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Highest-Elo Text-to-Video Models in the Artificial Analysis Arena (October 2026)

The 25 text-to-video models with the highest Elo on Artificial Analysis's AA-Video-T2V v2.1 arena, from blind human votes, with intervals, vote counts, API prices and open-weights status. Wan 3.0 leads at 1174, but the top ten sit within 46 points and their intervals overlap; a 62-point gap separates tenth from eleventh.

10001050110011501200Wan 3.01174Utopai X1168MiniMax H3 (768p)1158HeyGen Video 11157Dreamina Seedance 2.51156FLUX 3 Max1156MiniMax H3 Max1151FLUX 31142Dreamina Seedance 2.01136Gemini Omni Flash 1.11128Agnes-Video-2.51066Grok Imagine Video 1.51057
Chart: Elo (dot) and 95% interval (bar) for the 12 highest-Elo models on Artificial Analysis's text-to-video arena. The top ten overlap, so only the gap below tenth place is clear. Not to scale beyond the axis shown.

As of Elo measured by Artificial Analysis from blind pairwise preference votesAA-Video-T2V v2.1, "Overall" category, with audio; Elo anchored at 1000

The 25 highest-Elo text-to-video models on Artificial Analysis's AA-Video-T2V v2.1 arena, with 95% intervals, votes, release dates, API prices and open-weights links, as of 2026-10-29
Rank Model Creator Elo (preference votes) Relative to #1 95% interval (Elo) Votes Released API price ($ / min of video, 1080p where offered) Open weights Figure
1range 1–3 Wan 3.01 Alibaba 1174 1160–1188 6,547 Aug 2026 $12.00 No link listed Measured
2range 1–5 Utopai X1derived Utopai Studios 1168 1153–1183 6,000 Sep 2026 None listed No link listed Measured
3range 2–7 MiniMax H3 (768p)1 MiniMax 1158 1144–1172 6,669 Jul 2026 $4.80 Yes Measured
4range 2–7 HeyGen Video 11derived HeyGen 1157 1142–1172 5,714 Oct 2026 $2.40 No link listed Measured
5range 2–7 Dreamina Seedance 2.51 ByteDance Seed 1156 1142–1170 6,654 Jul 2026 $34.12 No link listed Measured
6range 2–8 FLUX 3 Max1derived Fal 1156 1138–1174 2,974 Oct 2026 $4.35 No link listed Measured
7range 3–9 MiniMax H3 Max1derived Fal 1151 1133–1169 3,011 Aug 2026 $9.60 No link listed Measured
8range 6–9 FLUX 31 Black Forest Labs 1142 1128–1156 5,724 Jul 2026 $17.40 No link listed Measured
9range 7–10 Dreamina Seedance 2.01 ByteDance Seed 1136 1121–1151 5,702 Mar 2026 $22.45 No link listed Measured
10range 9–10 Gemini Omni Flash 1.11 Google 1128 1114–1142 6,997 Aug 2026 $9.12 No link listed Measured
11range 11–12 Agnes-Video-2.51derived Sapiens AI 1066 1051–1081 4,475 Aug 2026 $2.40 No link listed Measured
12range 11–14 Grok Imagine Video 1.51 SpaceXAI 1057 1042–1072 4,559 May 2026 $15.00 No link listed Measured
13range 12–15 HappyHorse-1.11 Alibaba-ATH 1050 1035–1065 5,929 Jun 2026 $10.80 No link listed Measured
14range 12–16 MAGI-2 Preview1 Sand.ai 1044 1030–1058 6,200 Sep 2026 None listed No link listed Measured
15range 13–16 Wan2.7-2606121 Alibaba 1037 1022–1052 5,189 Jun 2026 $9.00 No link listed Measured
16range 14–17 HappyHorse-1.01 Alibaba-ATH 1033 1018–1048 4,446 Apr 2026 $14.40 No link listed Measured
17range 16–17 Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)1 KlingAI 1020 1004–1036 4,198 Feb 2026 $8.40 No link listed Measured
18range 18–19 Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)1 KlingAI 1000 anchor (fixed) 5,533 Feb 2026 $10.08 No link listed Measured
19range 18–20 Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite1 SpaceXAI 990 976–1004 6,823 Aug 2026 $8.40 No link listed Measured
20range 19–20 PixVerse V61 PixVerse 983 967–999 3,642 Mar 2026 $6.90 No link listed Measured
21range 21–24 Veo 3.11 Google 961 945–977 3,765 Jan 2026 $24.00 No link listed Measured
22range 21–24 Veo 3.1 Fast1 Google 958 942–974 4,702 Jan 2026 $7.20 No link listed Measured
23range 21–26 Veo 3.1 Lite1 Google 951 935–967 3,635 Mar 2026 $4.80 No link listed Measured
24range 21–26 LTX-2.5 Fast1 Lightricks 949 933–965 3,696 Aug 2026 $7.80 Yes Measured
25range 22–26 LTX-2.5 Pro1 Lightricks 944 927–961 3,505 Aug 2026 $10.20 Yes Measured

Ranked by Elo on Artificial Analysis's text-to-video arena, in which its "validated private evaluators" vote blind between two videos generated from the same text prompt.1 Elo here is a preference rating, not an accuracy score or a measure of absolute quality, and the scale is anchored by fixing one model, Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro), at 1000.1 "Range" under the rank is Artificial Analysis's rank range, which spans the positions a model could hold given its interval. "Derived" is Artificial Analysis's flag; the page offers a "hide derived models" filter and, in the text we read, does not define the term. The API price is Artificial Analysis's compiled cost to generate one minute of video on the creator's API at the settings it benchmarks, so it is the creator's list price, not a measurement; it is shown beside the ranked column and is never part of the ranking. The page has other views (silent video, image-to-video) that rank differently. Figure labels: how they work.

