GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Text to Image
openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburstGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst prioritizes visual fidelity and precision for complex image generation workflows.
- Base price
- $0.07
$0.09USD / run - Execution
- sync
- Model type
- image
- Input fields
- 5
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Playground
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.07 / run
Context & modalities
- Supported modes
- sync, async
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- image
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Model ID
- openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst
- Execution
- sync
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
Human preference
Arena
Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.
Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena
- Leaderboard
- Text to Image
- Rank
- #1 of 102
- Elo
- 1220 ±10
- Gap to #1
- Leader
Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.
- #1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)1220±10
- #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)1207±10
- #3GPT Image 2 (high)1186±12
- #4Nano Banana 2.11174±12
- #5Grok Imagine Image 2.01167±13
- #6MAI-Image-2.61166±12
- #7Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)1140±10
- #8Muse Image1127±12
- #9GPT Image 1.5 (high)1123±11
- #10MAI-Image-2.6-Flash1119±12
API README
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Text to Image
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is the fidelity-first GPT Image 2.5 tier, for complex scenes, dense text, and precise layouts. Five quality levels and 1K to 4K output let you trade cost for detail.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 50,000 characters. |
quality | low / medium / high / xhigh / max | high | Higher quality costs more; high is the default. |
resolution | 1k / 2k / 4k | — | Output size tier; omit for 1K. |
aspect_ratio | 1:1 / 1:2 / 2:1 / 1:3 / 3:1 / 2:3 / 3:2 / 3:4 / 4:3 / 4:5 / 5:4 / 9:16 / 16:9 / 9:21 / 21:9 | 1:1 | Output frame shape. |
output_format | jpeg / png / webp | png | Output file format. |
Billing
Price depends on quality and resolution, per image:
| Quality | 1k | 2k | 4k |
|---|---|---|---|
| low | $0.01 | $0.02 | $0.03 |
| medium | $0.024 | $0.04 | $0.07 |
| high (default) | $0.09 | $0.15 | $0.27 |
| xhigh | $0.16 | $0.27 | $0.48 |
| max | $0.36 | $0.60 | $1.00 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Write the prompt as a full brief; quote any text that must appear.
- Draft at
lowormedium, then rerun athigh.
Limits
- One image per request.
Also on SandBase
Other GPT Image endpoints: openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst/edit, openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare, openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare/edit, openai/gpt-image-2, openai/gpt-image-2/edit.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst",
"prompt": "Generate an image of gray tabby cat hugging an otter with an orange scarf",
"quality": "high",
"aspect_ratio": "1:1",
"output_format": "png"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
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Questions
FAQ
How do I call OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Text to Image through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
Do I need a separate OpenAI account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Text to Image and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with OpenAI separately.

