Same price, different compute profile. How to choose between Flare and Sunburst.
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GPT Image 2.6 ships two serving profiles. Same prompt language, different compute budget.
| Flare | Sunburst | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.0198 | $0.0198 |
| Speed | faster | slower |
| Detail / adherence | good | better |
| Best for | drafts, bulk, iteration | finals, text-heavy layouts |
drafting 10 ideas → Flare
picking the best → Flare
final asset → Sunburst
for model in ("gpt-image-2.6-flare", "gpt-image-2.6-sunburst"):
r = client.images.generate(model=model, prompt=PROMPT, n=1)Because both are priced the same per image, the practical difference is time, not money. Use Sunburst for anything a human will look at twice.
- Prompt library: gpt-image-2-6-prompts
- More image models: awesome prompt collections
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