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GPT-5.5 vs OpenAI GPT Image 2

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

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 GPT-5.5
openai/gpt-5.5
OpenAI GPT Image 2
openai/gpt-image-2
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
FamilyGPT-5
Modalitytextimage
Context window1,000,000 tok
Max output16,384 tok
Released2026-04-242026-04-23
Input price$5.00 /1M$0.0000 /img
Output price$30.00 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyes
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
GPT-5.5
openai/gpt-5.5
Full spec →

GPT-5.5 is OpenAI's flagship model with strong coding, reasoning, and multimodal capabilities.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
OpenAI GPT Image 2
openai/gpt-image-2
Full spec →

OpenAI's next-generation image model that creates and edits images from text prompts, with support for multiple quality levels, sizes, and output formats. Note: transparent backgrounds are not supported — use openai/gpt-image-1.5 for transparent PNGs.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try GPT-5.5
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.5",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try OpenAI GPT Image 2 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-image-2",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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