# OpenAI's new image generator costs up to 40 cents per high-quality image - Date: 2026-04-21 - Category: Artificial Intelligence When OpenAI shipped GPT Image 2 this week, the benchmark said 99 percent typography accuracy. Independent testing showed the raccoon disappears at standard settings; it only reappears at roughly 40 cents per image. That price-quality gap is the real story behind the launch. ---