# 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: https://isitsota.com/c/video-gen

## Top 10

- #1 Sora 2
- #2 Veo 3
- #3 Kandinsky 5.0 T2v Pro
- #4 Veo 2
- #5 Wan V2.2 A14b
- #6 Kandinsky 5.0 T2v Lite
- #7 Sora
- #8 Mochi V1

## Crown changes

- Oct 17, 2025 — Video generation: Sora 2 takes the crown
- Aug 7, 2025 — Video generation: Veo 3 takes the crown

## Weights

- LMArena Text-to-Video: primary, weight 1