Head to head
Esc

Models · slot A

to navigate to pick
Arena / Models / Grok Imagine Video
xAI logo xAI · RELEASED

Grok Imagine Video

Arena score
16.2

Text-to-Video

Rank
#6

of 7 ranked

Stars

2.5 of 5

Speed
Slow
Reliability
Excellent
Price
$0.0500 / video
Top 3 in Image-to-Video

Especially good for Creativity.

Esc
to navigate to open
See API details Generate with this model
View challenge
Arena / Gallery

Standout work

The model at its best across 4 more challenges.

The Will Smith Spaghetti Challenge
May 12, 2026
The Soul Gauntlet
Apr 24, 2026
The Rubik's Gauntlet
Apr 24, 2026
Celebrity Arrival
May 7, 2026
Arena / Performance

Speed & reliability

Measured across every provider serving this model, last 30 days.

Generation speed
2m median
P50 2m P95 tail 2m 36s
Reliability
100.0% success
excludes user errors
Arena / Skills

Skills

The shape of this model's strengths, and the categories it ranks strongest in.

Skill signature

Where Grok Imagine Video earns its score, percentile-shaped across its skills.

Top skills
  1. 1
    Scenes & Atmospherics 20.5
    Text-to-Video
    45%
  2. 2
    Lighting, Shadows & Materials 20.5
    Text-to-Video
    45%
  3. 3
    Creativity 19.2
    Text-to-Video
    33%
  4. 4
    Prompt Adherence 17.4
    Text-to-Video
    30%
  5. 5
    Human Fidelity 17.1
    Text-to-Video
    27%
Arena / Loved 1

Most loved

The generations the community up-votes most. A crowd signal, independent of the Elo ranking.

Arena / Gallery

By skill

Every challenge Grok Imagine Video entered, grouped by the skill it tests and led by its strongest lanes. Scroll a lane to see them all; open a stack to compare its takes.

Scenes & Atmospherics
2 challenges · 34% wins
Text-to-Video
Image-to-Video
Lighting, Shadows & Materials
1 challenge · 45% wins
Text-to-Video
Creativity
2 challenges · 33% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Show 8 more skill lanes
Prompt Adherence
2 challenges · 30% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Human Fidelity
4 challenges · 24% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Image-to-Video
Physics & Realism
5 challenges · 29% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Image-to-Video
Motion Quality
5 challenges · 29% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Image-to-Video
Aesthetics
4 challenges · 24% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Image-to-Video
Temporal Consistency
2 challenges · 16% wins
Text-to-Video
Text-to-Video
Preservation
1 challenge · 10% wins
Image-to-Video
Camera Control
1 challenge · 10% wins
Image-to-Video
Arena / Head to head

Notable matchups

This model's standout head-to-heads from the arena's blind voting. Open one for the full comparison, or stack it up against any other model.

Head to head

Put Grok Imagine Video up against another model.

2 compatible models to stack it up against.

Esc
to navigate to open
Arena / Family 1 model

The grok-imagine family

Other models in this lineage. Listed in release order.