What Is GPT Image Mini?
The lightweight GPT Image tier. It keeps the instruction-following advantage, caps output at 1K, and exists for fast iteration.
GPT Image Model Versions
GPT Image Mini
Unavailable · use GPT Image 2
Coming soon
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Create product photos, posters and image assets with OpenAI’s faster Image 2.5 model.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K / 4K
- Reference images: up to 4
- Modes: Text to Image, Edit Image, Multi-reference, Image to Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Refine product photos and reference images with OpenAI’s most capable Image 2.5 editor.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K / 4K
- Reference images: up to 4
- Modes: Text to Image, Edit Image, Multi-reference, Image to Image, Typography
- Speed: Balanced
GPT Image
Generate and edit images with detailed prompts, multiple reference photos and readable text.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K / 4K
- Reference images: up to 4
- Modes: Text to Image, Image to Image, Edit Image, Multi-reference
- Speed: Balanced
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI’s high-fidelity image generation model for precise composition, lighting, detail and readable text.
- Resolutions: 1K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Balanced
GPT Image Mini
The lightweight GPT Image tier; generation is paused until an exact verified route is available.
- Resolutions: 1K
- Reference images: up to 2
- Modes: Text to Image, Image to Image, Edit Image
- Speed: Fastest
What Is GPT Image Mini Best For?
- Drafts and composition exploration
- Batch generation followed by manual selection
How to Use GPT Image Mini
- Select GPT Image Mini
- Batch generate and pick a composition
- Use as Reference on the standard tier to finish
GPT Image Mini Settings Explained
Number of Images
Leave it at 4 — parallel drafting is the point of this tier.
The panel above shows only the parameters GPT Image Mini actually supports. Switch versions and unsupported controls disappear rather than sitting there doing nothing.
GPT Image Mini Prompt Examples
Fast draft
Three layout options for a podcast cover, bold type, dark background
GPT Image Mini Test Results
Testing in progress
Every model runs the same eight-category prompt set — portrait, product, poster text, anime character, interior, multi-reference, image editing and character consistency — recording generation time, success rate, text accuracy and identity retention. That run has not finished for GPT Image Mini, so this page shows no scores. We do not publish numbers we have not measured.
GPT Image Mini Limitations
- Generation is temporarily unavailable
- 1K output only
- No substitute model is used silently
GPT Image Mini Pricing and Credits
Credits scale with resolution and image count. The Generate button always shows what this run costs.
1K
1 credits / image
Failed generations cost 0 credits.
Commercial Use and Image Rights
You own the output; use is subject to OpenAI's usage policies.
- Model used: GPT Image Mini
- Model developer: OpenAI
- The inference route is managed internally and may change without changing the selected model
- Uploads are sent only to the configured inference service needed to complete the generation
- You can delete any generation from your history at any time
Frequently Asked Questions
How much quality do I give up versus the standard tier?+
Composition and instruction following are close. The gap is resolution ceiling and detail density.
Release History and Sources
Date not yet established
The catalog route identifies gpt-image-1-mini, but the supplied audit still requires confirmation of the historical model mapping. Its candidate date stays outside the dated timeline.
Explore this event on the image model timeline →
Related Models and Tools
AI Image Generator
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Poster Generator
Posters with headlines that come out right the first time.
YouTube Thumbnail Maker
High-contrast 16:9 thumbnails with text inside the safe area.
Image to Prompt
Upload a reference, get a prompt you can actually reuse.
