Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena Leaderboard
Quality evaluation of Text to Video Models based on the Video Arena of crowdsourced preferences.
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Added to the leaderboard in the last month
PixVerse V5.6, Pika 2.5, Vidu Q3 Pro, grok-imagine-video, Kling 2.6 Standard (January), Kling O1 Standard (January), Kling 2.6 Pro (January), Kling O1 Pro (January)
Creator | Model | ELO | 95% CI | Samples | Released | API Pricing 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vidu | Vidu Q3 Pro | 1,244 | -11/11 | 3,950 | Jan 2026 | $9.60 /min |
| 2 |  xAI | grok-imagine-video | 1,241 | -11/11 | 4,123 | Jan 2026 | $4.20 /min |
| 3 |  Runway | Runway Gen-4.5 | 1,236 | -7/7 | 9,752 | Dec 2025 | No API available |
| 4 |  KlingAI | Kling 2.5 Turbo 1080p | 1,227 | -9/9 | 6,076 | Sept 2025 | $4.20 /min |
| 5 |  Google | Veo 3 | 1,226 | -11/11 | 3,946 | Jul 2025 | $12.00 /min |
| 6 | Google | Veo 3.1 Fast Preview | 1,225 | -9/9 | 6,034 | Oct 2025 | $6.00 /min |
| 7 | Google | Veo 3.1 Preview | 1,222 | -9/9 | 5,922 | Oct 2025 | $12.00 /min |
| 8 | KlingAI | Kling 2.6 Pro (January) | 1,216 | -12/12 | 3,431 | Jan 2026 | $4.20 /min |
| 9 | KlingAI | Kling O1 Pro (January) | 1,214 | -12/12 | 3,530 | Jan 2026 | $10.08 /min |
| 10 |  Luma Labs | Ray 3 | 1,208 | -9/9 | 6,133 | Sept 2025 | $13.20 /min |
| 11 |  OpenAI | Sora 2 Pro | 1,208 | -8/8 | 6,258 | Sept 2025 | $30.00 /min |
| 12 | KlingAI | Kling O1 Standard (January) | 1,200 | -11/11 | 3,892 | Jan 2026 | $5.04 /min |
| 13 | KlingAI | Kling 2.6 Standard (January) | 1,198 | -11/11 | 3,849 | Jan 2026 | $5.04 /min |
| 14 | OpenAI | Sora 2 (December) | 1,197 | -10/10 | 4,223 | Dec 2025 | $6.00 /min |
| 15 |  ByteDance Seed | Seedance 1.5 pro | 1,191 | -11/11 | 3,794 | Dec 2025 | $1.56 /min |
| 16 |  MiniMax | Hailuo 02 Standard | 1,188 | -9/9 | 6,102 | Jun 2025 | $2.80 /min |
| 17 |  Alibaba | Wan 2.6 | 1,186 | -13/13 | 2,864 | Dec 2025 | $9.00 /min |
| 18 | MiniMax | Hailuo 2.3 | 1,186 | -8/8 | 6,408 | Oct 2025 | $2.80 /min |
| 19 |  PixVerse | PixVerse V5.5 | 1,185 | -11/11 | 3,901 | Dec 2025 | $6.40 /min |
| 20 | OpenAI | Sora 2 (October) | 1,180 | -8/8 | 6,299 | Sept 2025 | $6.00 /min |
| 21 | MiniMax | Hailuo 02 Pro | 1,174 | -9/9 | 5,926 | Jun 2025 | $4.90 /min |
| 22 | Google | Veo 3 Fast Preview | 1,174 | -12/12 | 3,316 | Jun 2025 | $9.00 /min |
| 23 | Alibaba | Wan 2.5 Preview | 1,170 | -8/8 | 6,246 | Sept 2025 | $9.00 /min |
| 24 | PixVerse | PixVerse V5 | 1,165 | -8/8 | 6,255 | Aug 2025 | $6.40 /min |
