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Best image-to-video models to run locally on a 32GB graphics card

A leaderboard of the best image-to-video models you can run locally on a 32GB graphics card (with 32GB of system RAM). MiniMax H3 is #1 right now, followed by Cosmos3-Nano and Wan 2.2 I2V A14B. Models are ranked on human votes and tests that turn an image into a video. Each model shows the download that fits and the command to run it.

7 models · scores combine 16 benchmarks · updated how it works · find a leaderboard · benchmark your machine

Scores use reviewed image to video evaluations only. Compare scores within this task. Models without task measurements are excluded.

Models for 32GB RAM · 32GB graphics card → ~32GB fast · local only · reset
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2MiniMax H3 · gguf-q4_k_m fl2va + Qwen3-VL 32B q4_k_m (sd.cpp) MiniMax80±2local (slow)~52GBhow to run › Rapidata/world-model-physics published dataset-card rankingsLMArena leaderboard datasetVGI-Bench: Probing Visual Intelligence in Video Generation ModelsRapidata/camera-movement published dataset-card rankings
31Cosmos3-Nano · bf16 NVIDIA51±6*local (slow)~42GBhow to run › Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Physics-IQ Verified
37Wan 2.2 I2V A14B · gguf-q4_k_m ×2 experts + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba48±2local~31GBhow to run › WorldReasonBench: Human-Aligned Stress Testing of Video Generators as Future World-State Predictors (arXiv v1)PAI-Bench: A Comprehensive Benchmark For Physical AI (arXiv:2512.01989v1)CRONOS: Benchmarking Counterfactual Physical Consistency in Video Models (arXiv:2605.23699v1), Table 1Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)VGI-Bench: Probing Visual Intelligence in Video Generation ModelsPhysics-IQ Verified
57HunyuanVideo 1.5 · bf16 Tencent40±4*local~20GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard dataset
58Wan 2.2 TI2V 5B · fp16 + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba40±4local~21GBhow to run › Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Target-Bench: Can Video World Models Achieve Mapless Path Planning with Semantic Targets?PAI-Bench: A Comprehensive Benchmark For Physical AI (arXiv:2512.01989v1)What-If World: A Causal Benchmark for General World Models in Embodied Scenarios (arXiv:2605.27589v1), Table 2
64Wan 2.2 A14B · gguf-q4_k_m ×2 experts + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba37±4*local~31GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard dataset
71LTX-2.3 · gguf-ud-q4_k_m 22B dev + Gemma 3 12B q4 (sd.cpp) Lightricks23±3*local (slow)~34GBhow to run › WorldReasonBench: Human-Aligned Stress Testing of Video Generators as Future World-State Predictors (arXiv v1)

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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