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PixVerse V5.6 is a closed-weights video model from PixVerse, released February 2026. Licence: proprietary.

58.9±1.6#28 of 93 video modelsfrom 5 benchmark results across 4 sources

$ how it compares

The video models ranked either side of PixVerse V5.6, out of 139 with a score, then more from PixVerse.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
33Wan 2.5 Preview Alibaba61±2api $0.10/sec2025-09
34Kling 2.6 Pro Kuaishou (Kling AI)59±2api $0.070/sec2025-12
35PixVerse V5.6 PixVerse59±2api $0.045/sec2026-02
36Runway Gen-4.5 Runway58±2api $0.12/sec2025-12
37Wan 2.1 I2V Plus Alibaba58±5api price unknown2025-01
more from PixVerse
61PixVerse 5.5 PixVerse52±10api $0.060/sec2025-12

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$ what it's good at

text to video▆▄▃▄▆▅█▃▂▂▂▄ #18 of 68 * · 41% of its score · 1 test

Beats Kling 2.6 Pro here, though they rank higher overall. Trails Seedance 1.5 Pro here, though they rank lower overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
LMArena video1239.7 ✎▂▂▃▆█▆·▆▅▁▂▇ beats 21/41avg 1147▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 41%typical
image to video▁▂·▂▅█▅▄▅▆▃▄ #23 of 50 * · 43% of its score · 2 tests

Beats Wan 2.5 Preview here, though they rank higher overall. Trails Runway Gen-4.5 here, though they rank lower overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
Arena image-to-video1299.3 ✎▁▁▁▁▄▇▃▆▃▂▄█ beats 19/40avg 1189▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 27%typical
Rapidata physics realism (I2V, with reference)942.0 ✎▂··▂▃▆█▆▂▂▆▄ beats 2/19avg 741▇▇▇▇▇▇ 16%sharp
other tests2 not in a task · 15% of its score
testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
Rapidata relative camera movement (I2V, alignment Elo)703.5 ✎█···▄▄██·█▄█ beats 0/12avg 661▇▇▇▇ 10%sharp · noisy
Rapidata image-to-video realism (overall Elo)1085.7 ✎▂······▃▂▃▃█ beats 2/12avg 871▇▇ 5.2%sharp · noisy

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · $0.045/sec · docs.platform.pixverse.ai ↗ · price sourceUSD per second of generated video, 720p, 5-second single clip, no audio. Product: PixVerse platform API video generation. API model: V5.6. Price basis: 45 credits per 5-s 720p clip × $0.005 per credit (pay-as-you-go credit purchase: $10 = 2,000 credits) ÷ 5 s. With audio: 80 credits per 5-s clip ($0.08/s). 8-s and 10-s clips have different per-second rates; membership credit rates differ. Currency: USD. PixVerse platform model pricing page, observed 2026-09-25.

$ how the score was worked out · LMArena leaderboard dataset 68%, Rapidata/world-model-physics… 16%, Rapidata/relative-camera-move… 10% and 1 more

Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works

sourceresultsshare of the scorelicence
LMArena leaderboard dataset2▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 68%CC BY 4.0
Rapidata/world-model-physics published dataset-card rankings1▇▇▇▇▇ 16%CC-BY-4.0
Rapidata/relative-camera-movement-human-preference-900k published dataset-card rankings1▇▇▇ 10%CC-BY-4.0
Rapidata/image-to-video-realism published dataset-card rankings1▇▇ 5%CC-BY-4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇ 1%
weighted average= 58.9

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