{"slug": "we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened", "title": "We asked creative experts to rank AI image / video models. Here's what happened", "summary": "ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 topped the overall video-model leaderboard with a score of 1,125 in a ranking compiled from creative experts, ahead of Alibaba's Wan 3.0 at 1,047 and ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 at 1,044. Seedance 2.5 also placed first in the ads (1,072), film (1,132), animation (1,077) and motion design (1,097) use-case boards, while Google's Omni Flash ranked fifth overall at 1,029 and xAI's Grok Imagine 1.5 placed tenth overall at 963.", "body_md": "Video · General capabilities\n\n### [Overall - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,125****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,047****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n3\n\n**1,044****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n4\n\n**1,033****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n5**Google**\n\n**1,029**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n6\n\n**1,003****Black Forest Labs**[Flux 3 Video](https://openart.ai/ai-model/flux-3/)\n7\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n8\n\n**979****Kuaishou**[Kling 3.0 Omni](https://openart.ai/ai-model/kling-3-motion-control/)\n9\n\n**977****HappyHorse**[HappyHorse 1.1](https://openart.ai/ai-model/happy-horse-ai-video-generator/)\n10\n\n**963****xAI**[Grok Imagine 1.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\nVideo · By use case\n\n### [Ads - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-ads-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,072****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,043****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n3\n\n**1,031****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n4**Google**\n\n**1,010**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n5\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n6\n\n**990****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n7\n\n**981****HappyHorse**[HappyHorse 1.1](https://openart.ai/ai-model/happy-horse-ai-video-generator/)\n8\n\n**971****Black Forest Labs**[Flux 3 Video](https://openart.ai/ai-model/flux-3/)\n9\n\n**944****xAI**[Grok Imagine 1.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n10\n\n**939****Kuaishou**[Kling 3.0 Omni](https://openart.ai/ai-model/kling-3-motion-control/)\nVideo · By use case\n\n### [Film - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-film-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,132****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,080****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n3\n\n**1,039****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n4\n\n**1,038****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n5**Google**\n\n**1,015**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n6\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n7\n\n**991****Black Forest Labs**[Flux 3 Video](https://openart.ai/ai-model/flux-3/)\n8\n\n**977****HappyHorse**[HappyHorse 1.1](https://openart.ai/ai-model/happy-horse-ai-video-generator/)\n9\n\n**946****Kuaishou**[Kling 3.0 Omni](https://openart.ai/ai-model/kling-3-motion-control/)\n10\n\n**934****xAI**[Grok Imagine 1.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\nVideo · By use case\n\n### [Animation - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-animation-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,077****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,054****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n3\n\n**1,039****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n4\n\n**1,021****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n5\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n6**Google**\n\n**999**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n7\n\n**970****Black Forest Labs**[Flux 3 Video](https://openart.ai/ai-model/flux-3/)\n8\n\n**953****xAI**[Grok Imagine 1.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n9\n\n**947****HappyHorse**[HappyHorse 1.1](https://openart.ai/ai-model/happy-horse-ai-video-generator/)\n10\n\n**920****PixVerse**[PixVerse V6](https://openart.ai/ai-model/pixverse-video-generator/)\nVideo · By use case\n\n### [Motion Design - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-motion-design-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,097****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,038****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n3\n\n**1,030****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n4\n\n**1,001****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n5\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n6**Google**\n\n**993**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n7\n\n**950****Black Forest Labs**[Flux 3 Video](https://openart.ai/ai-model/flux-3/)\n8\n\n**936****HappyHorse**[HappyHorse 1.1](https://openart.ai/ai-model/happy-horse-ai-video-generator/)\n9\n\n**913****xAI**[Grok Imagine 1.