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Grok Imagine Video vs Grok Imagine Video 1.5

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

  • Grok Imagine Video costs 38% less on price per second ($0.075 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 1,341 Elo.
  • On the 2 benchmarks both have scores on, Grok Imagine Video leads on 0 and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 on 2.
  • Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is newer: listed Jul 20, 2026, against May 18, 2026.
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Grok Imagine VideoGrok Imagine Video 1.5
LabxAIxAI
ListedMay 18, 2026Jul 20, 2026
Per second, cheapest setting$0.075$0.12
Per second, top setting$0.10$0.38
A typical clip$0.38$0.60
Resolutions480p, 720p480p, 720p, 1080p
Clip length1 to 15 s1 to 15 s
Opens on your imageYesYes
Follows reference imagesYesNo
Arena rating (LMArena)1,341 Elo1,486 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.

BenchmarkGrok Imagine VideoGrok Imagine Video 1.5
LMArena: Image to Video1412 EloLMArena1454 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Video1341 EloLMArena1486 EloLMArena

In our tests and guides

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