$ diff gpt-image-2-5-flare laguna-s-2-1
GPT-Image-2.5 Flare vs Laguna S 2.1
Values come from GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Laguna S 2.1, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
OpenAIGPT-Image-2.5 Flare
- context
- —
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $30
- $/M out
- $2
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Weights
- Laguna S 2.1 publishes weights (OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight)); GPT-Image-2.5 Flare is API-only. That decides self-hosting, air-gapped deployment and fine-tuning before any capability question does.
- Recency
- GPT-Image-2.5 Flare shipped 49 days after Laguna S 2.1 (2026-09-08 vs 2026-07-21).
Full spec
| Attribute | GPT-Image-2.5 Flare | Laguna S 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | Poolside |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2026-07-21 |
| Context window | not recorded | 1M |
| Pricing | image input $8.00/M tokens ($2.00/M cached) · image output $30.00/M tokens · text input $5.00/M tokens ($1.25/M cached) | not recorded |
| License | proprietary | OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight) |
| Availability | OpenAI API | Hugging Face |