Kling 2.1 Master
Kling (Kuaishou)Proprietary
Kling 2.1 Master is an AI video model from Kling (Kuaishou). On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 42 of 50 with 1163±10 from 14,104 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 36 of 50 with 1236±8 from 29,824 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Kling (Kuaishou)
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- May 2025
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #42 of 50 on Text-to-video, in the bottom half; if quality matters most, check higher-ranked models first.
- Both text- and image-to-video: it is ranked on both boards.
- Use via Kling (Kuaishou)'s service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing Kling (Kuaishou) users: this vendor has 4 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | KKandinsky 5.0 Video Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,020 | – | MIT | +12 |
| 40 |  HunyuanVideo 1.5 Tencent | 1168 | 4,322 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community | +5 |
| 41 |  Veo 2 Google | 1165 | 6,531 | – | Proprietary | +2 |
| 42 | Kling 2.1 Master Kling (Kuaishou) | 1163 | 14,104 | – | Proprietary | |
| 43 | LLTX-2 19B | 1156 | 92,462 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement | -7 |
| 44 |  Wan 2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 | -31 |
| 45 |  Seedance 1.0 Lite ByteDance | 1113 | 16,258 | – | Proprietary | -50 |
Alternatives · More from Kling (Kuaishou)
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Kling 2.5 Turbo (1080p) Kling (Kuaishou) | 1219 | 2,110 | – | Proprietary |
| 31 | Kling 2.6 Pro Kling (Kuaishou) | 1216 | 75,018 | – | Proprietary |
| 35 | Kling O1 Pro Kling (Kuaishou) | 1201 | 1,210 | 890 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  MiniMax H3 MiniMax | 1456 | 29,257 | 1120 | minimax-h3-community-license-agreement |
| 39 | KKandinsky 5.0 Video Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,020 | – | MIT |
| 40 | HunyuanVideo 1.5 Tencent | 1168 | 4,322 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 43 | LLTX-2 19B | 1156 | 92,462 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement |
| 44 | Wan 2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 |
How to read the scores
- LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous videos for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
- Text-to-video and image-to-video are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
- If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.
FAQ
Where does Kling 2.1 Master rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 42 (1163); Image-to-video rank 36 (1236) (LMArena, data as of Nov 10, 2026).
Is Kling 2.1 Master open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Kling (Kuaishou)’s products or API.
Can Kling 2.1 Master turn an image into video?
Who makes Kling 2.1 Master?
According to LMArena, Kling 2.1 Master is made by Kling (Kuaishou).
How reliable is Kling 2.1 Master's score?
The scores are based on 14,104 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±10); 29,824 votes on Image-to-video (95% CI ±8). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Kling 2.1 Master from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (1540); Kling 2.1 Master scores 1163, 377 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-video data published on Nov 9, 2026.
LMArena Image-to-video data published on Nov 9, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Nov 10, 2026.
Price, clip length, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.