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AI model rankingsImage editingGPT Image 1.5

GPT Image 1.5

OpenAIhigh Released December 2025

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#16 of 77 for image editing 13,507 votes Updated Oct 31, 2026, 06:59 PM UTC

At a glance

How GPT Image 1.5 compares with the other 76 image editing models.

  • Strong choice. Ranked #16 of 77, 80 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 80% of models.

  • Close race with 13 models. Its score range overlaps with MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0 Pro and 10 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually wins. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 61% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
OpenAI
Category
Image editing
Version
high
Released
December 2025 · 11 months ago
Best OpenAI model
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Win rate vs all
63%
Companies ranked
25

Rank

#16

of 77 models

Elo rating

1,119

80 behind #1

typical 1,043

± range

±13

how certain the score is

Votes

13,507

blind comparisons

Where it ranks

This model next to its closest competitors. Click another bar to open that model.

Head-to-head chances

How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.

  • vs GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · #1 overall39%
  • vs FLUX 3 Image · The model just above (#15)50%
  • vs Grok Imagine Image 2.0 · The model just below (#17)50%
  • vs Seedream 4.5 · A typical model (the median)61%

Also ranked in

The same model in other categories.

  • Image generation#9 of 106

Nearby in the ranking

  • MAI-Image-2.5-Pro

    Microsoft AI

    1,123

    Elo

    #14

    rank

  • FLUX 3 Image

    Black Forest Labs

    1,122

    Elo

    #15

    rank

  • GPT Image 1.5

    OpenAIhigh

    1,119

    Elo

    #16

    rank

  • Grok Imagine Image 2.0

    SpaceXAI

    1,117

    Elo

    #17

    rank

  • Nano Banana Pro

    GoogleGemini 3 Pro Image

    1,108

    Elo

    #18

    rank

More from OpenAI

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

    OpenAImax

    1,199

    Elo

    #1

    rank

  • GPT Image 2.5 Flare

    OpenAImax

    1,182

    Elo

    #3

    rank

  • GPT Image 2

    OpenAIhigh

    1,136

    Elo

    #8

    rank

  • GPT Image 1

    OpenAIhigh

    995

    Elo

    #51

    rank

  • GPT Image 1 Mini

    OpenAImedium

    934

    Elo

    #64

    rank

Questions people ask

Is GPT Image 1.5 the best image editing model?
Not quite: it's #16 of 77. The leader is GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst by OpenAI, 80 Elo points ahead. People would still pick GPT Image 1.5 over it in about 39% of blind votes.
How is this ranking made?
People are shown two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the one they like more. GPT Image 1.5 has been in 13,507 of these votes. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes GPT Image 1.5?
OpenAI (openai.com). They have 6 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to GPT Image 1.5?
MAI-Image-2.5-Pro (Microsoft AI), FLUX 3 Image (Black Forest Labs), Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (SpaceXAI), Nano Banana Pro (Google) are ranked closest to it. The best model from another company is MAI-Image-2.7-Preview by Microsoft AI.

People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.