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Best AI model for video generation — October 2026

As of Oct 14, 2026, Sora 2 is state of the art in Video generation (since Oct 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text-to-Video; methodology v1.0).

Category board for Video generation

Top 10

Ranks

  1. #1 Sora 2
  2. #2 Veo 3
  3. #3 Kandinsky 5.0 T2v Pro
  4. #4 Veo 2
  5. #5 Wan V2.2 A14b
  6. #6 Kandinsky 5.0 T2v Lite
  7. #7 Sora
  8. #8 Mochi V1
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Who is SOTA in Video generation?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Sora 2 is state of the art in Video generation (since Oct 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text-to-Video; methodology v1.0).

Since when is the Video generation crown current?

The current crown in Video generation has held since Oct 17, 2025.