| 25 | Vidu | Vidu Q2 | 1,163 | -8/8 | 6,294 | Oct 2025 | $6.10 /min |
| 26 | ByteDance Seed | Seedance 1.0 | 1,154 | -8/8 | 6,457 | Jun 2025 | $7.32 /min |
| 27 | KlingAI | Kling 2.1 Master | 1,145 | -12/12 | 3,258 | May 2025 | $16.80 /min |
| 28 | PixVerse | PixVerse V5.6 | 1,141 | -13/13 | 2,955 | Jan 2026 | $9.00 /min |
| 29 |  Lightricks | LTX-2 Pro  Open Weights | 1,140 | -8/8 | 6,433 | Oct 2025 | $3.60 /min |
| 30 | Lightricks | LTX-2 Fast Open Weights | 1,130 | -8/8 | 6,548 | Oct 2025 | $2.40 /min |
| 31 | Alibaba | Wan 2.2 A14B Open Weights | 1,117 | -11/11 | 3,665 | Jul 2025 | $4.80 /min |
| 32 | KlingAI | Kling 2.0 | 1,107 | -9/9 | 6,089 | Apr 2025 | $16.80 /min |
| 33 |  Pika Art | Pika 2.5 | 1,098 | -12/12 | 3,231 | Nov 2025 | No API available |
| 34 | ByteDance Seed | Seedance 1.0 Mini | 1,086 | -13/13 | 2,742 | Jun 2025 | $2.22 /min |
| 35 | PixVerse | PixVerse V4.5 | 1,079 | -12/12 | 3,353 | May 2025 | $4.80 /min |
| 36 |  Moonvalley | Marey | 1,068 | -8/8 | 6,466 | Jul 2025 | $18.00 /min |
| 37 | OpenAI | Sora | 1,047 | -5/5 | 17,997 | Dec 2024 | No API available |
| 38 | KlingAI | Kling 1.5 Pro | 1,046 | -5/5 | 17,305 | Sept 2024 | $6.00 /min |
| 39 | Pika Art | Pika 2.0 | 1,035 | -5/5 | 18,052 | Dec 2024 | No API available |
| 40 |  Leonardo.Ai | Motion 2.0 | 1,030 | -12/12 | 3,378 | Jul 2025 | $5.38 /min |
| 41 |  Tencent | HunyuanVideo-1.5 (Fal) Open Weights | 1,028 | -12/12 | 3,237 | Nov 2025 | $4.50 /min |
| 42 | KlingAI | Kling 1.6 Pro | 1,027 | -7/7 | 8,629 | Dec 2024 | $5.88 /min |
| 43 | Alibaba | Wan 2.1 14B  Open Weights | 1,023 | -7/7 | 8,765 | Feb 2025 | $4.80 /min |
| 44 | Vidu | Vidu Q1 | 1,016 | -13/13 | 3,235 | Apr 2025 | $4.80 /min |
| 45 | Tencent | Hunyuan Video (Open Source) Open Weights | 1,005 | -6/6 | 13,790 | Dec 2024 | $4.80 /min |
| 46 |  Genmo | Mochi 1 Open Weights | 1,000 | 0/0 | 34,689 | Oct 2024 | $4.80 /min |
| 47 |  Krea | Krea Realtime Open Weights | 978 | -10/10 | 5,854 | Oct 2025 | $1.50 /min |
| 48 | Alibaba | Wan 2.2 5B Open Weights | 958 | -11/11 | 4,433 | Jul 2025 | $1.80 /min |
| 49 | Luma Labs | Ray 2 | 954 | -6/6 | 11,715 | Feb 2025 | $10.26 /min |
| 50 | Pika Art | Pika 2.2 | 938 | -7/7 | 9,033 | Feb 2025 | No API available |
| 51 |  StepFun | Step-Video-T2V | 912 | -9/9 | 6,140 | Feb 2025 | $19.67 /min |
| 52 |  Z AI | CogVideoX-5B Open Weights | 783 | -3/3 | 40,409 | Aug 2024 | $2.40 /min |
| 53 | Open Source | Pyramid Flow Open Weights | 755 | -3/3 | 44,001 | Oct 2024 | $5.28 /min |
1 API Pricing reflects the cost to generate 1 minute of video on the model creator's API with the model's default settings