MODEL COMPARISON

DALL-E vs GPT Image 1.5: Which One Should You Use

The site has 23 and 31 reproducible cases for each, respectively. Below, we compare strengths, prompt writing, and final results side by side.

The Bottom Line

DALL-E is better for Friendly to natural-language descriptions; GPT Image 1.5 is better for Preserving faces and logos through edits. Running the same idea through both is usually worth it — they "listen" differently, so the prompt has to be adjusted to match.

Strengths & Prompt-Writing Comparison

DALL-E

Friendly to natural-language descriptionsConcept blending & creative ideasIllustration & cartoon styleLow barrier to entry

Writing full sentences, as if describing a painting, works better than stacking keywords. When you want a specific style, describe the feeling you're after rather than listing style jargon.

GPT Image 1.5

Preserving faces and logos through editsRendering dense in-image textPhotographic texture and material feelFollowing long, paragraph-length instructions

It responds to a complete scene description: state the frame, camera position, lighting and materials in separate sentences instead of piling on style words. When editing, say explicitly "change only X, leave everything else as is" — that is where its preservation strength shows.