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dall-e-2
DALL·E 2
Our first image generation model
Performance
Speed
Price
$0.016$0.018$0.02
Input
Output

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.
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Deprecated
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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.
TierRPM
FreeNot supported
Tier 1500 img/min
Tier 22500 img/min
Tier 35000 img/min
Tier 47500 img/min
Tier 510000 img/min