Alibaba · Video model
Wan 2.6.
Alibaba's most advanced video generation model, supporting over 10 visual creation capabilities in a unified system. Wan 2.6 generates 1080p video at 24fps from text, images, reference videos, or audio,...
Balanced quality
18
#13 among comparable OpenRouter models
Text to video
1029 Elo
Arena rank #18
Image to video
898 Elo
Arena rank #25
Price
$9
Per minute at the evaluated setting
What this means.
This model has direct preference evidence for both creating video from text and animating an existing image. The balanced score gives both workflows equal importance.
Practical specifications.
- Resolutions
- 720p, 1080p
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9, 9:16
- Durations
- 5–10 seconds
- Generates audio
- Yes
- First/last frame control
- first_frame
See where Wan 2.6 stands.
| Model | Company | Quality | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 | ByteDance | 98 | Both workflows / exact match |
| HappyHorse 1.1 | Alibaba | 88 | Both workflows / exact match |
| HappyHorse 1.0 | Alibaba | 82 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 | xAI | 80 | Limited |
| Wan 2.7 | Alibaba | 78 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Video v3.0 Pro | Kling AI | 70 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Veo 3.1 | 68 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Video v3.0 Standard | Kling AI | 60 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | 58 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Grok Imagine Video | xAI | 52 | Both workflows / exact match |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | 46 | Both workflows / exact match | |
| Seedance 1.5 Pro | ByteDance | 28 | Both workflows / exact match |