Text to Video
Discover and compare the best AI models for text to video generation. Note: This is my personal informal leaderboard. Models are ranked by the completion rate of a series of diverse prompts designed to thoroughly assess performance.
| Rank | Company | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
ByteDance Seed | 94 | ||
Alibaba | 82 | ||
Kuaishou | 82 | ||
4 | OpenAI | 79 | |
5 | Lightricks | 75 | |
6 | Kuaishou | 73 | |
7 | MiniMax | 71 | |
8 | Kuaishou | 69 | |
8 | PixVerse | 69 | |
10 | MiniMax | 67 | |
11 | Google | Veo 3.1 | 66 |
11 | Tencent | 66 | |
11 | Google | 66 | |
11 | Alibaba | 66 | |
15 | Meituan | 65 | |
15 | ByteDance Seed | 65 | |
17 | Runway | Runway Gen4.5 | 64 |
17 | Bytedance | 64 | |
17 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.1 | 64 |
17 | Luma Labs | 64 | |
17 | PixVerse | PixVerse V5 | 64 |
22 | Kuaishou | 59 | |
23 | PixVerse | 56 | |
24 | Alibaba | 54 | |
25 | OpenAI | 52 | |
25 | KlingAI | 52 | |
27 | Pika Art | 51 | |
28 | Vidu | 50 | |
28 | Tencent | 50 | |
30 | Genmo | 47 | |
31 | Luma Labs | 44 |
Full tutorial & review videos
Watch the videos below for comprehensive comparisons and detailed installation guides for select video generation models.

Seedance 2.0

Kling 3.0

Hunyuan Video installation & review

KLING O1 & 2.6 review

LTX-2 review

Sora 2 review

Veo 3.1 review

Wan 2.2 installation & review

Hailuo 02 review

Veo 3 review

Kling 2.0 review

LTXV 13B installation & review

Hunyuan Video installation & review

Wan VACE installation & review

Wan 2.1 installation & review

Genmo Mochi 1 review
Methodology
Models are ranked using a series of prompts involving diverse range of challenging tasks. This includes:
- Prompt adherence and world understanding
- Motion and physics
- Character consistency
- Scene transitions
- Camera movement and angles
- Lighting and shadows
- Text and object generation
- NSFW capabilities
To prevent manipulation, the prompts are kept confidential and are regularly updated to increase difficulty as models improve. Here is a subset of prompts for your reference:
A man riding a unicycle and juggling red balls
Will Smith eating spaghetti
A princess wearing a glittery white dress. She is running away from a massive red dragon with glowing red eyes. 3D disney pixar style
A gymnast performs a flip on a balance beam
A professor writes "hello" on the chalkboard
A swarm of zombies causing chaos in a shopping mall, shaky camera
A cat roars while looking at its reflection in the mirror but instead sees itself as a lion roaring
A neon sign with the text "Subscribe to my channel". Cyberpunk city at night.