OpenAI's native image model — strong prompt control, multilingual typography, multi-reference editing
“A museum-grade calligraphy excerpt inspired by Wang Xizhi's Lantingji Xu...”
Text in AI images finally works. Multi-line headlines, dense body copy, product labels, ingredient panels, logos, calligraphy — 48+ languages including CJK, Arabic, Hebrew, and Cyrillic. From a one-word logo to a full newspaper spread, spelling and layout are way more reliable than before 48+ languages · dense text · calligraphy · logo · newspaper layouts
“A 16:9 Japanese art-house romance movie poster titled 「最後の切符 / Saigo no...”
You describe it, it delivers. 'Put the cup to the left of the laptop,' 'golden hour, side light, long shadow,' 'watercolor × cyberpunk' — position, lighting, mood, lens, style mashups. The more specific your prompt, the more accurate the output Image Arena leader · multi-constraint prompts · camera simulation · style blending
“A 16:9 anime character design sheet titled "ADELE"”
One model, any visual style. Pore-level photoreal portraits. Clean flat vector illustration. Watercolor, oil painting, ink wash, pixel art, isometric 3D, anime, manga — switch styles with a prompt. No fine-tuning, no plugins, no extra training Photoreal · vector · watercolor · 3D · anime · pixel art · broad style coverage
“A Japanese department-store-style product lookbook poster with four flor...”
Posters, app UI mockups, icon sets, packaging with barcodes, business cards, presentation slides, infographics — generate them in one pass and use them right away. No layer assembly needed Poster design · UI mockups · icon sets · packaging · infographics
Both models are strong, but they shine at different jobs
| Use case | GPT Image 2 | Nano Banana 2 |
|---|---|---|
| On-image text | Posters, newspapers, UI, formulas — basically print-ready, but check long text | Often prettier, but text breaks down when it gets long |
| Grids / alphabets | 100-cell grids and A–Z charts follow the rules reliably | Sometimes skips cells or merges entries |
| Infographics / research | Better suited to structured, fact-oriented infographic prompts | Looks great, but the facts aren't always right |
| Character consistency | Multi-reference guided editing | Up to 14 reference images — more flexible composition |
| Portraits / materials | Add 'photorealism' and material quality jumps noticeably | Looks like a real photo by default |
| Style cloning | Tends to drift from the original style | Swaps the subject, keeps the brushwork |
| Size and aspect ratio | Preset ratios plus auto sizing | 14 presets, including 1:8 and 8:1 |
Need on-image text, multilingual layouts, infographics, posters, packaging, or comic pages? Go with GPT Image 2. Want to explore styles fast or need realism out of the box? Go with Nano Banana 2. Compared with GPT Image 1, GPT Image 2 is noticeably better at prompt following, long layouts, and 48+ language typography
Technical specs for developers and power users
GPT Image 2
OpenAI's strongest image generation model (2026)
4K (longest edge 3840)
Native output from 1K to 4K (longest edge ≤3840, total pixels ≤8.29M / 8,294,400)
Preset ratios + auto
1:1 · 3:2 · 2:3 · 3:4 · 4:3 · 4:5 · 5:4 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 21:9 · auto; arbitrary custom sizes are not available in the current workspace
10s – 60s
Complex prompts can take up to 2 minutes, depending on resolution and thinking budget
WebP
WebP by default — high quality, small file size
48+ languages
Supports CJK, Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Latin and more
Multi-reference guided editing
Upload one or more reference images to guide composition, style, identity, and product details
low · medium · high
Three tiers, from quick drafts to delivery-grade output
Up to 3840 px longest edge
Use preset ratios or auto sizing, with output up to 3840 px on the longest edge depending on the selected resolution
Brand visuals, multi-reference edits, infographics — one thread: text + layout + complex instructions, one image
“A premium hanok-stay brand poster with an adaptable split layout, generous cream negative space, bilingual type hierarchy, and a quiet photoreal travel mood”
Portrait photo on the left, generous cream panel on the right with bilingual headline and brand lockup. Composition, spacing, and type hierarchy handled in one render
“A premium beauty e-commerce hero poster: a young Korean female model in side profile resting lightly on the back of one hand, clean luminous skin, her other hand holding a frosted glass serum bottle labeled in serif English "LUVIN" and "CALMING MOISTURE SERUM"”
