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Best text-to-video models for a 32GB graphics card

A leaderboard of the best text-to-video models for a 32GB graphics card (with 32GB of system RAM). The best one that runs on it right now is Cosmos3-Nano, followed by HunyuanVideo 1.5 and Wan 2.2 A14B. 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.

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1Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Google82±2*api $0.10/secai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
2Gemini Omni Flash Google81±2*api $0.10/secai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
3FLUX 3 Video Black Forest Labs80±2*api $0.17/secdocs.bfl.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
4Dreamina Seedance 2.0 ByteDance Seed78±2*api $0.30/secfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
5Wan 3.0 Alibaba78±2*api $0.10/secwww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
6Dreamina Seedance 2.5 ByteDance78±2*api $0.30/secdocs.dev.runwayml.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
8MiniMax H3 MiniMax76±2*api $0.13/sec +local~52GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
9HappyHorse 1.1 Alibaba75±7*api $0.14/secwww.alibabacloud.com ↗Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
10HappyHorse 1.0 Alibaba-ATH74±2*api $0.14/secreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
12Veo 3.1 Google69±2api $0.40/secai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
13Veo 3.1 Fast Google69±2api $0.10/secai.google.dev ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetWorldJen: An End-to-End Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Generative Video ModelsSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science DomainsHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
15Grok Imagine Video xAI68±2*api $0.050/secdocs.x.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
17Wan 2.7 Alibaba67±2*api $0.10/secwww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
19Wan 2.6 Alibaba66±2api $0.10/secwww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science DomainsHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
20Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast ByteDance63±10*api $0.049/secfal.ai ↗HumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
21Seedance 1.5 Pro ByteDance Seed61±2*api $0.052/secfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)
22Wan 2.5 Preview Alibaba60±2*api $0.10/secwww.alibabacloud.com ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetVABench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Audio-Video Generation (arXiv:2512.09299v2)
23PixVerse V5.6 PixVerse59±2*api $0.045/secdocs.platform.pixverse.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
24Runway Gen-4.5 Runway58±2*api $0.12/secdocs.dev.runwayml.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
25Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro Kuaishou58±2*api $0.070/secfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
26Kling 2.6 Pro Kuaishou (Kling AI)58±2*api $0.070/secfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetWorldJen: An End-to-End Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Generative Video Models
29P-Video Pruna57±2*api $0.020/secreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
30Hailuo 2.3 MiniMax57±2*api $0.047/secplatform.minimax.io ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
31Kling O1 Pro Kuaishou (Kling AI)57±2*api $0.11/secreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
32Seedance 1.0 Pro ByteDance Seed56±2*api $0.052/secdocs.byteplus.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
33Hailuo 02 MiniMax55±2*api $0.047/secplatform.minimax.io ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
34Kandinsky 5.0 Pro Sber54±2*api $0.040/sec~76GBfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
35Cosmos3-Nano · bf16 NVIDIA54±4*local (slow)~42GBhow to run › Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
36HunyuanVideo 1.5 · bf16 Tencent54±2local~20GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard datasetCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)WorldJen: An End-to-End Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Generative Video ModelsSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science DomainsHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
38PixVerse 5.5 PixVerse53±9*api $0.060/secdocs.platform.pixverse.ai ↗HumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
39Kling 2.1 Master Kuaishou (Kling AI)53±2*api $0.28/secreplicate.com ↗LMArena leaderboard dataset
40LongCat-Video Meituan53±7*api $0.040/sec~100GBfal.ai ↗Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
42Wan 2.2 A14B · gguf-q4_k_m ×2 experts + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba52±2local~31GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard datasetCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)WorldJen: An End-to-End Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Generative Video ModelsVideoVerse: Does Your T2V Generator Have World Model Capability to Synthesize Videos?
44Wan 2.1 14B · gguf-q8_0 + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba50±2local~27GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsSkyReels-V2: Infinite-length Film Generative ModelCosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)T2VPhysBench: A First-Principles Benchmark for Physical Consistency in Text-to-Video GenerationAlibaba Wan technical report (arXiv:2503.20314v2), VBench table (own models)
46Kandinsky 5.0 T2V Lite · bf16 Sber49±2*local~29GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard dataset
47LTX-2 19B Distilled Lightricks49±7*api $0.020/secreplicate.com ↗Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
48Cosmos-1.0-Diffusion-7B-Text2World · bf16 NVIDIA48±3local~30GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsCosmos World Foundation Model Platform for Physical AI (arXiv:2501.03575v3)
50Hailuo 01 (MiniMax video-01 / I2V-01) MiniMax47±5*api $0.083/secfal.ai ↗SkyReels-V2: Infinite-length Film Generative Model
