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Veo 3.1 LiteKling 3.0 Standard (720p)Runway Gen-4.5
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Video generation: quality vs price

Compared models are ringed; the other 31 ranked here are greyed.

Lower price is better. Pareto frontier: Hailuo 2.3, Grok Imagine Video, HiDream-O1-Video, Gemini Omni Flash. 4 models are not plotted: Muse Video, MAGI-2 Preview, Bach-1.0 Preview, Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video-4Step.

4 models with no price data — shown in the strip at the left edge

Muse Video, MAGI-2 Preview, Bach-1.0 Preview, Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video-4Step

  • Best-value frontier (nothing is both cheaper and better)
  • Evidencestrong → weak
  • Estimated from other categories
  • Veo 3.1 Lite
    Quality
    40.0
    Rank
    #27/34
    Price
    $0.080/s
    Speed
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    vs Kling 3.0 Standard (720p): −2.4 quality · 0.32× price

  • Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)
    Quality
    42.4
    Rank
    #26/34
    Price
    $0.25/s
    Speed
    74s

    vs Veo 3.1 Lite: +2.4 quality · 3.1× price

  • Runway Gen-4.5
    Quality
    33.4
    Rank
    #28/34
    Price
    $0.12/s
    Speed
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    vs Kling 3.0 Standard (720p): −8.9 quality · 0.46× price

Overview

Metric
Veo 3.1 Lite
Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)
Runway Gen-4.5
Lab
Google DeepMind
Kling AI (Kuaishou)
Runway
Released
Mar 31, 2026
Feb 4, 2026
Dec 1, 2025
Weights
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price per second
1080p
$0.080Best
$0.25
$0.12
Render time
per clip
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74s
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Quality by category

0–100 within each category (100 = best tracked model). Rank is among all models ranked there. Click a row to focus it.

Metric
Veo 3.1 Lite
Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)
Runway Gen-4.5
Video generation
39.9±4.8
#27/34Verified
42.4±4.1Best
#26/34Verified
33.4±4.3
#28/34Verified

Video generation benchmarks

Rank among models with a published score, and the leaderboard around each model. ~ italic = no published score, estimated from related benchmarks.

Metric
Veo 3.1 Lite
Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)
Runway Gen-4.5
AA Text-to-Video Arena
third-party
#15/251215BestVerifiedFew votes
  1. #1Wan 3.0Few votes1335
  2. #14LTX-2.5 FastFew votes1218
  3. #15Veo 3.1 LiteFew votes1215
  4. #16Runway Gen-4.51214
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#19/251210Verified
  1. #1Wan 3.0Few votes1335
  2. #18Wan 2.71210
  3. #19Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)1210
  4. #20LTX-2.5 ProFew votes1209
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#16/251214Verified
  1. #1Wan 3.0Few votes1335
  2. #15Veo 3.1 LiteFew votes1215
  3. #16Runway Gen-4.51214
  4. #17Veo 3.11214
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Image-to-Video Arena
third-party
#22/261241VerifiedFew votes
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1369
  2. #21Veo 3.11252
  3. #22Veo 3.1 LiteFew votes1241
  4. #23Luma Ray 31215
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#15/261269BestVerified
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1369
  2. #14Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video-4StepFew votes1273
  3. #15Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)1269
  4. #16Wan 2.7Few votes1268
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#17/261263Verified
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1369
  2. #16Wan 2.7Few votes1268
  3. #17Runway Gen-4.51263
  4. #18Veo 3.1 Fast1259
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
AA Text-to-Video Arena (with audio)
third-party
#15/221083Verified
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1233
  2. #14Veo 3.1 Fast1085
  3. #15Veo 3.1 Lite1083
  4. #16Vidu Q3 Pro1078
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#12/221089BestVerified
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1233
  2. #11Kling 3.0 Pro (1080p)1095
  3. #12Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)1089
  4. #13Veo 3.11088
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#20/23~1059Estimated
  1. #1Gemini Omni Flash1233
  2. #19Grok Imagine Video1065
  3. ~#20Runway Gen-4.5Estimated1059
  4. #20LTX-2.5 Fast1055
estimated from related benchmarks
AA Image-to-Video Arena (with audio)
third-party
#14/231072BestVerified
  1. #1MiniMax H31181
  2. #13Grok Imagine Video1073
  3. #14Veo 3.1 Lite1072
  4. #15SkyReels V41069
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
#19/231052Verified
  1. #1MiniMax H31181
  2. #18Kling 3.0 Pro (1080p)1055
  3. #19Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)1052
  4. #20Kling 3.0 Omni Pro (1080p)1045
artificialanalysis.ai · 2026-09-24
~#21/24~1044Estimated
  1. #1MiniMax H31181
  2. #20Kling 3.0 Omni Pro (1080p)1045
  3. ~#21Runway Gen-4.5Estimated1044
  4. #21LTX-2.5 FastFew votes1037
estimated from related benchmarks
LMArena Text-to-Video
third-party
~#14/18~1326Estimated
  1. #1Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashFew votes1516
  2. #13Wan 2.71337
  3. ~#14Veo 3.1 LiteEstimated1326
  4. #14Seedance 1.5 pro1256
estimated from related benchmarks
~#14/18~1332Estimated
  1. #1Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashFew votes1516
  2. #13Wan 2.71337
  3. ~#14Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)Estimated1332
  4. #14Seedance 1.5 pro1256
estimated from related benchmarks
#15/171225Verified
  1. #1Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashFew votes1516
  2. #14Seedance 1.5 pro1256
  3. #15Runway Gen-4.51225
  4. #16Hailuo 2.31206
arena.ai · 2026-09-21
LMArena Image-to-Video
third-party
~#15/20~1366Estimated
  1. #1MiniMax H31495
  2. #14Veo 3.1 Fast1372
  3. ~#15Veo 3.1 LiteEstimated1366
  4. #15Vidu Q3 Pro1363
estimated from related benchmarks
~#15/20~1371Estimated
  1. #1MiniMax H31495
  2. #14Veo 3.1 Fast1372
  3. ~#15Kling 3.0 Standard (720p)Estimated1371
  4. #15Vidu Q3 Pro1363
estimated from related benchmarks
~#17/20~1337Estimated
  1. #1MiniMax H31495
  2. #16Kling 3.0 Pro (1080p)1354
  3. ~#17Runway Gen-4.5Estimated1337
  4. #17Seedance 1.5 pro1307
estimated from related benchmarks
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