Image Production Shortlist
A finalist board designed to move you from general ranking awareness to an explicit recommendation and monitoring plan.
Recommended Winner
GPT-5.4 Image 2
OpenAI
91
Rank #1
GPT-5.4 Image 2 leads this shortlist on current composite score and rank. It should be your default pick unless cost, latency, or deployment constraints push you toward one of the runners-up.
image generation$8/$15 per 1Mhigh confidence
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Finalists
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GPT-5.4 Image 2
OpenAI
Primary categoryimage generation
Current rank#1
Price$8/$15 per 1M
Top drivers
Supports reasoning, vision, JSON mode, web search, streaming, image output
GPT-5 Image Mini
OpenAI
Primary categoryimage generation
Current rank#2
Price$2.5/$2 per 1M
Top drivers
Supports reasoning, vision, JSON mode, web search, streaming, image output
GPT-5 Image
OpenAI
Primary categoryimage generation
Current rank#3
Price$10/$10 per 1M
Top drivers
Supports reasoning, vision, JSON mode, web search, streaming, image output