Model, product still life, and brand typography in one shot. Skin glow, bottle reflections, and layout quality that's ready to ship
“A watercolor botanical science infographic titled "Botanical Growth Atlas: From Seed to Fruit", centered on a pomegranate plant with numbered sections and readable labels”
Seed to fruit in eight stages, classical watercolor, Chinese labels, and a labeled timeline. Dense scientific copy and illustration laid out as a publish-ready infographic in one pass
“An Apple-keynote-style product presentation master slide with jet-black backdrop, oversized headline, numbered principles, and a matte-black hardware hero”
Dark minimal Apple-style slide: oversized headline, numbered principles, floating matte-black hardware. Layout, header, page number, and contrast hierarchy in one pass — ready as a keynote template
“A full-page Japanese hand-drawn manga page with six panels, telling the story of a young adventurer discovering a glowing feather quill in an ancient ruin”
Six-panel manga page, from establishing shot to character close-up. Speech bubbles, vertical Japanese narration, sound effects — all clearly legible in one pass
“Treat the red-annotated empty-apartment photo as a fixed room shell and generate a warm modern living-dining soft furnishing render: cream sectional sofa, wooden media cabinet, round stone coffee table, round dining set, ribbed sideboard, and warm ambient lighting, keeping the original layout, window view, and camera perspective”
Sketch rough furniture markers on an empty-room photo, and get a full soft-furnishing render. Sofa, coffee table, dining set, ambient lighting — all placed to match the original layout and perspective
“A responsive SaaS homepage hero concept with navigation, headline, CTAs, an illustrated landscape, and feature cards arranged for the selected canvas”
Product homepage and landing page UI example: navigation, hero, feature cards, illustrated background, CTAs — all composed in one pass. Works for SaaS sites and product pages
“A photo-to-style concept image: reference photo and sketch process on the left, finished East Asian garden illustration on the right, unified as a polished deliverable key visual”
Photo, sketch, and finished illustration blended into one style exploration. Pose, outfit, and garden scene unified into a soft East Asian editorial look — great for covers or visual novels
“A horizontal sketch-to-deliverable design board with concept sketches, cleaned structural drawings, and a polished commercial booth/product hero visual”
Concept sketch on the left, finished key visual on the right — the full design evolution on one presentation board. Great for proposals, exhibition design, and visual reviews
“A cinematic photograph of a Japanese shrine at dusk, shot symmetrically with cherry blossom bokeh, warm lanterns, timber detail, and rich film color”
Dusk-lit Japanese shrine, symmetrical front view, cherry blossom bokeh everywhere. Wood grain, gold trim, and petal detail — ready to use as promo material
“An anime original-IP collaboration key visual titled "AZURE TALE × SILK VEIL × RiBOSE COLLABORATION" with a magical-girl hero, product box, and readable brand copy”
Magical girl x fashion label x collectible dolls — three-way collab key visual. Chinese, English, and Japanese copy, multi-brand logos, character art, and product still life all in one pass
“A retro pixel-art illustration of a Greek classical garden in SNES RPG style, with a marble statue, colonnade, flowers, and Mediterranean background”
Retro-pixel Greek garden banner — Mediterranean sea, cypress rows, Corinthian columns, marble statue. Clean 8–16-bit pixel grid and SNES-era palette, ready to drop into a game
“A Japanese anime-style painterly action key visual with a black-haired swordswoman, silver crescent slash, blue banners, and a ruined fortress”
Swordswoman unleashes a silver crescent slash — debris, crumbling fortress, lens flare, and motion blur all in one render. Anime-grade lighting and armor detail, ready for game CG or character art
“A retro 8-bit pixel-art sprite sheet for an original side-scrolling run-and-gun game, organized into labeled zones for tiles, characters, enemies, weapons, and VFX”
12-zone 8-bit sprite sheet: tiles, character frames, bosses, weapons, items, and VFX all laid out in one pass. Every pixel grid and label aligned — great for retro game art reference
