DALL·E 2
Default
Our first image generation model
Our first image generation model
Performance
Low
Speed
Slow
Price
$0.016•$0.018•$0.02
1024x1024•1024x1536•1536x1024
Input
Text
Output
Image
DALL·E is an AI system that creates realistic images and art from a natural language description. Older than DALL·E 3, DALL·E 2 offers more control in prompting and more requests at once.
Pricing
Pricing is based on the number of tokens used, or other metrics based on the model type. For tool-specific models, like search and computer use, there’s a fee per tool call. See details in the pricing page.
Image generation
Per image
Quality
Standard
1024x1024
$0.016
1024x1536
$0.018
1536x1024
$0.02
Quick comparison
1024x1024
1024x1536
1536x1024
DALL·E 3
$0.04
DALL·E 2
$0.02
Modalities
Text
Input only
Image
Output only
Audio
Not supported
Video
Not supported
Endpoints
Chat Completions
v1/chat/completions
Responses
v1/responses
Realtime
v1/realtime
Assistants
v1/assistants
Batch
v1/batch
Fine-tuning
v1/fine-tuning
Embeddings
v1/embeddings
Image generation
v1/images/generations
Videos
v1/videos
Image edit
v1/images/edits
Speech generation
v1/audio/speech
Transcription
v1/audio/transcriptions
Translation
v1/audio/translations
Moderation
v1/moderations
Completions (legacy)
v1/completions
Features
Streaming
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Structured outputs
Not supported
Fine-tuning
Not supported
Distillation
Not supported
Predicted outputs
Not supported
Snapshots
Snapshots let you lock in a specific version of the model so that performance and behavior remain consistent. Below is a list of all available snapshots and aliases for DALL·E 2.
dall-e-2
dall-e-2
Deprecated
dall-e-2
Rate limits
Rate limits ensure fair and reliable access to the API by placing specific caps on requests or tokens used within a given time period. Your usage tier determines how high these limits are set and automatically increases as you send more requests and spend more on the API.
| Tier | RPM |
|---|---|
| Free | Not supported |
| Tier 1 | 500 img/min |
| Tier 2 | 2500 img/min |
| Tier 3 | 5000 img/min |
| Tier 4 | 7500 img/min |
| Tier 5 | 10000 img/min |