Image to Video Leaderboard (With Audio)Artificial Analysis

Added to the leaderboard in the last month:

Wan 2.7, grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview

Range
Creator
Model
Elo
95% CI
Samples
Released
API Pricing 1
11
ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p
1,195-9/97,792Mar 2026$9.07 /min
22
xAI logoxAI
grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview
1,113-10/102,914May 2026$8.40 /min
33-6
Alibaba-ATH logoAlibaba-ATH
HappyHorse-1.0
1,090-9/95,737Apr 2026$13.20 /min
43-7
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Wan 2.7
1,090-11/112,358Apr 2026Coming soon
53-7
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1
1,088-9/96,581Jan 2026$24.00 /min
63-10
Skywork AI logoSkywork AI
SkyReels V4
1,082-10/102,713Mar 2026$21.00 /min
74-10
xAI logoxAI
grok-imagine-video
1,081-9/96,837Jan 2026$4.20 /min
86-11
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1 Fast
1,077-9/95,974Jan 2026$9.00 /min
96-11
PixVerse logoPixVerse
PixVerse V6
1,076-8/87,838Mar 2026$6.90 /min
106-11
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)
1,076-9/96,430Feb 2026$20.16 /min
118-13
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 720p (Standard)
1,070-9/96,540Feb 2026$15.60 /min
1211-14
Vidu logoVidu
Vidu Q3 Pro
1,062-8/87,140Jan 2026$9.60 /min
1311-15
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)
1,061-9/95,937Feb 2026$16.80 /min
1412-15
Google logoGoogle
Veo 3.1 Lite
1,060-9/95,818Mar 2026$4.80 /min
1513-15
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 3.0 Omni 720p (Standard)
1,052-9/96,002Feb 2026$13.44 /min
1616
KlingAI logoKlingAI
Kling 2.6 Pro (January)
1,010-9/96,648Jan 2026$8.40 /min
1717
ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed
Seedance 1.5 pro
1,0000/05,333Dec 2025$11.86 /min
1818-20
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.3 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights
954-9/96,170Mar 2026$2.40 /min
1918-20
PixVerse logoPixVerse
PixVerse V5.6
951-9/95,427Feb 2026Coming soon
2018-20
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2.3 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
951-9/96,269Mar 2026$3.60 /min
2121
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights
938-9/95,276Oct 2025$2.40 /min
2222
Sapiens AI logoSapiens AI
Agnes-Video-V2.0
925-11/113,967May 2026$0.30 /min
2323
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Wan 2.6
899-9/95,356Dec 2025$9.00 /min
2424
Lightricks logoLightricks
LTX-2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
881-10/105,311Oct 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 1195.

The top Image to Video models with audio by Elo rating are: 1. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1195), 2. grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview (Elo 1113), 3. HappyHorse-1.0 (Elo 1090), 4. Wan 2.7 (Elo 1090), 5. Veo 3.1 (Elo 1088). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

LTX-2.3 Fast currently leads among open weights Image to Video models with audio in the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena with an Elo score of 954, followed by LTX-2.3 Pro (Elo 951) and LTX-2 Fast (Elo 938).

Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p currently leads the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena (without audio) with an Elo score of 1344.

The top Image to Video models without audio by Elo rating are: 1. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1344), 2. grok-imagine-video (Elo 1326), 3. grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview (Elo 1325), 4. PixVerse V6 (Elo 1323), 5. HappyHorse-1.0 (Elo 1294). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video currently leads among open weights Image to Video models without audio in the Artificial Analysis Image to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1252, followed by LTX-2 Pro (Elo 1191) and LTX-2 Fast (Elo 1179).

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