# Is GPT Image 2.5 Flare SOTA?

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

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT Image 2.5 Flare from OpenAI. Near-SOTA in Image generation, rank #2. Close in Image generation: rank #2, 6.3 percentile points behind the leader.

As of Oct 14, 2026. Methodology v1.0. Computed automatically.

- Image generation: NEAR_SOTA #2 — Close in Image generation: rank #2, 6.3 percentile points behind the leader.
- Image edit: NEAR_SOTA #2 — Close in Image edit: rank #2, 11.1 percentile points behind the leader.

## Image generation

https://isitsota.com/c/image-gen