Seedance 1.5 Pro
ByteDanceProprietary
Seedance 1.5 Pro is an AI video model from ByteDance. On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 24 of 50 with 1256±7 from 77,992 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 26 of 50 with 1307±7 from 253,015 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- ByteDance
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- Dec 2025
Who it is for (from the data)
- Solid quality with room to choose: #24 of 50 on Text-to-video, in the top half.
- Both text- and image-to-video: it is ranked on both boards.
- Use via ByteDance's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing ByteDance users: this vendor has 5 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 |  Veo 3 (Audio) Google | 1340 | 19,032 | – | Proprietary | +84 |
| 22 |  Wan 2.7 Alibaba | 1337 | 48,517 | – | Proprietary | +81 |
| 23 | Wan 2.6 Alibaba | 1324 | 75,753 | – | Proprietary | +68 |
| 24 | Seedance 1.5 Pro ByteDance | 1256 | 77,992 | – | Proprietary | |
| 25 | Veo 3 Google | 1254 | 15,017 | – | Proprietary | -2 |
| 26 | Veo 3 Fast Google | 1250 | 15,308 | – | Proprietary | -6 |
| 27 | Wan 2.5 Preview Alibaba | 1244 | 43,113 | – | Proprietary | -12 |
Alternatives · More from ByteDance
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Dreamina Seedance 2.0 (720p) ByteDance | 1483 | 72,137 | 1085 | Proprietary |
| 7 | Dreamina Seedance 2.5 (720p) ByteDance | 1479 | 25,421 | 1103 | Proprietary |
| 37 | Seedance 1.0 Pro ByteDance | 1192 | 12,167 | – | Proprietary |
| 45 | Seedance 1.0 Lite ByteDance | 1113 | 16,258 | – | 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 Seedance 1.5 Pro rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 24 (1256); Image-to-video rank 26 (1307) (LMArena, data as of Nov 10, 2026).
Is Seedance 1.5 Pro open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through ByteDance’s products or API.
Can Seedance 1.5 Pro turn an image into video?
Who makes Seedance 1.5 Pro?
According to LMArena, Seedance 1.5 Pro is made by ByteDance.
How reliable is Seedance 1.5 Pro's score?
The scores are based on 77,992 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±7); 253,015 votes on Image-to-video (95% CI ±7). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Seedance 1.5 Pro from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (1540); Seedance 1.5 Pro scores 1256, 284 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.
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