52Wan 2.2 TI2V 5B · fp16 + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba47±4local~21GBhow to run › Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI (arXiv:2606.02800v4)VABench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Audio-Video Generation (arXiv:2512.09299v2)Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
53CogVideoX-5B · bf16 Zhipu AI (THUDM)47±2local~13GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsGenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
57Pyramid Flow (SD3) · bf16 Peking University / Kuaishou45±3*local~8GBhow to run › GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboard
58T2V-Turbo-v2 · fp32 UC Santa Barbara45±7*†local~9.4GBhow to run › T2V-Turbo-v2: Enhancing Video Generation Model Post-Training through Data, Reward, and Conditional Guidance Design (arXiv 2410.05677v3)
61Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B · fp16 + umt5 q8_0 (sd.cpp) Alibaba43±4local~12GBhow to run › WorldJen: An End-to-End Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Generative Video ModelsAlibaba Wan technical report (arXiv:2503.20314v2), VBench table (own models)Training-Free Efficient Video Generation via Dynamic Token Carving
62LTX-2.3 Lightricks43±7*api $0.040/sec +local~34GBdocs.ltx.io ↗Sci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
63Mochi 1 · bf16 Genmo42±2local~25GBhow to run › LMArena leaderboard datasetGenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardVideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsT2VPhysBench: A First-Principles Benchmark for Physical Consistency in Text-to-Video Generation
65HunyuanVideo Tencent41±3api price unknown +local~32GBfal.ai ↗VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsSkyReels-V2: Infinite-length Film Generative ModelVideoVerse: Does Your T2V Generator Have World Model Capability to Synthesize Videos?Training-Free Efficient Video Generation via Dynamic Token Carving
66Pika 2.2 Pika41±2api $0.040/secfal.ai ↗LMArena leaderboard datasetT2VPhysBench: A First-Principles Benchmark for Physical Consistency in Text-to-Video GenerationHumanScore: Benchmarking Human Motions in Generated Videos
68T2V-Turbo (VC2) · fp32 UC Santa Barbara41±3†local~9.4GBhow to run › GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardT2V-Turbo-v2: Enhancing Video Generation Model Post-Training through Data, Reward, and Conditional Guidance Design (arXiv 2410.05677v3)T2V-Turbo: Breaking the Quality Bottleneck of Video Consistency Model with Mixed Reward Feedback (arXiv:2405.18750v2)
70CogVideoX-2B · fp16 Zhipu AI (THUDM)39±2local~5.3GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsGenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video Generation
71CogVideoX1.5-5B · bf16 + sequential CPU offload Zhipu AI (THUDM)38±3local (slow)~38GBhow to run › LOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)VideoVerse: Does Your T2V Generator Have World Model Capability to Synthesize Videos?SkyReels-V2: Infinite-length Film Generative ModelSci-VBench: Evaluating Knowledge- and Reasoning-Intensive Video Generation in Science Domains
72Allegro · bf16 Rhymes AI38±2local~9.3GBhow to run › LOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboard
73VideoCrafter2 · fp32 Tencent AI Lab37±2local~9.4GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsLOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video Generation
76LaVie (base T2V) · fp16 Shanghai AI Lab (Vchitect)35±2local~4.9GBhow to run › LOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsGenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video Generation
77LTX-Video 0.9 (2B) · bf16 Lightricks35±3*local~5.3GBhow to run › GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboard
79Open-Sora 1.1 · bf16 HPC-AI Tech34±6*local~14GBhow to run › ChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video Generation
81NOVA-0.6B T2V · fp16 BAAI32±3*local~9.3GBhow to run › LOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)
82Hotshot-XL · fp16 Hotshot31±2local~10GBhow to run › EvalCrafter: original 2023 text-to-video evaluationsLOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)
85ZeroScope v2 576w · fp16 cerspense30±3local~7.9GBhow to run › VideoPhy / VideoPhy-2 official repository leaderboardsChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video GenerationFETV: A Benchmark for Fine-Grained Evaluation of Open-Domain Text-to-Video Generation (arXiv:2311.01813v3)
87VideoCrafter1 T2V · official script (checkpoint as stored) Tencent AI Lab / HKUST29±2local~8.1GBhow to run › EvalCrafter: original 2023 text-to-video evaluations
89Open-Sora 1.2 · bf16 HPC-AI Tech28±3*local (slow)~39GBhow to run › GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video Generation
90ModelScope T2V 1.7B · fp16 Alibaba DAMO Academy28±2local~4.6GBhow to run › EvalCrafter: original 2023 text-to-video evaluationsLOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)GenAI-Arena (TIGER-Lab) text-to-video leaderboardChronoMagic-Bench: A Benchmark for Metamorphic Evaluation of Text-to-Time-lapse Video GenerationFETV: A Benchmark for Fine-Grained Evaluation of Open-Domain Text-to-Video Generation (arXiv:2311.01813v3)
91LVDM (text-to-video) · fp32 HKUST / Tencent AI Lab28±3*local~6.1GBhow to run › LOVE: Benchmarking and Evaluating Text-to-Video Generation and Video-to-Text Interpretation (AIGVE-60K)
93ZeroScope v2 XL (576w → XL pipeline) · fp16 + model CPU offload (576w base, then XL vid2vid) cerspense27±2local~15GBhow to run › EvalCrafter: original 2023 text-to-video evaluations
94CogVideo 9B (original) · fp16 (--fp16), both stages Tsinghua / Zhipu26±7*local (slow)~52GBhow to run › FETV: A Benchmark for Fine-Grained Evaluation of Open-Domain Text-to-Video Generation (arXiv:2311.01813v3)
—Kandinsky 6.0 Video Lite · bf16 + model CPU offload Sbernot yet calibratedlocal (slow)~34GBhow to run › Kandinsky 6.0 Video: Foundation Models for Synchronized Video and Audio Generation (arXiv:2610.05608v1)
—LTX-2.5 · fp8 Lightricksnot yet calibratedlocal~14GBhow to run › Kandinsky 6.0 Video: Foundation Models for Synchronized Video and Audio Generation (arXiv:2610.05608v1)

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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