How the arena works, and what its numbers mean

Artificial Analysis builds the board from head-to-head votes: evaluators see two videos made from the same text prompt without knowing which model produced which, and pick one; ratings are an Elo system derived from those votes, where a higher score means a model is preferred more often.1 The columns that matter for reading it are the interval and the votes. Each rating comes with a 95% interval, ranging in the top ten from about ±14 to ±18 Elo, and the number of votes behind it, from 2,974 to 6,997 among them.1 Because intervals overlap, the top ten are not cleanly ordered: Wan 3.0's own rank range is 1 to 3, and Dreamina Seedance 2.5 and FLUX 3 Max are both tied around 1156 with ranges starting at 2.1 The clearest structure is the break below tenth place: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at 1128 is followed by Agnes-Video-2.5 at 1066.1

The top 10

#1

Wan 3.0

1174 Elo

Wan 3.0, from Alibaba, leads with 1174 Elo (95% interval 1160 to 1188) from 6,547 votes, released Aug 2026, $12.00 a minute.1 Its rank range is 1 to 3: the intervals of the next several models overlap its own, so the board does not separate first place from third.1

#2

Utopai X

1168 Elo

Utopai X, from Utopai Studios, has 1168 Elo (95% interval 1153 to 1183) from 6,000 votes, released Sep 2026, no API price listed, and the board marks it as a derived model with no API available.1 Its rank range is 1 to 5.1

#3

MiniMax H3 (768p)

1158 Elo

MiniMax H3 at 768p has 1158 Elo (95% interval 1144 to 1172) from 6,669 votes, released Jul 2026, $4.80 a minute. It is the highest-ranked model on the board with weights listed on Hugging Face.1

#4

HeyGen Video 1

1157 Elo

HeyGen Video 1 has 1157 Elo (95% interval 1142 to 1172) from 5,714 votes, released Oct 2026, $2.40 a minute, the cheapest per minute among the top ten, and the board marks it as derived.1 The silent-video version of the board, which the page also runs, lists HeyGen Video 1 first.1

#5

Dreamina Seedance 2.5

1156 Elo

ByteDance Seed's Dreamina Seedance 2.5 has 1156 Elo (95% interval 1142 to 1170) from 6,654 votes, released Jul 2026, $34.12 a minute, the highest price per minute among the top ten.1

#6

FLUX 3 Max

1156 Elo

FLUX 3 Max, listed under the creator Fal and marked derived, has 1156 Elo (95% interval 1138 to 1174) from 2,974 votes, released Oct 2026, $4.35 a minute; its 2,974 votes are the fewest in the top ten, and its interval of about ±18 is wider than most.1

#7

MiniMax H3 Max

1151 Elo

MiniMax H3 Max, also listed under Fal and marked derived, has 1151 Elo (95% interval 1133 to 1169) from 3,011 votes, released Aug 2026, $9.60 a minute.1

#8

FLUX 3

1142 Elo

Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 has 1142 Elo (95% interval 1128 to 1156) from 5,724 votes, released Jul 2026, $17.40 a minute.1

#9

Dreamina Seedance 2.0

1136 Elo

The earlier Seedance, released Mar 2026, has 1136 Elo (95% interval 1121 to 1151) from 5,702 votes, released Mar 2026, $22.45 a minute, so it sits about 20 Elo below the 2.5 version.1

#10

Gemini Omni Flash 1.1

1128 Elo

Google's Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 has 1128 Elo (95% interval 1114 to 1142) from 6,997 votes, released Aug 2026, $9.12 a minute, the last model before a gap of 62 Elo to the next entry.1

Price, open weights and the rest of the board

Listed API prices among the top ten run from $2.40 a minute (HeyGen Video 1) to $34.12 (Dreamina Seedance 2.5), while their Elo ratings differ by one point (1157 and 1156).1 Price and Elo are separate columns here, and the board does not model one from the other. On open weights, the page lists a Hugging Face link for MiniMax H3 (768p) (1158), LTX-2.5 Fast and LTX-2.5 Pro (949 and 944) and the LTX-2.3 models, the highest-ranked open model sitting at third place overall.1 Below the listed 25 are 5 more rows on the board, down to Boreal at 832.1

This ranking reflects one evaluator pool, one prompt set and one moment. Artificial Analysis marks five models as added in the last 30 days, and ratings move as votes accumulate, so re-check the live board before relying on a gap.1

Sources

  1. Artificial Analysis, AA-Video-T2V v2.1 Leaderboard (Text to Video, "Overall", with audio): Elo, 95% interval, votes, release date, API pricing, rank range, open-weights links and FAQ, retrieved 2026-10-29.