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Alibaba's Wan 3.0 Ranks First Overall on Artificial Analysis' New Text-to-Video Leaderboard

October 1, 2026 at 07:27 EDT

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Alibaba's Wan 3.0 has taken the No. 1 overall position on Artificial Analysis' new AA-Video-T2V v2.0 leaderboard, a human-preference ranking for text-to-video models with audio. The current leaderboard lists Wan 3.0 at 1,159 Elo, with a 95% interval of 1,149 to 1,169, based on 6,517 samples and an API price shown as $12.00 per minute of generated video.

Oct. 1, 2026 · Alibaba Wan

Wan 3.0 takes the top video slot

Alibaba's video model ranks No. 1 overall on the new text-to-video leaderboard, pairing a 1,159 Elo score with 30-second single-pass generation and document-based prompting.

Overall rank

1,159

Elo score

6,517

Samples

30s

Max single pass

Resolution price scales by tier

$0.05/s

480P

$0.10/s

720P

$0.20/s

1080P

A 1080P second costs four times the 480P tier; a 30-second 1080P generation equals $6.00 at the published per-second rate.

Text

Images

Audio and video

Documents

Why creators care

Longer single-pass clips, native audio and document references can reduce storyboard and editing steps for ads, explainers and product demos.

What still needs testing

A top Elo rank does not settle reliability, access, image-to-video strength or fit for every production workflow.

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