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ByteDanceTencent HunyuanVideo model matchup

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720pvs.HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0

HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0 has no LMArena rating yet.

Text to videoLMArena rating
1,474

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p

Place 6 of 23

n/a

HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0

Image to videoLMArena rating
1,477

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p

Place 3 of 21

n/a

HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0

Longest clipSeconds per request
30 s

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p

n/a

HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0

Choose Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p for

No clear advantage

Choose HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0 for

open weights

Same prompt, both models

The first clip from a single request each, showing the first five seconds.

What to look for: Anatomy, object consistency, camera tracking, rain, and reflections. Sound muted, as the test protocol requires.

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p

Run details

fal.ai. bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video. 16:9, one request, first output, requested 5 s, seed 587599925, request {"prompt":"Generate exactly one continuous five-second 16:9 cinematic video. A fictional bicycle courier in a mustard-yellow raincoat rides a red city bicycle from left to right across a rain-wet Hamburg street at blue hour for the entire clip. The camera tracks her smoothly at waist height. Both hands remain visible on the handlebars, the bicycle geometry stays physically correct, and a transparent umbrella fixed to the bicycle moves naturally in the wind. Wet-street reflections and raindrops follow realistic physics. No cuts, no slow motion, no text, no logos, no subtitles, and no audio.","resolution":"720p","duration":"5","aspect_ratio":"16:9","generate_audio":false}, configured price estimate $2.31.

Generated Aug 24, 2026. Source

HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0

No clip: this task has not yet been tested for the model.

Show the prompt given to both models

Generate exactly one continuous five-second 16:9 cinematic video. A fictional bicycle courier in a mustard-yellow raincoat rides a red city bicycle from left to right across a rain-wet Hamburg street at blue hour for the entire clip. The camera tracks her smoothly at waist height. Both hands remain visible on the handlebars, the bicycle geometry stays physically correct, and a transparent umbrella fixed to the bicycle moves naturally in the wind. Wet-street reflections and raindrops follow realistic physics. No cuts, no slow motion, no text, no logos, no subtitles, and no audio.

Where is the difference?

Text to videoNo rating for HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0
Image to videoNo rating for HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0
Longest clipNo clip length for HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0
Resolutionsame resolution720p to 720p

Bar length shows the gap: for ratings full width from 60 points, for price from four times as much, for clip length from 20 seconds. Solid means clearly ahead, hatched slightly ahead, a thin grey bar level.

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For ratings only when the gap is clear.

MetricDreamina Seedance 2.5 720pHunyuanVideo I2V 1.0
Performance
Text to videoLMArena rating1,474Place 6 of 23n/a
Image to videoLMArena rating1,477Place 3 of 21n/a
Output
Resolution720p720p
Longest clip30 sn/a
Soundgenerated by the modelyesn/a
Access
Weightsproprietaryopen
Parametersn/a13B
RoutesAPI, weblocal
ReleasedJul 31, 2026Mar 6, 2025
Statusavailableavailable

Prices: public API price of the documented standard configuration; resolution and sound can change it

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p and HunyuanVideo I2V 1.0 in the field

Every video model of our comparison with a rating, both models of this matchup highlighted.

Text to video

Rating from anonymous comparisons in the LMArena · higher is better

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash1,516
Gemini Omni Flash1,513
FLUX.3 Video1,493
Grok Imagine Video 1.51,492
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p1,479
Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p1,474
MiniMax H31,460
Muse Video1,456
Sora 2 Pro1,368
Veo 3.11,364
Veo 3.1 Fast1,362
Sora 21,343
Grok Imagine Video1,342
Wan 2.71,337
Wan 2.61,327
PixVerse V5.61,240
Runway Gen-4.51,225
Kling 2.6 Pro1,216
Hailuo 2.31,206
HunyuanVideo 1.51,169
LTX-2 19B1,154
Wan 2.2 A14B1,132
Pika 2.21,009

As of September 22, 2026 · Source: LMArena

Image to video

Rating from anonymous comparisons in the LMArena · higher is better

MiniMax H31,495
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash1,488
Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p1,477
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p1,475
Gemini Omni Flash1,465
Grok Imagine Video 1.51,456
FLUX.3 Video1,449
Wan 2.71,428
Grok Imagine Video1,415
Veo 3.11,398
Veo 3.1 Fast1,385
Vidu Q3 Pro1,363
Kling 3.0 Pro1,354
Wan 2.61,310
PixVerse V5.61,299
Kling 2.6 Pro1,294
Hailuo 2.31,262
HunyuanVideo 1.51,198
Wan 2.2 A14B1,170
LTX-2 19B1,159
Pika 2.2997

As of September 22, 2026 · Source: LMArena

Is there a better choice?

Best model for text to videoGemini Omni 1.1 Flash

Text to video 1,516, Place 1 of 23. $0.51 per 5 s clip.

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p vs. Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash

Sources and method

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Ratings come from the LMArena: people see two videos for the same prompt without knowing which model made them and pick the better one. Many such picks add up to a rating, higher is better. Text to video and image to video are separate lists and are never added together.

“Ahead” means one model stays clearly higher even with the rating’s uncertainty. “Slightly ahead” means its value is higher but the gap is not certain yet. Otherwise both count as level. Places count only the models of our comparison.

Prices and clip lengths come from the providers’ documentation. From a factor of 1.25 a model counts as cheaper or longer, below that as about the same.

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