Text to Video Leaderboard - Top AI Video Models

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Text to Video Leaderboard (With Audio)Artificial Analysis

Added to the leaderboard in the last month:

HappyHorse-1.1, Wan 2.7

Range

Creator

Model

Elo

95% CI

Samples

Released

API Pricing 1

11

ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed

Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p

1,223-9/99,607Mar 2026$9.07 /min
22

Alibaba-ATH logoAlibaba-ATH

HappyHorse-1.1

1,152-11/112,896Jun 2026$9.90 /min
33

Alibaba-ATH logoAlibaba-ATH

HappyHorse-1.0

1,127-9/96,585Apr 2026$13.20 /min
44-7

Skywork AI logoSkywork AI

SkyReels V4

1,109-10/103,741Mar 2026$21.00 /min
54-6

KlingAI logoKlingAI

Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)

1,108-8/87,212Feb 2026$20.16 /min
64-9

Alibaba logoAlibaba

Wan 2.7

1,102-10/103,265Apr 2026$16.90 /min
76-10

KlingAI logoKlingAI

Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)

1,099-8/86,999Feb 2026$16.80 /min
86-10

KlingAI logoKlingAI

Kling 3.0 720p (Standard)

1,099-8/87,161Feb 2026$15.12 /min
96-11

Google logoGoogle

Veo 3.1

1,095-8/87,172Jan 2026$24.00 /min
107-12

KlingAI logoKlingAI

Kling 3.0 Omni 720p (Standard)

1,091-8/86,919Feb 2026$13.44 /min
118-13

Google logoGoogle

Veo 3.1 Lite

1,090-9/96,404Mar 2026$4.80 /min
1210-13

Google logoGoogle

Veo 3.1 Fast

1,086-8/86,708Jan 2026$9.00 /min
1312-13

Vidu logoVidu

Vidu Q3 Pro

1,081-8/87,538Jan 2026$9.60 /min
1414-15

xAI logoxAI

grok-imagine-video

1,071-8/87,431Jan 2026$4.20 /min
1514-15

PixVerse logoPixVerse

PixVerse V6

1,070-8/88,523Mar 2026$6.90 /min
1616

Alibaba logoAlibaba

Wan 2.6

1,028-9/95,883Dec 2025$9.00 /min
1717

ByteDance Seed logoByteDance Seed

Seedance 1.5 pro

1,0000/05,671Dec 2025$11.86 /min
1818

KlingAI logoKlingAI

Kling 2.6 Pro (January)

989-9/96,996Jan 2026$8.40 /min
1919

Lightricks logoLightricks

LTX-2.3 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights

977-9/96,700Mar 2026$2.40 /min
2020

Lightricks logoLightricks

LTX-2.3 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights

961-9/96,807Mar 2026$3.60 /min
2121-22

Lightricks logoLightricks

LTX-2 FastHugging FaceOpen Weights

949-9/95,716Oct 2025$2.40 /min
2221-22

PixVerse logoPixVerse

PixVerse V5.6

945-9/95,838Feb 2026Coming soon
2323-24

Lightricks logoLightricks

LTX-2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights

920-10/105,760Oct 2025$3.60 /min
2423-24

Sapiens AI logoSapiens AI

Agnes-Video-V2.0

912-11/113,893May 2026$0.30 /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 Text to Video models with audio output in the Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1223.

The top Text to Video models with audio by Elo rating are: 1. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1223), 2. HappyHorse-1.1 (Elo 1152), 3. HappyHorse-1.0 (Elo 1127), 4. SkyReels V4 (Elo 1109), 5. Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro) (Elo 1108). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

LTX-2.3 Fast currently leads among open weights Text to Video models with audio in the Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena with an Elo score of 977, followed by LTX-2.3 Pro (Elo 961) and LTX-2 Fast (Elo 949).

HappyHorse-1.0 currently leads the Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena (without audio) with an Elo score of 1290.

The top Text to Video models without audio by Elo rating are: 1. HappyHorse-1.0 (Elo 1290), 2. HappyHorse-1.1 (Elo 1279), 3. Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p (Elo 1271), 4. Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro) (Elo 1244), 5. grok-imagine-video (Elo 1230). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena.

LTX-2 Pro currently leads among open weights Text to Video models without audio in the Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena with an Elo score of 1131, followed by LTX-2.3 Fast (Elo 1127) and LTX-2 Fast (Elo 1124).

Models are ranked using an Elo rating system derived from user votes in blind comparisons in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena. Users compare two videos generated from the same text prompt without knowing which model created each video. Higher Elo scores indicate a model is preferred more often. Vote in the Artificial Analysis Video Arena