 2:3 · 21:9

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What people said on launch day

From posts on X on November 4, 2026, the day it came out. Rankings move as votes come in.

Edits: OpenAI says that at medium or high quality Sunburst keeps details more consistent from one edit to the next.
Sources: OpenAI
Rankings: Early votes on Design Arena put Sunburst first overall, and first for products and landscapes. On Arena, at medium quality, it came second for images from words, third for edits and first for cartoon, anime and fantasy.
Sources: Design Arena · Arena
Speed: OpenAI says the 2.6 models make images 50% faster. The first measurements differ for Sunburst: Arena saw almost twice the speed of GPT Image 2.5, Design Arena 1.15 times.
Sources: OpenAI · Arena · Design Arena
Picture quality: OpenAI describes the quality as similar to GPT Image 2.5, with more realistic photos. Testers were split: some preferred the pictures from 2.5, others saw the same quality in half the time. The same-prompt test puts both side by side.
See the same-prompt test →Sources: Arena · synthwavedd · leo114119 · M_H_Tawfk
Credits: At low and medium quality 2.6 uses more of OpenAI's tokens for each picture than 2.5 does, so those settings cost more credits here. High quality costs about the same.
Sources: current_kev