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Video Models & Providers Comparisons

Compare quality ELO, speed, and pricing across video AI models and providers

Artificial Analysis Video Arena Quality ELO

ELO score in Artificial Analysis Video Arena (relative metric of video generation quality), Higher is better

Relative ELO score of the models as determined by responses from users in Artificial Analysis' Video Arena. Some models may not be shown due to not yet having enough votes.

API Generation Time

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing, Lower is better

API Price

Price: USD per minute of video generation for a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing, Lower is better

Detailed Analysis

Quality vs. API Price

ELO score in Artificial Analysis Video Arena (relative metric of video generation quality), Price: USD per minute of video generation for a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
Lightricks
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
xAI

Quality vs. API Generation Time

ELO score in Artificial Analysis Video Arena (relative metric of video generation quality), Generation time: Seconds to generate a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
Lightricks
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
xAI

API Generation Time vs. API Price

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing, Price: USD per minute of video generation for a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
Lightricks
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
xAI

Speed Analysis

API Generation Time, Variance

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing, Results by percentile, Lower is better
Median; other points represent Min, 25th, 75th percentiles and Max respectively

API Generation Time, Over Time

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 720p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used and explicitly stated in the listing, Lower is better
grok-imagine-video, xAI
Hailuo 2.3, MiniMax (6s)
Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro), fal.ai
Kling 3.0 720p (Standard), fal.ai
LTX-2 Fast, Lightricks (6s, 1080p)
LTX-2 Pro, Lightricks (6s, 1080p)
Seedance 1.5 Pro, Bytedance Seed
Sora 2 (December), OpenAI (4s)
Sora 2 Pro, OpenAI (4s)
Wan 2.2 A14B Lightning, Prodia (16fps)
Wan 2.5 Preview, fal.ai

Video models & providers compared

Veo 2, Hailuo 2.3, HunyuanVideo-1.5 (Fal), Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro), Kling 3.0 720p (Standard), Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro), Kling 3.0 Omni 720p (Standard), LTX-2 Fast, LTX-2 Pro, P-Video, Seedance 1.0 Mini, Seedance 1.0, Seedance 1.5 pro, Sora 2 (December), Sora 2 Pro, Vidu Q2, Wan 2.1 14B, Wan 2.2 5B, Wan 2.2 A14B, Wan 2.5 Preview, grok-imagine-video.