Model Overview
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.
Key Features
- Low performance image generation (1/3 dots rating)
- Slow speed (2/5 lightning bolts rating)
- Our first image generation model
- Standard quality images at different sizes
- Inpainting supported
Technical Specifications
- Standard quality pricing: $0.016 (1024x1024), $0.018 (1024x1536), $0.02 (1536x1024) per image
- Supports: Input: text only, Output: image only
- Features: Image generation and image edit supported; Inpainting supported
Snapshots
Positioning and Use Cases
As OpenAI's first image generation model, DALL·E 2 is designed for creating realistic images and art from text descriptions, with more control in prompting and the ability to handle more requests at once compared to newer models.
Rate Limits
- Free tier: 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
Official Documentation