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n10\n\n**885****PixVerse**[PixVerse V6](https://openart.ai/ai-model/pixverse-video-generator/)\nVideo · Capability track\n\n### [Video Editing - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-video-editing-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,080****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\n2\n\n**1,079****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n3**Google**\n\n**1,068**[Google Omni Flash](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gemini-omni-flash/)\n4\n\n**1,046****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n5\n\n**1,008****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n6\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\nVideo · Capability track\n\n### [Lip Sync - video models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-lip-sync-video)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,123****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.5](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-5/)\n2\n\n**1,060****ByteDance**[Seedance 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedance-2-0/)\n3\n\n**1,054****Seedance 2.0 Mini** ByteDance\n4\n\n**1,000****MiniMax**[MiniMax H3](https://openart.ai/ai-model/minimax-h3/)\n5\n\n**923****Alibaba**[Wan 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/wan-3/)\nImage · General capabilities\n\n### [Overall - image models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-image)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,051****ByteDance**[Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedream-5-pro/)\n2\n\n**1,047****OpenAI**[GPT Image 2](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gpt-image-2/)\n3\n\n**1,008****Nano Banana Pro** Google\n4\n\n**1,000****xAI**[Grok Imagine 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n5**Google**\n\n**985**[Nano Banana 2](https://openart.ai/nano-banana-2)\n6\n\n**966****Alibaba**[Qwen Image 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/qwen-image-3/)\n7\n\n**927****Flux.2 Pro** Black Forest Labs\nImage · By use case\n\n### [E-commerce - image models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-ecommerce-image)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,025****ByteDance**[Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedream-5-pro/)\n2\n\n**1,023****OpenAI**[GPT Image 2](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gpt-image-2/)\n3**Google**\n\n**1,014**[Nano Banana 2](https://openart.ai/nano-banana-2)\n4\n\n**1,008****Nano Banana Pro** Google\n5\n\n**1,000****xAI**[Grok Imagine 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n6\n\n**940****Alibaba**[Qwen Image 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/qwen-image-3/)\n7\n\n**931****Flux.2 Pro** Black Forest Labs\nImage · By use case\n\n### [Film - image models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-film-image)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,074****ByteDance**[Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedream-5-pro/)\n2\n\n**1,059****Nano Banana Pro** Google\n3\n\n**1,058****OpenAI**[GPT Image 2](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gpt-image-2/)\n4\n\n**1,000****xAI**[Grok Imagine 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n5**Google**\n\n**998**[Nano Banana 2](https://openart.ai/nano-banana-2)\n6\n\n**978****Flux.2 Pro** Black Forest Labs\n7\n\n**964****Alibaba**[Qwen Image 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/qwen-image-3/)\nImage · By use case\n\n### [Graphic Design - image models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-graphic-design-image)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,051****OpenAI**[GPT Image 2](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gpt-image-2/)\n2\n\n**1,000****xAI**[Grok Imagine 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n3\n\n**975****ByteDance**[Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedream-5-pro/)\n4\n\n**952****Nano Banana Pro** Google\n5**Google**\n\n**952**[Nano Banana 2](https://openart.ai/nano-banana-2)\n6\n\n**936****Alibaba**[Qwen Image 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/qwen-image-3/)\n7\n\n**901****Flux.2 Pro** Black Forest Labs\nImage · Capability track\n\n### [Image Editing - image models ranked](https://openart.ai/arena/leaderboard#board-image-editing-image)\n\n*v1.0*\n\n1\n\n**1,045****OpenAI**[GPT Image 2](https://openart.ai/ai-model/gpt-image-2/)\n2\n\n**1,037****ByteDance**[Seedream 5.0 Pro](https://openart.ai/ai-model/seedream-5-pro/)\n3\n\n**1,035****Nano Banana Pro** Google\n4**Google**\n\n**1,032**[Nano Banana 2](https://openart.ai/nano-banana-2)\n5\n\n**1,000****xAI**[Grok Imagine 2.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/grok-imagine/)\n6\n\n**992****Alibaba**[Qwen Image 3.0](https://openart.ai/ai-model/qwen-image-3/)\n7\n\n**955****Flux.2 Pro** Black Forest Labs", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened", "canonical_source": "https://openart.ai/arena", "published_at": "2026-09-15 17:02:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 17:21:41.474719+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["ByteDance", "Seedance 2.5", "Alibaba", "Wan 3.0", "Seedance 2.0", "Google", "Google Omni Flash", "xAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-asked-creative-experts-to-rank-ai-image-video-models-here-s-what-happened.jsonld"}}