Wan 2.6 T2V
LMArena ID: wan2.6-t2v
AlibabaProprietary
Wan 2.6 T2V is an AI video model from Alibaba. On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 21 of 48 with 1327±7 from 54,050 votes. It is not on LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard yet. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), LMArena · Image-to-video, AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- Solid quality with room to choose: #21 of 48 on Text-to-video, in the top half.
- Mainly text-to-video: no image-to-video results yet.
- Use via Alibaba's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing Alibaba users: this vendor has 4 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 |  Grok Imagine Video 720p xAI | 1342 | 165,462 | – | Proprietary | +15 |
| 19 |  Veo 3 Audio Google | 1340 | 19,002 | – | Proprietary | +13 |
| 20 | WWan 2.7 T2V Wan | 1337 | 27,626 | – | Proprietary | +10 |
| 21 | Wan 2.6 T2V Alibaba | 1327 | 54,050 | – | Proprietary | |
| 22 |  Seedance V1.5 Pro ByteDance | 1256 | 76,171 | – | Proprietary | -71 |
| 23 | Veo 3 Google | 1254 | 15,005 | – | Proprietary | -73 |
| 24 | Veo 3 Fast Google | 1248 | 15,283 | – | Proprietary | -79 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Wan 3.0 Alibaba | 1476 | 2,598 | 1135 | Proprietary |
| 25 | Wan 2.5 T2V Preview Alibaba | 1245 | 36,378 | – | Proprietary |
| 42 | Wan V2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 |
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 Wan 2.6 T2V rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 21 (1327) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is Wan 2.6 T2V open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through Alibaba’s products or API.
Can Wan 2.6 T2V turn an image into video?
Who makes Wan 2.6 T2V?
According to LMArena, Wan 2.6 T2V is made by Alibaba.
How reliable is Wan 2.6 T2V's score?
The scores are based on 54,050 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±7). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Wan 2.6 T2V from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (1516); Wan 2.6 T2V scores 1327, 189 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 –.