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Image-to-video: MiniMax H3 768p 1140 ($4.80), FLUX 3 Max 1138 ($2.55), Seedance 2.5 1138 ($34.12), Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 1132 ($9.12), Wan 3.0 1127 ($12), ... Veo 3.1 1028 ($24), Kling 3.0 1000 ($10.08). CIs are about +/-15 Elo, so the top 6-8 are statistically close while prices differ by >10x (Seedance 2.5 vs FLUX 3 Max / MiniMax H3). This quantifies creator report...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Artificial Analysis video boards (rendered 2026-10-23; Elo anchored at Kling 3.0 1080p Pro = 1000; prices = 1 minute of 1080p on the creator's API at default settings). Text-to-video: Wan 3.0 1175 ($12.00/min), HeyGen Video 1 1160 ($2.40), MiniMax H3 768p 1158 ($4.80), Seedance 2.5 1158 ($34.12), FLUX 3 Max 720p 1155 ($2.55), MiniMax H3 Max 1154 ($4.80), FLUX 3 1145 ($17.40), Seedance 2.0 1136 ($22.45), Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 1130 ($9.12), Grok Imagine 1.5 1056 ($15.00), Kling 3.0 Omni 1020 ($8.40), Kling 3.0 1000 ($10.08), Veo 3.1 963 ($24.00), Veo 3.1 Fast 960 ($7.20), LTX-2.5 Fast 949 ($7.80), LTX-2.3 Pro 888 ($4.80). Image-to-video: MiniMax H3 768p 1140 ($4.80), FLUX 3 Max 1138 ($2.55), Seedance 2.5 1138 ($34.12), Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 1132 ($9.12), Wan 3.0 1127 ($12), ... Veo 3.1 1028 ($24), Kling 3.0 1000 ($10.08). CIs are about +/-15 Elo, so the top 6-8 are statistically close while prices differ by >10x (Seedance 2.5 vs FLUX 3 Max / MiniMax H3). This quantifies creator reports that MiniMax H3 is ~25% of Seedance 2.5's cost (C3-B335-08, actual ratio here ~14%) and that cheaper models get 80-90% of Seedance results for many tasks (C3-B345-01). Kling 4.0 is not yet on these boards. Note 720p/768p entries are priced/measured at their own default resolutions.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Dated leaderboard snapshot from a benchmark operator: blind-preference Elo and listed API prices as rendered on 2026-10-23; rankings shift often; preference votes are not validation of fitness for a task; confidence intervals as stated. Prices are per minute of 1080p on each creator API at default settings, as listed by the operator.\n\nLimitations: Prices are list/API defaults (platform credit plans differ); preference Elo from AA prompt sets; methodology not read.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/text-to-video","note":"row Dreamina Seedance 2.5; row MiniMax H3 (768p); footnote"},{"url":"https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/image-to-video","note":"row Dreamina Seedance 2.5; row MiniMax H3 (768p); footnote"}]},"categories":["T04","T06","T09","T20"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/text-to-video","claim":"Artificial Analysis video boards (rendered 2026-10-23; Elo anchored at Kling 3.0 1080p Pro = 1000; prices = 1 minute of 1080p on the creator's API at default settings). Text-to-video: Wan 3.0 1175 ($12.00/min), HeyGen Video 1 1160 ($2.40), MiniMax H3 768p 1158 ($4.80), Seedance 2.5 1158 ($34.12), FLUX 3 Max 720p 1155 ($2.55), MiniMax H3 Max 1154 ($4.80), FLUX 3 1145 ($17.40), Seedance 2.0 1136 ($22.45), Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 1130 ($9.12), Grok Imagine 1.5 1056 ($15.00), Kling 3.0 Omni 1020 ($8.40), Kling 3.0 1000 ($10.08), Veo 3.1 963 ($24.00), Veo 3.1 Fast 960 ($7.20), LTX-2.5 Fast 949 ($7.80), LTX-2.3 Pro 888 ($4.80). Image-to-video: MiniMax H3 768p 1140 ($4.80), FLUX 3 Max 1138 ($2.55), Seedance 2.5 1138 ($34.12), Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 1132 ($9.12), Wan 3.0 1127 ($12), ... Veo 3.1 1028 ($24), Kling 3.0 1000 ($10.08). CIs are about +/-15 Elo, so the top 6-8 are statistically close while prices differ by >10x (Seedance 2.5 vs FLUX 3 Max / MiniMax H3). This quantifies creator reports that MiniMax H3 is ~25% of Seedance 2.5's cost (C3-B335-08, actual ratio here ~14%) and that cheaper models get 80-90% of Seedance results for many tasks (C3-B345-01). 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