# GPT Image 2.5 Flare

> OpenAI's GPT Image 2.5 (Sep 2026), Flare variant for fast everyday generation. Strong identity hold across reference images, exact text-in-image, photoreal portraits. Quality tiers low/medium/high — default medium; each reference image adds a small per-request charge. 1024×1024 / 1024×1536 / 1536×1024.

Human version: https://kymaapi.com/models/gpt-image-2.5-flare
Live JSON: `GET https://kymaapi.com/v1/models` (no auth required)

## Facts

- **Model ID**: `gpt-image-2.5-flare`: pass this as `model` in the request body
- **Creator**: OpenAI
- **Released**: 2026-09-08
- **Price**: $0.019 / image

## Call it

```bash
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KYMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-image-2.5-flare", "prompt": "..."}'
```

## Positioning

GPT Image 2.5 Flare is OpenAI’s September 2026 image model, the variant built for fast everyday generation. Reach for it when a character or a face has to stay the same across several images, or when the text inside the image has to be exact.

## About

Released in September 2026, GPT Image 2.5 comes in two variants; Flare is the one tuned for everyday generation. It accepts a text prompt plus optional reference images and returns images at 1024×1024, 1024×1536 or 1536×1024, with low, medium and high quality tiers (medium is the default). Each reference image adds a small charge once per request.

In our own tests it held a person’s identity across reference images, rendered logo and slide text letter-exact, and finished a medium image in roughly 10 seconds. Billing is per image at the chosen quality tier, and the response carries the exact cost in usage.cost.

It generates images only: no text output, structured outputs or reasoning controls. It is not a vector model, so use a vector SKU when you need SVG.

## Use cases

- **Consistent Characters**, Keeps the same face, hair and details across a series of images from one or more reference photos.
- **Text-Exact Graphics**, Renders wordmarks, slide titles and social cards with the lettering spelled as written.
- **Portraits From References**, Produces photoreal portraits and scenes of a real subject from a handful of reference images.
- **Reference Image Editing**, Changes setting, lighting or outfit while preserving the subject in the reference.

## Not ideal for

Do not use this model for vector output, structured JSON, or the cheapest possible bulk drafts.

## Pick something else when

- You need the previous generation with the same tiers → `gpt-image-2`
- You require scalable vector graphics → `recraft-v4-vector`
- You need sub-cent bulk drafts → `minimax-image-01`

## See also

- All models: https://kymaapi.com/models.md
- Pricing: https://kymaapi.com/pricing.md
- Other models by OpenAI: https://kymaapi.com/models?q=OpenAI