ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216)

OpenAIProprietary

ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) is an AI image model from OpenAI. It is not on LMArena’s Text-to-image leaderboard yet. On LMArena’s Image editing leaderboard it ranks 15 of 60 with 1387±3 from 651,019 votes. License: Proprietary.

Key figures

LMArena · Image editing1387±3#15 / 60 · Votes 651,019
Developer
OpenAI
License
Proprietary

Not yet available: Released (per AA), LMArena · Text-to-image, AA Elo

Who it is for (from the data)

  • Solid quality with room to choose: #15 of 60 on Image editing, in the top half.
  • Mainly image editing: no text-to-image results yet.
  • Use via OpenAI's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
  • Existing OpenAI users: this vendor has 7 models on Image editing.

Neighbours on Image editing

#ModelScoreVotesAA EloLicenseΔ
12Grok Imagine Image (Quality, 20260519) xAI139138,207–Proprietary+4
13Gemini 3 Pro Image (nano-banana-pro, 2K) Google1390676,298–Proprietary+3
14Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (nano-banana-2, Web Search) Google1387253,535–Proprietary+0
15ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) OpenAI1387651,019–Proprietary
16Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview (nano-banana-pro) Google1385540,728–Proprietary-2
17Reve 2.1 Reve137320,810–Proprietary-14
18GPT-Image-1.5 (High Fidelity) OpenAI1367676,3121119Proprietary-20

Alternatives · More from OpenAI

#ModelScoreVotesAA EloLicense
1GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst OpenAI151482,0781199Proprietary
2GPT-Image-2.5 Flare OpenAI148179,5061182Proprietary
3GPT-Image-2 (Medium) OpenAI1461328,3071136Proprietary
18GPT-Image-1.5 (High Fidelity) OpenAI1367676,3121119Proprietary
56GPT-Image-1 OpenAI11392,869,690995Proprietary

Alternatives · Top open-weight models

#ModelScoreVotesAA EloLicense
19Qwen-Image-2.1 Alibaba136236,7131081qwen-research
29HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct Tencent1302331,4381063tencent-hunyuan-community
38Qwen-Image-Edit Alibaba12412,021,780–Apache 2.0
40Qwen-Image-Edit (2511) Alibaba1233485,092–Apache 2.0
43FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Black Forest Labs1224540,6791015flux-non-commercial-license

How to read the scores

  • LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous images for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
  • Text-to-image and image edit are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
  • If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.

FAQ

Where does ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) rank among AI image models?

Image editing rank 15 (1387) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).

Is ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) open-weight?

No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through OpenAI’s products or API.

Who makes ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216)?

According to LMArena, ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) is made by OpenAI.

How reliable is ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216)'s score?

The scores are based on 651,019 votes on Image editing (95% CI ±3). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.

How far is ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) from #1 on Image editing?

#1 on Image editing is GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst (1514); ChatGPT Image Latest (High Fidelity, 20251216) scores 1387, 127 points behind.

Sources

LMArena Text-to-image data published on Oct 7, 2026.

LMArena Image editing data published on Oct 20, 2026.

17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 26, 2026.

Price, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.