Best video models for a 4GB graphics card
A leaderboard of the best video models for a 4GB graphics card (with 32GB of system RAM). The best one that runs on it right now is Open-Sora Plan v1.3 (T2V), followed by CogVideoX-5B-I2V and Pyramid Flow (SD3). Models are ranked by one score that combines 55 published benchmarks. Models that run on it show the download that fits and the command to run it.
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● open weights ◆ API only ─┘ best score for the price · x: USD per second of video (log)
| # | model | score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
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| 1 |  Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash | 81±2 | api $0.10/sec |    +1 | |
| 2 |  Wan 3.0 Prime | 80±7* | api $0.14/sec | | |
| 3 | Gemini Omni Flash | 80±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 4 | Wan 3.0 | 79±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 5 |  Dreamina Seedance 2.0 | 79±1 | api $0.30/sec | +3 | |
| 6 |  MiniMax H3 | 78±1 | api $0.13/sec | +2 | |
| 7 |  Dreamina Seedance 2.5 | 77±1 | api $0.30/sec | | |
| 8 |  FLUX 3 Video | 77±2 | api $0.17/sec | | |
| 9 | HappyHorse 1.1 | 76±3 | api $0.14/sec | | |
| 10 | MiniMax H3 Max | 76±4* | api $0.080/sec | | |
| 12 |  Grok Imagine Video 1.5 | 75±2 | api $0.080/sec | | |
| 14 | Wan 2.2 I2V Flash | 75±4* | api $0.036/sec | | |
| 15 |  HappyHorse 1.0 | 73±2 | api $0.14/sec | | |
| 16 | Wan 2.2 I2V Plus | 71±5* | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 17 | Grok Imagine Video | 69±2 | api $0.050/sec | | |
| 18 |  Kling 3.0 Pro | 69±2 | api $0.11/sec | | |
| 19 |  Veo 3.1 | 69±1 | api $0.40/sec | +11 | |
| 21 | Veo 3.1 Fast | 68±1 | api $0.10/sec | +1 | |
| 22 | Kling 3.0 | 68±4 | api $0.084/sec | | |
| 23 | Wan 2.7 | 68±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 24 |  Vidu Q3 Pro | 65±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 26 |  Runway Aleph 2.0 | 65±7* | api $0.28/sec | | |
| 28 | Wan 2.6 | 65±1 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 31 | Kling O3 Pro | 64±4* | api $0.11/sec | | |
| 32 | Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast | 62±11* | api $0.049/sec | | |
| 33 | Wan 2.5 Preview | 61±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 34 | Kling 2.6 Pro | 59±2 | api $0.070/sec | | |
| 35 |  PixVerse V5.6 | 59±2 | api $0.045/sec | | |
| 36 | Runway Gen-4.5 | 58±2 | api $0.12/sec | | |
| 37 | Wan 2.1 I2V Plus | 58±5* | api price unknown | | |
| 39 | Seedance 1.5 Pro | 58±2 | api $0.052/sec | | |
| 40 | Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro | 57±2 | api $0.070/sec | | |
| 42 | Wan 2.2 I2V A14B | 56±2 | api $0.080/sec | +2 | |
| 43 | Seedance 1.0 Pro | 56±2 | api $0.052/sec | | |
| 44 | Kling O1 Pro | 56±2* | api $0.11/sec | | |
| 45 | Wan 2.6 Flash | 55±7* | api $0.025/sec | | |
| 46 |  P-Video | 55±2 | api $0.020/sec | | |
| 47 | Vidu Q2 Turbo | 55±3* | api $0.050/sec | | |
| 48 | Hailuo 2.3 | 55±2 | api $0.047/sec | | |
| 51 | Kling 2.1 Standard | 54±3* | api $0.050/sec | | |
| 52 | Hailuo 02 | 54±2 | api $0.047/sec | | |
| 53 |  LTX-2.5 | 53±6* | api $0.12/sec +local | | |
