Kling V2.1 Master
LMArena ID: kling-v2.1-master
Kling (Kuaishou)Proprietary
Kling V2.1 Master is an AI video model from Kling (Kuaishou). On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 40 of 48 with 1163±10 from 14,104 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 34 of 48 with 1235±8 from 29,824 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Kling (Kuaishou)
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #40 of 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | KKandinsky 5.0 T2V Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,019 | – | MIT | +12 |
| 38 |  Hunyuan Video 1.5 Tencent | 1169 | 4,292 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community | +6 |
| 39 |  Veo 2 Google | 1164 | 6,531 | – | Proprietary | +1 |
| 40 | Kling V2.1 Master Kling (Kuaishou) | 1163 | 14,104 | – | Proprietary | |
| 41 | LLTX 2 19B Lightricks | 1154 | 75,596 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement | -9 |
| 42 |  Wan V2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 | -31 |
| 43 |  Seedance V1 Lite ByteDance | 1113 | 16,253 | – | Proprietary | -50 |
Alternatives · More from Kling (Kuaishou)
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Kling 2.5 Turbo 1080p Kling (Kuaishou) | 1220 | 2,111 | – | Proprietary |
| 29 | Kling 2.6 Pro Kling (Kuaishou) | 1216 | 73,362 | – | Proprietary |
| 33 | Kling O1 Pro Kling (Kuaishou) | 1205 | 1,194 | 890 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |  MiniMax H3 MiniMax | 1460 | 11,417 | 1122 | minimax-h3-community-license-agreement |
| 37 | KKandinsky 5.0 T2V Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,019 | – | MIT |
| 38 | Hunyuan Video 1.5 Tencent | 1169 | 4,292 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 41 | LLTX 2 19B Lightricks | 1154 | 75,596 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement |
| 42 | Wan V2.2 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 V2.1 Master rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 40 (1163); Image-to-video rank 34 (1235) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Kling V2.1 Master open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Kling (Kuaishou)’s products or API.
Can Kling V2.1 Master turn an image into video?
Who makes Kling V2.1 Master?
According to LMArena, Kling V2.1 Master is made by Kling (Kuaishou).
How reliable is Kling V2.1 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 V2.1 Master from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (1516); Kling V2.1 Master scores 1163, 353 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-video data published on Sep 22, 2026.
LMArena Image-to-video data published on Sep 22, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 26, 2026.
Price, clip length, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.