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Best AI Video Generators (Aug 2026)

Text-to-video rankings move fast. From our Artificial Analysis snapshot (2026-08-02):

Rank Model Company Score
1 Gemini Omni Flash Google 1245
2 MiniMax H3 MiniMax 1238
3 Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p ByteDance Seed 1223
4 Wan2.7-260612 Alibaba 1160
5 HappyHorse-1.1 Alibaba-ATH 1149

Image-to-video on the same day has Seedance and Omni Flash trading the top slots — check the image-to-video board if your pipeline starts from stills.

Practical notes

  • Gemini Omni Flash — strong default for text-to-video quality on this board
  • MiniMax H3 — close second; worth A/B on motion
  • Seedance 2.0 — competitive, especially if you already live in ByteDance tooling
  • Older hype names (early Sora demos, etc.) are not a substitute for the current board

Full tables: /leaderboard.