Wan 2.6
AlibabaProprietary
Wan 2.6 is an AI video model from Alibaba. On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 23 of 50 with 1324±7 from 75,753 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 25 of 50 with 1309±7 from 141,910 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Proprietary
- Released (per AA)
- Dec 2025
Who it is for (from the data)
- Solid quality with room to choose: #23 of 50 on Text-to-video, in the top half.
- Both text- and image-to-video: it is ranked on both boards.
- Use via Alibaba's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing Alibaba users: this vendor has 5 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 |  Grok Imagine Video (720p) xAI | 1341 | 190,109 | – | Proprietary | +17 |
| 21 |  Veo 3 (Audio) Google | 1340 | 19,032 | – | Proprietary | +16 |
| 22 | Wan 2.7 Alibaba | 1337 | 48,517 | – | Proprietary | +13 |
| 23 | Wan 2.6 Alibaba | 1324 | 75,753 | – | Proprietary | |
| 24 |  Seedance 1.5 Pro ByteDance | 1256 | 77,992 | – | Proprietary | -68 |
| 25 | Veo 3 Google | 1254 | 15,017 | – | Proprietary | -70 |
| 26 | Veo 3 Fast Google | 1250 | 15,308 | – | Proprietary | -74 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Wan 3.0 Alibaba | 1476 | 3,060 | 1131 | Proprietary |
| 22 | Wan 2.7 Alibaba | 1337 | 48,517 | – | Proprietary |
| 27 | Wan 2.5 Preview Alibaba | 1244 | 43,113 | – | Proprietary |
| 44 | Wan 2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 |
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 Wan 2.6 rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 23 (1324); Image-to-video rank 25 (1309) (LMArena, data as of Nov 10, 2026).
Is Wan 2.6 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Alibaba’s products or API.
Can Wan 2.6 turn an image into video?
Who makes Wan 2.6?
According to LMArena, Wan 2.6 is made by Alibaba.
How reliable is Wan 2.6's score?
The scores are based on 75,753 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±7); 141,910 votes on Image-to-video (95% CI ±7). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Wan 2.6 from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (1540); Wan 2.6 scores 1324, 216 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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