Wan 2.6 vs Wan 2.7

Alibaba against Alibaba, the same lab's consecutive models. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • Wan 2.6 costs 20% less on price per second ($0.12 against $0.15 per second at the cheapest setting).
  • People prefer Wan 2.7 in blind votes on LMArena's text-to-video arena: rated 1,337 against 1,324 Elo, a gap within the arena's usual margin.
  • On the 2 benchmarks both have scores on, Wan 2.6 leads on 0 and Wan 2.7 on 2.
  • Wan 2.7 is newer: listed Apr 15, 2026, against Mar 28, 2026.

Side by side

Wan 2.6Wan 2.7
LabAlibabaAlibaba
ListedMar 28, 2026Apr 15, 2026
Per second, cheapest setting$0.12$0.15
Per second, top setting$0.18-
A typical clip$0.60$0.75
Resolutions720p, 1080p720p, 1080p
Clip length5 to 10 s2 to 10 s
Opens on your imageYesYes
Follows reference imagesNoYes
Arena rating (LMArena)1,324 Elo1,337 Elo

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

BenchmarkWan 2.6Wan 2.7
LMArena: Image to Video1309 EloLMArena1428 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Video1324 EloLMArena1337 EloLMArena

In our tests and guides

Where Wan 2.6 or Wan 2.7 ran on a real brief, or shows in a live table.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The ratings are LMArena's blind human votes, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Alibaba models, Alibaba models, every video model's price and our sources.