same in my testing; super deceptive marketing here. it’s 3-4x the true cost of 2.5.

Output image tokens per image (2.5 Flare → 2.6 Flare / Sunburst)

low, 1024x1024: 196 → 824 (4.2x) medium, 1024x1024: 439 → 1,449 (3.3x) low, 1024x1536: 158 → 664 (4.2x) medium, 1024x1536: 343 → 1,132 (3.3x)

Same $30/1M output tokens on all three, so per image: low: $0.006 → $0.025 medium: $0.013 → $0.043