Best text-to-video models for a 16GB Mac
A leaderboard of the best text-to-video models for a Mac with 16GB of memory. The best one that runs on it right now is Wan 2.2 TI2V 5B, followed by Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B and T2V-Turbo (VC2). Models are ranked on human votes and video generation tests. Models that run on it show the download that fits and the command to run it.
Scores use reviewed text to video evaluations only. Compare scores within this task. Models without task measurements are excluded.
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Score vs API price
● open weights ◆ API only ─┘ best score for the price · x: USD per second of video (log)
| # | model | task score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
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| # | model | task score↓ | where↓ | speed↓ | sources |
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| 1 |  Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash | 82±2* | api $0.10/sec |  | |
| 2 | Gemini Omni Flash | 81±2* | api $0.10/sec |  | |
| 3 |  FLUX 3 Video | 80±2* | api $0.17/sec | | |
| 4 |  Dreamina Seedance 2.0 | 78±2* | api $0.30/sec | | |
| 5 |  Wan 3.0 | 78±2* | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 6 |  Dreamina Seedance 2.5 | 78±2* | api $0.30/sec | | |
| 8 |  MiniMax H3 | 76±2* | api $0.13/sec | | |
| 9 | HappyHorse 1.1 | 75±7* | api $0.14/sec | | |
| 10 |  HappyHorse 1.0 | 74±2* | api $0.14/sec | | |
| 12 |  Veo 3.1 | 69±2 | api $0.40/sec | | |
| 13 | Veo 3.1 Fast | 69±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 15 |  Grok Imagine Video | 68±2* | api $0.050/sec | | |
| 17 | Wan 2.7 | 67±2* | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 19 | Wan 2.6 | 66±2 | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 20 | Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast | 63±10* | api $0.049/sec | | |
| 21 | Seedance 1.5 Pro | 61±2* | api $0.052/sec | | |
| 22 | Wan 2.5 Preview | 60±2* | api $0.10/sec | | |
| 23 |  PixVerse V5.6 | 59±2* | api $0.045/sec | | |
| 24 |  Runway Gen-4.5 | 58±2* | api $0.12/sec | | |
| 25 |  Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro | 58±2* | api $0.070/sec | | |
| 26 | Kling 2.6 Pro | 58±2* | api $0.070/sec | | |
| 29 |  P-Video | 57±2* | api $0.020/sec | | |
| 30 | Hailuo 2.3 | 57±2* | api $0.047/sec | | |
| 31 | Kling O1 Pro | 57±2* | api $0.11/sec | | |
| 32 | Seedance 1.0 Pro | 56±2* | api $0.052/sec | | |
| 33 | Hailuo 02 | 55±2* | api $0.047/sec | | |
| 34 |  Kandinsky 5.0 Pro | 54±2* | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 36 |  HunyuanVideo 1.5 | 54±2 | api $0.075/sec | | |
| 38 | PixVerse 5.5 | 53±9* | api $0.060/sec | | |
| 39 | Kling 2.1 Master | 53±2* | api $0.28/sec | | |
| 40 |  LongCat-Video | 53±7* | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 42 | Wan 2.2 A14B | 52±2 | api $0.080/sec | | |
| 44 | Wan 2.1 14B | 50±2 | api $0.24/sec |  | |
| 47 |  LTX-2 19B Distilled | 49±7* | api $0.020/sec | | |
| 50 | Hailuo 01 (MiniMax video-01 / I2V-01) | 47±5* | api $0.083/sec | | |
| 52 | Wan 2.2 TI2V 5B · gguf-q4_k_m + umt5 q4_k_m (sd.cpp) | 47±4 | local | | |
| 53 |  CogVideoX-5B | 47±2 | api price unknown |  | |
| 58 |  T2V-Turbo-v2 | 45±7*† | api price unknown | | |
| 61 | Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B · fp16 + umt5 q4_k_m (sd.cpp) | 43±4 | local | | |
| 62 | LTX-2.3 | 43±7* | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 63 |  Mochi 1 | 42±2 | api price unknown | | |
| 65 | HunyuanVideo | 41±3 | api price unknown | | |
| 66 |  Pika 2.2 | 41±2 | api $0.040/sec | | |
| 68 | T2V-Turbo (VC2) · fp32 checkpoints (official Gradio demo, MPS) | 41±3† | local | | |
| — | LTX-2.5 | not yet calibrated | api $0.12/sec | |
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97 of 97 catalogue models listed here · sources and licences
* 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