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Wan 2.6 Flash is a closed-weights video model from Alibaba, released January 2026.

Model information sources

Release date ↗

55.2±6.9#37 of 93 video modelsfrom 1 benchmark result across 1 source* thinly tested, treat the rank as provisional

$ how it compares

The video models ranked either side of Wan 2.6 Flash, out of 139 with a score, then more from Alibaba.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
43Seedance 1.0 Pro ByteDance Seed56±2api $0.052/sec2025-06
44Kling O1 Pro Kuaishou (Kling AI)56±2api $0.11/sec
45Wan 2.6 Flash Alibaba55±7api $0.025/sec2026-01
46P-Video Pruna55±2api $0.020/sec2026-02
47Vidu Q2 Turbo ShengShu (Vidu)55±3api $0.050/sec2025-09
more from Alibaba
2Wan 3.0 Prime Alibaba80±7api $0.14/sec2026-08
4Wan 3.0 Alibaba79±2api $0.10/sec2026-08
9HappyHorse 1.1 Alibaba76±3api $0.14/sec2026-06

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$ what it's good at

image to video▁▂·▂▅█▅▄▅▆▃▄ #30 of 50 * · 80% of its score · 1 test

Beats Seedance 1.5 Pro, Wan 2.2 I2V A14B here, though they rank higher overall. Trails Cosmos3-Nano here, though they rank lower overall.

testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
VWG-Bench think-with-video reasoning (overall)56.0% ✎█··▄······▄█ beats 1/5medium · avg 50%▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 80%at its level

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · $0.025/sec · www.alibabacloud.com ↗ · price sourceUSD per second of output video, 720P silent video (audio=false), International deployment (Singapore). Product: Model Studio Wan image-to-video (first frame). API model: wan2.6-i2v-flash (Model Studio's only Wan 2.6 Flash video model). Settings: resolution=720P, audio=false. Price basis: published list price; only output is billed. With audio (audio=true) 720P $0.05/s; 1080P $0.0375/s silent, $0.075/s with audio. Free quota and other regions excluded. Currency: USD. Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing page, observed 2026-09-26.

$ how the score was worked out · From Evaluation to Enhancemen… 80%

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
From Evaluation to Enhancement: Benchmarking and Improving Think-with-Video Reasoning for Video Generative Models (VWG-Bench)1▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 80%CC-BY-4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇▇▇▇▇▇ 20%
weighted average= 55.2

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