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GPT Image 1 - Mini

GPT Image 1 - Mini is a multimodal large model (multimodal model) developed by OpenAI. It has a 4096-token context window and is provided under a closed license.

Parameters

Undisclosed

Context Window

4096

License

Proprietary

Release Date

2025-10-08

API Pricing

API pricing for this model is not yet available

Strengths

  • Multimodal support
  • Developed by OpenAI
  • Efficient model size

Weaknesses

  • Not open source
  • Relatively short context window
  • Limited license terms

Use Cases

  • Image and text analysis
  • Multimodal processing
  • Lightweight AI task execution

Deep Analysis

Per Image (Low)

$0.005-0.006

Per Image (High)

$0.036-0.052

Resolution

Up to 1536x1024

Release Date

October 2025

Strengths

  • Extremely cost-effective ($0.005/image)
  • Text+image input, image output
  • Multi-turn editing via Responses API
  • Streaming generation

Weaknesses

  • No face preservation
  • Slower generation speed
  • Complex prompts up to 2 min

Competitor Comparison

ModelPrice
GPT Image 1$0.011-0.25/image
GPT Image 2$0.006-0.211/image
DALL-E 3$0.04-0.12/image

GPT Image 1 Mini is OpenAI's cost-efficient image generation model. As low as $0.005/image with multi-turn editing.

Sources

Analysis generated: 2026-05-24