# GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs Mai Image 2.5

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst leads Mai Image 2.5 in 2 of 2 shared categories: Image generation and Image edit.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Mai Image 2.5: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: closed weights.

Mai Image 2.5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, Image generation: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst leads Mai Image 2.5 in Image generation at #1 against #4.
- Which to pick, Image edit: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst leads Mai Image 2.5 in Image edit at #1 against #4.

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is state of the art in Image generation (since Sep 24, 2026; sources LMArena Text-to-Image; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Mai Image 2.5 is ranked #4 in Image generation (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text-to-Image; methodology v1.0).