AI Video 2026: Wan 3.0 Leads, H3 Open in the Trio

As of November 13, 2026, the Elo rankings from Artificial Analysis place Wan 3.0 at the top, with an open-weight model in the top three. The price gaps per second redefine the notion of "value," and several ranks remain statistically close. Open-weight licenses also impose territorial and resolution restrictions.

The Best Prices Do Not Follow the Elo Hierarchy

The quality and price of models no longer progress in tandem. The three cheapest leading offers are derivatives of H3 or H3 itself. In the measure "Elo above anchor by $1/sec," HeyGen Video 1 scores 3,800 for a cost of $0.040/second and a T2V of 1152. Pika H3 Flex reaches 3,543 at $0.035/second with a T2V of 1124. MiniMax H3 (768p) stands at 2,012 for $0.080/second and a T2V of 1161. Gemini Omni Flash 1.2 records 1,476 for $0.104/second and a T2V of 1154. P-Video-2-Pro is measured at 1,368 for $0.095/second with a T2V of 1130. FLUX 3 Max reaches 1,055 for $0.145/second and a T2V of 1153. Wan 3.0, at $0.200/second and a T2V of 1175, scores 875. Seedance 2.5, at $0.569/second and a T2V of 1155, establishes itself at 273. Furthermore, most scores in the top 10 present a range of ±13 to ±15 Elo, and models separated by about 25 points are statistically close. Positions 3 to 8 thus form a group rather than a strict order.

High-Performing Open Weights but Under Licensing Constraints

An open-weight model ranks among the top three, with MiniMax H3 (768p) measured at 1161 in T2V. H3 is published under the MiniMax H3 Community License with restrictions: no deployment allowed in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and South Korea, and an output capped at 768p. Pika H3 Flex, rated at 1124 in T2V, uses the same license and relies on LoRA adapters applied to H3, with the same territorial limitations. Other open offers are listed lower in the Elo scale: LTX-2.5 Fast (943) and LTX-2.5 Pro (938) under the LTX-2.x Community License, requiring a paid license beyond $10M in annual revenue. Wan 2.2 is unranked, under Apache 2.0 license, with a base of 2025 and no native audio. HunyuanVideo 1.5 is unranked, under Tencent Hunyuan Community License, announced at 8.3B and intended for unique consumer GPUs.

Top 10: Ranks, Scores, and Rates per Second

The top 10 aggregates close Elo levels and varied rates. Wan 3.0 (Alibaba) leads with 1175 in T2V and 1108 in I2V, at $0.200/second, or $2.00 for 10 seconds, with no open weights. Utopai X (Utopai Studios), in post-training of H3, follows with 1170 in T2V and 1151 in I2V, with no public API and no open weights. MiniMax H3 (768p) is 3rd with 1161 in T2V and 1133 in I2V, at $0.080/second; the weights are open with restrictions. Dreamina Seedance 2.5 (ByteDance Seed) displays 1155 in T2V and 1161 in I2V, at $0.569/second, with no open weights. Gemini Omni Flash 1.2 (Google) records 1154 in T2V and 1086 in I2V, at $0.104/second. FLUX 3 Max (fal × Black Forest Labs) achieves 1153 in T2V and 1068 in I2V at $0.145/second. HeyGen Video 1 positions at 1152 in T2V and 1124 in I2V for $0.040/second. MiniMax H3 Max (fal) shows 1149 in T2V and 1115 in I2V, at $0.160/second. SkyReels V4 (Skywork AI) is measured at 1137 in T2V and 1125 in I2V for $0.350/second. FLUX 3 (Black Forest Labs) closes the top 10 with 1137 in T2V and 1071 in I2V at $0.290/second.

Strengths and Profiles of Top Models

Wan 3.0 is presented as the best text-to-video model with a T2V Elo of 1175. Its I2V Elo is 1108 (rank #11). The pricing is set at $0.20 per second in 1080p, totaling 7,651 votes, its release dates back to August 24, 2026, and it allows for the production of 30-second videos from texts, PDF files, or presentations. Utopai X shows a score of 1170 in T2V and 1151 in I2V, does not offer a public API; it is the only one to appear in the top two of both rankings and comes from a post-training of the MiniMax H3 model. MiniMax H3, measured at 1161 in T2V (rank #3) and 1133 in I2V (rank #4), is priced at $0.08/second and is the first open-weight model in the upper ranking. On the image-to-video side, Dreamina Seedance 2.5 records 1161 in I2V (rank #1) and 1155 in T2V, at $0.569/second. Gemini Omni Flash 1.2 shows 1154 in T2V and 1086 in I2V (rank #14), for $0.104/second. FLUX 3 Max is at 1153 in T2V and 1068 in I2V (rank #16), at $0.145/second. HeyGen Video 1 obtains 1152 in T2V and 1124 in I2V (rank #6) for $0.04/second. MiniMax H3 Max is measured at 1149 in T2V and 1115 in I2V, at $0.16/second. SkyReels V4 totals 1137 in T2V and 1125 in I2V, at $0.35/second. FLUX 3 shows 1137 in T2V and 1071 in I2V, for $0.29/second.

How Scores and Prices Are Measured

As of November 13, 2026, scores are calculated from an Elo based on preferences expressed blindly by accredited evaluators, who conduct pairwise voting. Each of these votes consists of distinguishing between two videos produced from the same prompt. The reference rankings used are AA-Video-T2V v2.1 and AA-Video-I2V v2.1, with audio. Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro) serves as an anchor at 1000 Elo on both tables; a lower score indicates it is preferred more often. Costs come from the creators' APIs and are normalized to 1080p when available; the price per second results from a division by 60. Offers at 720p are often cheaper, and these discrepancies are noted. Native audio has become a standard, and clip durations generally range between 15 and 30 seconds. The ranking combines these measures with licensing information, and implementation details are available via the GPULeaderboard.com extension.