Video Generation
Models that create video clips from text or images.
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Gemini Advanced | The Director. Released Oct 2025. It integrates 'Nano Banana' vision understanding to simulate actual camera lenses (e.g., 35mm vs 85mm). It creates the most coherent 1080p clips (up to 4 minutes) with fully synchronized, foley-accurate audio. | |
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Subscription | The World Simulator. Released Sep 30, 2025. While Veo wins on cinematography, Sora 2 wins on physics. Its 'World State' engine allows you to revisit the same location in different generated videos, effectively building a consistent 3D set. | |
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Paid | The Creative Suite. Released March 2025. Gen-4 introduces 'Act-One' for characters, allowing you to drive a generated character's facial performance using your own webcam in real-time. | |
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Freemium | The Action Star. Released Nov 2025. It is currently the best model for high-dynamic-range motion (martial arts, explosions, sports) where other models blur. The 'Turbo' variant generates 5s clips in under 30 seconds. | |
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Paid | The Anime Native. Known internally as 'Kangaroo', this model has taken the #2 spot on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard for stylized and anime content, beating Midjourney's Niji mode in temporal consistency. | |
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Freemium | The Keyframe King. Luma's v3 update allows for 'Multi-Point' keyframing. You can upload a start, middle, and end frame, and Ray 3 will morph perfectly between them, making it the standard for AI visual effects loops. | |
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Open Source | The Open Source Leader. A 14B parameter model that runs on consumer GPUs (RTX 5090). It is the first open model to support 'Audio-Driven Video', where the video pacing is dictated by an uploaded MP3 track. | |
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Open Source | The Architect. A completely open-source model that ranks #1 in 'Instruction Following'. It is widely used as the base model for custom fine-tunes in the advertising industry due to its commercial-friendly license. | |
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Open Weights | The Physics Engine. Designed for robotics and industrial simulation. It doesn't just make video; it predicts 'Physical Outcomes', ensuring that if a generated glass falls, it shatters exactly according to Newtonian physics. | |
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Open Source | The Developer's Choice. The 'Stable Diffusion' of video. It is the most hackable model, with a massive ecosystem of community-made LoRAs that can force specific art styles (e.g., '1980s VHS', 'Claymation'). |
Just the Highlights
Veo 3.1 (Google)
The Director. Released Oct 2025. It integrates 'Nano Banana' vision understanding to simulate actual camera lenses (e.g., 35mm vs 85mm). It creates the most coherent 1080p clips (up to 4 minutes) with fully synchronized, foley-accurate audio.
Sora 2 (OpenAI)
The World Simulator. Released Sep 30, 2025. While Veo wins on cinematography, Sora 2 wins on physics. Its 'World State' engine allows you to revisit the same location in different generated videos, effectively building a consistent 3D set.
Runway Gen-4
The Creative Suite. Released March 2025. Gen-4 introduces 'Act-One' for characters, allowing you to drive a generated character's facial performance using your own webcam in real-time.
Kling 2.5 Turbo
The Action Star. Released Nov 2025. It is currently the best model for high-dynamic-range motion (martial arts, explosions, sports) where other models blur. The 'Turbo' variant generates 5s clips in under 30 seconds.
Hailuo 02 (MiniMax)
The Anime Native. Known internally as 'Kangaroo', this model has taken the #2 spot on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard for stylized and anime content, beating Midjourney's Niji mode in temporal consistency.
Ray 3 (Luma)
The Keyframe King. Luma's v3 update allows for 'Multi-Point' keyframing. You can upload a start, middle, and end frame, and Ray 3 will morph perfectly between them, making it the standard for AI visual effects loops.
Wan 2.1 (Alibaba)
The Open Source Leader. A 14B parameter model that runs on consumer GPUs (RTX 5090). It is the first open model to support 'Audio-Driven Video', where the video pacing is dictated by an uploaded MP3 track.
Hunyuan Video (Tencent)
The Architect. A completely open-source model that ranks #1 in 'Instruction Following'. It is widely used as the base model for custom fine-tunes in the advertising industry due to its commercial-friendly license.
Cosmos 2.5 (NVIDIA)
The Physics Engine. Designed for robotics and industrial simulation. It doesn't just make video; it predicts 'Physical Outcomes', ensuring that if a generated glass falls, it shatters exactly according to Newtonian physics.
Mochi 1 (Genmo)
The Developer's Choice. The 'Stable Diffusion' of video. It is the most hackable model, with a massive ecosystem of community-made LoRAs that can force specific art styles (e.g., '1980s VHS', 'Claymation').