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Wan 3.0 vs Grok Imagine Video 1.5

Alibaba against xAI. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • Wan 3.0 costs 47% less on price per second ($0.064 against $0.12 per second at the cheapest setting).
  • People prefer Grok Imagine Video 1.5 in blind votes on LMArena's text-to-video arena: rated 1,486 against 1,477 Elo, a gap within the arena's usual margin.
  • On the 2 benchmarks both have scores on, Wan 3.0 leads on 1 and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 on 1.
  • Wan 3.0 is newer: listed Aug 24, 2026, against Jul 20, 2026.
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Wan 3.0Grok Imagine Video 1.5
LabAlibabaxAI
ListedAug 24, 2026Jul 20, 2026
Per second, cheapest setting$0.064$0.12
Per second, top setting$0.26$0.38
A typical clip$0.32$0.60
Resolutions480p, 720p, 1080p480p, 720p, 1080p
Clip length2 to 30 s1 to 15 s
Opens on your imageYesYes
Follows reference imagesYesNo
Arena rating (LMArena)1,477 Elo1,486 Elo
Measured time to result343 s-

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 3.0Grok Imagine Video 1.5
LMArena: Image to Video1481 EloLMArena1454 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Video1477 EloLMArena1486 EloLMArena

In our tests and guides

Where Wan 3.0 or Grok Imagine Video 1.5 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, xAI models, every video model's price and our sources.