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OpenAI: GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst

Our take

AI-assisted analysis based on the sources below. Suitability is an editorial assessment; test it on your own workload.

According to OpenRouter's catalog, openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst is an OpenAI image model that accepts text and image inputs and returns images. The catalog characterizes it as detail-oriented for dense compositions, layouts containing substantial text, and repeated edits intended to preserve visual details. It also lists a large context window and controls including seed, response_format, structured_outputs, and max_tokens. No independent model card or measured benchmark results were available in this source pack, so these capabilities are source-reported rather than verified.[1]

Strengths

Catalog-reported attention to fine detail in busy compositions and text-heavy designs.[1]
The source describes successive edits as intended to retain visual details.[1]
Accepts text and image inputs, produces images, and lists generation controls such as seed and structured_outputs.[1]

Limitations

Evidence is catalog-only; no independent model card was available in this source pack.[1]
No measured benchmark results were supplied, so quality and edit consistency require workload validation.[1]
The catalog lists image-only outputs, so it is not presented as a text-response model.[1]

Where to use it

Worth piloting for detailed marketing or editorial visuals with dense layouts and substantial embedded text.[1]
Consider for iterative image-editing workflows where retaining visual details between revisions matters.[1]
Evaluate for applications that need image outputs with seed or structured response controls.[1]

Sources

[1] OpenRouter catalog · OpenAI: GPT Image 2.6 SunburstSources checked: Nov 13, 2026

About this model

Description below is the original text supplied by OpenRouter, shown in the source language.

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is OpenAI's image generation and editing model optimized for detail: dense compositions, text-heavy layouts, and edits that keep details consistent from one edit to the next...

Specifications

Model ID: openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst
Canonical ID: openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst-20261104
Creator: openai
Added to OpenRouter: 04.11.2026
Context length: 400,000
Modality: text+image->image
Input modalities: text, image
Output modalities: image
Token pricing: No per-token price in the source snapshot — see OpenRouter for the billing unit
Knowledge cutoff: —
Expiration date: —

Tasks and capabilities

A grade appears only where the source supplies a matching measurement for that task, the model is active and the cohort holds at least 10 comparable models. The capability column lists facts the source declares — supported formats, reasoning and tool parameters — which are not measured quality.

Task	Grade	Source-declared capability
General quality	No measurement	—
Coding	No measurement	—
Agents	No measurement	parameters: structured_outputs
Writing	No measurement	—
Reasoning	No measurement	—
Document analysis	No measurement	—
Vision	No measurement	input: image
Image generation	No measurement	output: image
Audio	No measurement	—
Video	No measurement	—
Embeddings	No measurement	—

Evaluations

No evaluations are supplied for this model.

How grades work

Each letter grade compares a model only against other models scored by the same source and metric in the current snapshot. S means the top 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the rest. Models without a published measurement are shown as not rated — a supported format alone never implies measured quality.

S — S — top 10% of the cohort
A — A — next 20% of the cohort
B — B — next 30% of the cohort
C — C — below the B band

Providers

Optional live provider statistics from OpenRouter. Missing values are unknown, not zero.

Provider	Context length	Price in /1M	Price out /1M	Latency p50 (30m, s)	Throughput p50 (30m, tok/s)	Uptime (30m)
OpenAI	400,000	—	—	—	—	100%

Provider data retrieved: 13.11.2026

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