| 55 |  HunyuanVideo 1.5 (I2V) | 53±2 | api $0.075/sec | +2 | |
| 56 | Kling 2.1 Master | 53±2* | api $0.28/sec | | |
| 57 |  Kandinsky 5.0 Pro | 52±2* | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 59 | HunyuanVideo 1.5 | 52±2 | api $0.075/sec +local | | |
| 61 | PixVerse 5.5 | 52±10* | api $0.060/sec | | |
| 63 |  LongCat-Video | 51±2 | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 67 | Wan 2.2 A14B | 50±2 | api $0.080/sec | | |
| 71 |  Open-Sora Plan v1.3 (T2V) · bf16 | 49±7* | local (slow) | | |
| 80 | Wan 2.1 14B | 47±2 | api $0.24/sec +local |  | |
| 81 | Wan 2.2 TI2V 5B | 47±2 | api price unknown +local | +3 | |
| 83 | LTX-2 19B Distilled | 47±8* | api $0.020/sec | | |
| 85 |  CogVideoX-5B-I2V · bf16 | 46±4 | local (slow) | | |
| 87 | Hailuo 01 (MiniMax video-01 / I2V-01) | 46±4* | api $0.083/sec | | |
| 91 | CogVideoX-5B | 44±2 | api price unknown +local | | |
| 93 | Wan 2.1 I2V Turbo | 43±7* | api price unknown | | |
| 96 |  Pyramid Flow (SD3) · bf16 | 42±3* | local (slow) | | |
| 99 | Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B | 40±4 | api $0.040/sec +local | | |
| 100 |  Mochi 1 | 40±2 | api price unknown +local | | |
| 102 | Open-Sora Plan v1.3 (I2V) · bf16 | 39±7* | local (slow) | | |
| 105 | HunyuanVideo | 39±3 | api price unknown | | |
| 107 |  T2V-Turbo-v2 | 38±5* | api price unknown +local | | |
| 109 | T2V-Turbo (VC2) · fp32 | 38±3† | local (slow) | | |
| 110 | Runway Gen-4 Turbo | 37±3* | api $0.050/sec | | |
| 112 | LTX-2.3 | 36±3 | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 114 | CogVideoX-2B · fp16 | 36±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 115 |  Pika 2.2 | 36±2 | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 116 |  Allegro · bf16 | 35±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 118 |  VideoCrafter2 · fp32 | 34±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 121 |  Open-Sora 1.1 · bf16 | 32±7* | local (slow) | | |
| 122 |  LaVie (base T2V) · fp16 | 32±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 123 | LTX-Video 0.9 (2B) · bf16 | 32±3* | local (slow) | | |
| 125 |  NOVA-0.6B T2V · fp16 | 29±3* | local (slow) | | |
| 126 | ZeroScope v2 576w · fp16 | 27±3 | local (slow) | | |
| 127 |  Hotshot-XL · fp16 | 27±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 133 | VideoCrafter1 T2V · official script (checkpoint as stored) | 26±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 135 |  LVDM (text-to-video) · fp32 | 25±3* | local (slow) | | |
| 136 |  ModelScope T2V 1.7B · fp16 | 25±2 | local (slow) | | |
| 138 | ZeroScope v2 XL (576w → XL pipeline) · fp16 + model CPU offload (576w base, then XL vid2vid) | 24±2 | local (slow) | | |
| — | AnimateDiff SD 1.5 v2 motion adapter · fp32 motion module + SD 1.5 (sd.cpp) | no reviewed results | local (slow) | ||
| — |  Stable Video Diffusion (SVD, 14 frames) · fp16 · CPU offload | no reviewed results | local (slow) | ||
| — | Stable Video Diffusion XT (25 frames) · fp16 · CPU offload | no reviewed results | local (slow) |
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* new or thinly tested: ranked on too few benchmark results · † only the maker’s own numbers so far · ~RAM is estimated; full context may need more memory