Video generation · Oct 14, 2026
Who is SOTA in Video generation?
Sora 2

Text-to-video preference from LMArena. 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).

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1OSora 2
OpenAI
SOTA · Video generationmediumSora 2 is SOTA in Video generation since 2025-10-17. No eligible model is credibly ahead on the weighted primary evidence.
2GVeo 3
Google DeepMind
Near-SOTA · Video generationmediumClose in Video generation: rank #2, 14.3 percentile points behind the leader.
3KAKandinsky 5.0 T2v Pro
kandinsky
Near-SOTA · Video generationmediumClose in Video generation: rank #3, 28.6 percentile points behind the leader.
4GVeo 2
Google DeepMind
#4 in Video generationmediumRanked #4 in Video generation.
5QWan V2.2 A14b
Alibaba / Qwen
#5 in Video generationmediumRanked #5 in Video generation.
6KAKandinsky 5.0 T2v Lite
kandinsky
#6 in Video generationmediumRanked #6 in Video generation.
7OSora
OpenAI
#7 in Video generationmediumRanked #7 in Video generation.
8GEMochi V1
genmo
#8 in Video generationmediumRanked #8 in Video generation.
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Sora 2

SOTA · Video generation · Oct 2025

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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.