Sora 2 Pro Quality, Generation Time & Price Analysis

OpenAIOpenAI
Family Sora
ELO 1182.77

Analysis of the Sora 2 Pro model by OpenAI and comparison to other video models across key metrics including quality, generation time, and price.

For further details, see our methodology page.

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. For further details, see our methodology page.

API Generation Time

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used, Lower is better

API Price

Price: USD per minute of video generation for a 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used, 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 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
Vidu
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 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
Vidu
xAI

API Generation Time vs. API Price

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used, Price: USD per minute of video generation for a 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used
Most attractive quadrant
BytePlus
fal.ai
MiniMax
OpenAI
Prodia
Vidu
xAI

Speed Analysis

API Generation Time, Variance

Generation time: Seconds to generate a 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used, 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 1080p, 5s, 24fps video. When this configuration is not available for the model, the closest settings are used, 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-2.3 Fast, fal.ai (6s, 1080p)
LTX-2.3 Pro, fal.ai (6s, 1080p)
Seedance 1.5 Pro, Bytedance Seed
Sora 2 (December), OpenAI (4s)
Sora 2 Pro, OpenAI (4s)
Vidu Q3 Pro, Vidu
Wan 2.2 A14B Lightning, Prodia (16fps)
Wan 2.5 Preview, fal.ai