Is GPT Image 2.5 Flare SOTA? Close

Q: Is GPT Image 2.5 Flare state of the art?

Close. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #2. As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Flare from OpenAI. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #2. Close in Image generation: rank #2, 50.0 percentile points behind the leader.

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VERIFIEDOct 132026

Is GPT Image 2.5 Flare state of the art?

Close.Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #2.

As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Flare from OpenAI. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #2. Close in Image generation: rank #2, 50.0 percentile points behind the leader.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium

Image generationNear-SOTA#2 · 0d Image editNear-SOTA#2 · 0d

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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Close in Image generation: rank #2, 50.0 percentile points behind the leader.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot

Source	Score	Date	Type	Receipt
LMArena Text-to-Image gpt-image-2.5-flare	1397.6245129951133 1390.9–1404.4	2026-10-07	INDEP.	snap_18dd575b9b7a
LMArena Image Edit gpt-image-2.5-flare	1481.0155062233111 1475.7–1486.3	2026-10-06	INDEP.	snap_496a2069cef7

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Where it is not the crown

Category	This model	Why
Image generation	Near-SOTA	Close in Image generation: rank #2, 50.0 percentile points behind the leader.
Image edit	Near-SOTA	Close in Image edit: rank #2, 33.3 percentile points behind the leader.