Image to Video Leaderboard (With Audio)Artificial Analysis

Added to the leaderboard in the last month:

LTX-2.5 Fast, LTX-2.5 Pro, Vidu Q3 Turbo, MiniMax H3, MAGI-2 Preview

Range
Creator
Model
Elo
95% CI
Samples
Released
API Pricing 1
11-2
ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p
1,191-7/715,007Mar 2026$9.07 /min
21-3
MiniMax logoMiniMax
MiniMax H3Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1,184-9/96,483Jul 2026$7.80 /min
32-3
Google logoGoogle
Gemini Omni Flash
1,182-8/89,647May 2026$6.00 /min
44-5
SpaceXAI logoSpaceXAI
grok-imagine-video-1.5
1,111-8/85,840May 2026$8.40 /min
54-6
Alibaba-ATH logoAlibaba-ATH
HappyHorse-1.1
1,106-7/710,962Jun 2026$9.90 /min
65-6
Sand.ai logoSand.ai
MAGI-2 PreviewHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,100-7/711,416Aug 2026Coming soon
77-10
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Wan 2.7
1,085-8/85,124Apr 2026$9.00 /min
87-10
Skywork AI logoSkywork AI
SkyReels V4
1,084-8/85,366Mar 2026$21.00 /min
97-10
Alibaba-ATH logoAlibaba-ATH
HappyHorse-1.0
1,084-7/78,350Apr 2026$13.20 /min
107-10
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1
1,084-7/78,428Jan 2026$24.00 /min
1111-13
SpaceXAI logoSpaceXAI
grok-imagine-video
1,076-6/615,188Jan 2026$4.20 /min
1211-14
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1 Fast
1,073-6/614,162Jan 2026$9.00 /min
1311-15
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)
1,072-6/614,773Feb 2026$20.16 /min
1412-16
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1 Lite
1,068-7/77,732Mar 2026$4.80 /min
1513-16
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 720p (Standard)
1,066-6/614,726Feb 2026$15.60 /min
1613-18
PixVerse logoPixVerse
PixVerse V6
1,065-7/79,734Mar 2026$6.90 /min
1715-18
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)
1,060-7/77,526Feb 2026$16.80 /min
1816-18
Vidu logoVidu
Vidu Q3 Pro
1,060-6/615,075Jan 2026$9.60 /min
1919-20
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 Omni 720p (Standard)
1,048-7/77,445Feb 2026$13.44 /min
2019-21
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.5 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,043-10/102,356Aug 2026$7.80 /min
2120-21
Vidu logoVidu
Vidu Q3 Turbo
1,039-9/92,901Feb 2026$3.90 /min
2222
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.5 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,016-10/102,287Aug 2026$10.20 /min
2323-24
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 2.6 Pro (January)
1,004-7/77,819Jan 2026$8.40 /min
2424
ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed
Seedance 1.5 pro
1,0000/010,621Dec 2025$11.86 /min
2525-27
PixVerse logoPixVerse
PixVerse V5.6
957-8/86,377Feb 2026Coming soon
2625-27
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.3 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights
955-7/710,114Mar 2026$2.40 /min
2725-27
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.3 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
952-7/710,146Mar 2026$4.80 /min
2828
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights
929-8/85,995Oct 2025$2.40 /min
2929
Sapiens AI logoSapiens AI
Agnes-Video-V2.0
920-9/95,553May 2026$0.30 /min
3030
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Wan 2.6
892-8/86,259Dec 2025$9.00 /min
3131
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
871-9/95,883Oct 2025$3.60 /min

1 API Pricing reflects the cost to generate 1 minute of 1080p video on the model creator's API at the model's default settings

Frequently Asked Questions

Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p currently leads among Image to Video models with audio output in the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1191.

The top Image to Video models with audio by Elo rating are: 1. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1191), 2. MiniMax H3 (Elo 1184), 3. Gemini Omni Flash (Elo 1182), 4. grok-imagine-video-1.5 (Elo 1111), 5. HappyHorse-1.1 (Elo 1106). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

MiniMax H3 currently leads among open weights Image to Video models with audio in the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1184, followed by MAGI-2 Preview (Elo 1100) and LTX-2.5 Fast (Elo 1043).

Gemini Omni Flash currently leads the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena (without audio) with an Elo score of 1365.

The top Image to Video models without audio by Elo rating are: 1. Gemini Omni Flash (Elo 1365), 2. MiniMax H3 (Elo 1346), 3. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1337), 4. grok-imagine-video-1.5 (Elo 1328), 5. grok-imagine-video (Elo 1325). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

MiniMax H3 currently leads among open weights Image to Video models without audio in the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1346, followed by Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video-4Step (Elo 1263) and Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video (Elo 1244).

Text to Video models generate videos from text descriptions alone, while Image to Video models take an existing image as input and animate or extend it into a video. This allows for more control over the visual content and style of the generated video.

Models are ranked using an Elo rating system derived from user votes in blind comparisons. Users compare videos generated from the same input image and choose the result they prefer. Higher Elo scores indicate a model is preferred more often. Vote in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena