GPT Image 2.6: Price, Sizes, Flare and Sunburst

GPT Image 2.6 is a picture model from OpenAI that comes in two variants. OpenAI's own model pages describe both the same way: each one "generates and edits images from text and image inputs". The Flare page adds "Use it for interactive image generation and editing workflows" and carries the line "Image generation and editing for fast iteration". The Sunburst page adds "Use it for detailed compositions and image editing workflows" and carries the line "Image generation and editing for detailed visual work".

On Reviral both variants are in the Image Studio model menu as GPT-Image 2.6 Flare and GPT-Image 2.6 Sunburst. You write what the picture shows, or add up to 9 reference pictures and write what to change.

On Reviral the two variants cost the same, make the same sizes and take the same number of reference pictures, so the pick is about the job. OpenAI points Flare at fast iteration: use it while you are still trying ideas, wording and layouts. OpenAI points Sunburst at detailed compositions: use it for the final picture, when the scene has many parts or small details that must hold.

A simple routine is to draft on Flare until the idea is right, then send the same prompt and the same reference pictures to Sunburst for the keeper. The credits per picture do not change when you switch.

On Reviral, GPT Image 2.6 makes 1K, 2K or 4K pictures in ten shapes: 1:1, 5:4, 4:5, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, 2:3, 16:9, 9:16 and 21:9. That covers a square post, a tall story, a wide banner and a print-style 3:2 frame from one model. Add up to 9 reference pictures to fix a face, a product, a logo or a style before you generate.

Pick GPT Image 2.6 when you want a 2K or 4K picture: it makes all three sizes in one model, and a 4K picture costs 4 credits against 5 on the GPT-Image-2.5 4K route. GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Sunburst make 1K pictures at 2 credits each, so they stay the lower-priced pick for 1K drafts and social posts.